A teacher of Class-VII asked her students to read a short story and come to the class. She asks them to discuss the major points of the story in groups and present them to the whole class. What is this reading known as?

Extensive reading involves reading larger texts (like short stories) outside class, often for overall understanding and pleasure, followed by discussion and sharing. The teacher's strategy of having students read at home and discuss main points in class is characteristic of extensive reading. Intensive reading involves detailed analysis of shorter texts in class. The reading task described fits the extensive reading approach.