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Unit #6 Reading strategies

Published on Nov 18, 2015

In this unit, we will discuss strategies to use before, during and after reading.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Pre-reading strategies

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Look @ the images

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Identify your purpose for reading

Answer the questions

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Read the boldface terms

If there are vocabulary terms in boldface, read each term and the sentence around it.
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Skim the text

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Strategies during reading

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Ask questions

Even if there are no questions at the end of the chapter, make up your own.
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Create a K W L chart

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find the main idea

The main idea of a paragraph is the most important piece of info the author wants to convey
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graphic organizers

A tool that helps you organize your thoughts (and notes).
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Summary

A summary is a shorter restatement that contains the most important ideas.

Summary

  • A standard outline form uses Roman and Arabic numerals and upper and lower case letters to arrange ideas, details and examples

Scan the text

Reading with a wide-angle lens to  find a specific piece of info very quickly
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Strategies for reading online material

All reading strategies that work for textbooks are effective in reading online material.

Considerations when reading online material

  • Credibility
  • blog, wikis, newsgroup and listerservs
  • commercial (.com) sites
  • non commercial (.edu, .gov, .org) sites
  • accuracy
  • timeliness
  • objectivity

Digital text feature

hyperlinks can send you to another web page or provide you with an image or info about the word or phrase
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online dictionaries

Speed is an advantage with online dictionaries

Responding to what you read

  • Create a summary
  • questions
  • write a personal respons