Strategic Reading

Reading

Reading is the process of

interpreting printed symbols.

It begins with perception to

comprehension.
It involves analyzing, synthesizing,
and connecting information.

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Benefits of Reading

Mental
Psychological
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Test Your Reading

Power

Easy

1. What is the name of Sleeping

Beauty, a princess cursed to fall in a
death-like sleep once hit by a needle
in a spindle?

Easy

2. How many dwarfs took care of

Snow White in the forest?

Easy

3. Which character who does not

want to grow old and lives in
Neverland did James Barrie create?

Easy

4. What power does Harry Potters

cloak have?

Easy

5. What is the name of the prince

who fell in love with Cinderella?

Average

1. Who is the famous writer of

Sonnet 116, The Merchant of

Venice, and Macbeth?

Average

2. What is the name of the famous

sword of King Arthur?

Average

3. What can heal the illness of Haring

Fernando in the corrido Ibong
Adarna?

Average

4. In El Filibusterismo, who is the

beautiful and schooled daughter of
Pia Alba?

Difficult

1. Which city mayor has been

suspended by Ombudsman for
alleged graft and corruption in
putting up of a building?

Average

5. In Poes The Cask of Amontillado,

what is Fortunato an expert of?

Difficult

2. Which Hollywood power couple

recently split up after a decade of
marriage because of unsettled
differences?

Difficult

3. Which magazine recently named

ABS-CBN as one of the trusted
brands in Asia?

Difficult

4. Which celebrity was named Forbes

second highest paid athlete in the
world in 2015 after earning over
$160M?

Difficult

5. Which virus is the Philippines still

free from as declared by the DOH
after threats because of foreign
visitors from Korea?

Levels of Reading

Types of Reading

Literal
Inferential
Critical

A. Literal

Based on text
Reading the
lines

Literal
interpretation

Try this.

Drinking water helps prevent having

bad breath.

What must be drunk to prevent bad

breath?
What can be prevented by drinking
water?

Try this.

Studies show that eating a healthy

breakfast everyday can help you lose
weight and keep it off.
Which part of daily meal must be
taken to lose weight?

What kind of breakfast must be eaten?

B. Inferential

Reading between the lines

Combining information in text and
stock knowledge

Guessing with basis

Lets try.

The man who allegedly murdered his

ex wife may be being cuddled by his
family.

Is the man in prison?

Is the family liable in case the
allegation is true?

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A Virginia man shot his wife and

their two young children to death
on Father's Day and then killed
himself, police said.
Was the killer guilty?
Why is this news story sensational?

C. Critical

Involves judging writer, purpose of

text, nature of text, etc.

Lets try.

PBB housemates are being criticized

because of young love.
What is the attitude of the author on
PBB housemates?
What does the news item encourage
televiewers to do?

Lets try.

Wattpad is a writing community in

which users are able to post articles,
stories, and poems about anything online.
From which site is this definition?
What is the aim of the writer?

Activity

Form eight groups.

Read your assigned quotation.
Discuss and interpret it literally,
inferentially, and critically.
Assign three speakers from the group to
discuss each interpretation in front.

Activity

Decide which type of reading is the

most applicable.

Activity

Literal Interpretation

10

Inferential Interpretation

10

Critical Interpretation

10

Grammar

10/40

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Reading techniques

Techniques

1. Skimming
2. Scanning

1. Skimming

It is used to quickly identify main

ideas or gist of the material.

This is three to four times faster

than normal reading.
This implies that reading must be
done in large chunks at a time.

Examples of Skimming

Reading only the headline or the

lead

Reading only summaries

Counting the pages

Examples of Skimming

Looking at graphics
Checking a magazine and interesting
article

2. Scanning

It is used to discover required

information to complete a given
task.

This is a search for something

specific.

Examples of Scanning

When asked to find the meaning of

a word in a dictionary

When looking for a phone number in

directory
When looking for steps, italicized
words

 Looking if topics you need are

available in books/references you
have

Finding dates, events, etc.

2. Scanning in the Internet

Use search engines.

Yahoo

All the web

MSN

Excite

Google
Hotbot

Alta Vista

Northern Light

2. Scanning in the Internet

Use meta search engines for difficultto-find information.

Below are meta search engines.
AskJeeves
Dogpile
Metacrawler
Vivisimo Clustering engine

2. Scanning in the Internet

Direct your searches.

.gov for government offices
.org for institutions
.net for networking
.com for commercial

Boolean Logic
It is a logic to help refine internet searches
with the use of AND, OR, and NOT.

E.g.

ball NOT basketball

Eat Bulaga AND ABSCBN

Angel Locsin AND ABSCBN NOT GMA

Simplified Boolean Logic

Start with the most important words.

Use + to indicate the information to be

included.
Use to exclude information.
E.g.

+The Heirs+Lee Min Ho-F4

Simplified Boolean Logic

Use to mean you are looking for

exact words.

E.g.
Game of
+Dyesebel+ABSCBN

Building Vocabulary

Context Clues

Clues are words or phrases that serve as

hint so reader can understand the
meaning of highfalutin word/s in
sentences.

 A good reader must identify the

meaning of unfamiliar words by
studying how they were used in a
sentence.

Lets try.

1. Murderers are
usually incarcerated for longer
periods of time than robbers.

Answer:
Imprisoned

Lets try.

2. Those who enjoy belonging to clubs,

going to parties, and inviting friends
often to their homes for dinner are
gregarious.
Answer:
Outgoing

Lets try.

3. Ben is fearless, but his brother

is timorous.

Answer:
Fearful

Lets try.

4. Unlike his sister Cattie, who had a

very calm and mellow disposition,
John jumped on sofas and ran
through the house like an animal.
Answer:
Character

Lets try.

5. After weeks of avoiding him, Annie

finally found the courage to tell David
that she wasnt interested in him,
and even though David was heart
broken, he appreciated her candor.

Answer:

Frankness

Lets try.

6. I wanted to just set the table and

be done with it, but my mother
scrupulously arranged each napkin,
dish, and utensil until they were in
perfect alignment.

Answer:

Meticulously

Lets try.

7. When Jose found out that his little

brother Emilio carelessly broke Joses
Xbox disc tray, Jose was vexed and
sure let Emilio know it.
Answer:
Annoyed

Lets try.

8. Stanley tried to determine the

meaning of the vocabulary word, but
there were so few clues in the sentence
all he could do was to hopelessly
conjecture as to what the word might
mean.

Answer:
Guess

Diction Accuracy and

Correct Usage

Diction

Diction is the accurate choice of

words in the expression of ideas.

Examples

AUF students are active

now.
I questioned his decision.
To enliven the discussion,
the teacher asked
questions.

Examples

He is my fling.
She read the
controversial article
because she was nosy.
I consider her a mentor.

Accuracy in Diction

Accurate means factual and exact.

This section is composed of
monotonous students.

The family stayed in the motel for

a week.

Correct Usage

People confuse some words for

another.
Their confusion may lead to
errors and misunderstanding.

Advice and Advise

Advice is a noun meaning words of

counsel.
Advise is a verb meaning to give advice.

Examples

The teacher (adviced, advised) them to jot

down notes.
She said her piece of (advice, advise) after
listening.

Complement and Compliment

Compliment is a verb meaning to

express praise.
Complement is a noun or verb
meaning completion or to complete
or enhance.

Examples

She is fond of giving (compliments,

complements).
The dessert (complimented,
complemented) the main course.

Dessert and Desert

Dessert is a noun meaning a sweet

course at the end of the meal.
Desert is a verb meaning to
abandon or a noun meaning dry
environment.

Examples

Women prefer sugar-free or low

calorie (desserts, deserts).
Sahara (Dessert, Desert) becomes
icy at night.
Rescuers never (dessert, desert)
victims.

Among and Between

Among is a preposition referring to

three or more.
Between is a preposition referring
to two.

Examples

She is the most brilliant (between,

among) all high school students.
She is the more brilliant (between,
among) the siblings.

Few and Less

Few is an adjective for something

countable. It may also be a pronoun.

Less is an adjective or adverb for

something uncountable.

Examples

She has (few, less) teaching preparations.

He attends to (few, less) worries now.

Lend and Borrow

Lend is a verb meaning to let

somebody use something.
Borrow is a verb meaning to
ask someones permission to use
something.

Examples

She (lends, borrows) books to

friends.
We (lend, borrow) books from
the library.

Its and Its

Its is a possessive pronoun.

Its is the contraction of it is.
(Its, its) his birthday today.
He procured a machine, but he does
not know (its, its) function.

Their, Theyre, and There

Their is a possessive pronoun.

Theyre is the contraction of they
are.
There is an expletive referring to
existence or an adverb.

Examples

(Their, Theyre, and There) priority is

the empowerment of student leaders.
(Their, Theyre, and There) are
priorities which are not very
important.

(Their, Theyre, and There) prioritizing

instruction over facilities.

Your and Youre

Your is a possessive pronoun.

Youre is a contraction of you are.

Examples

(Your and Youre) top concern is

learning.

(Your and Youre) a top concern

among (your, youre) instructors.