When you want to enjoy a book fully...

...you dive into it; ALL of it!

You read like a pelican!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD8nHfLYmPE

Sometimes, you don’t have time to read like a pelican, so you

read like a Black Skimmer...

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/black-skimmer

A Black Skimmer catching food to eat...

It flies quickly over the surface of the water.
Its beak does not go deep into the water.
The beak stays close to the surface of the water, catching little bits.
Reading strategy—Skimming
 Purpose—to get the general idea of the text
o NOT to understand the full passage

o Like the bird

 Quickly
 On the surface—not every word

 When to Skim:
o Before you read the full passage—it gets your brain ready

 How to Skim:
o Look at title, headings, subheading
 These are hints—what the passage is about

o Read the first and last sentence of:

 the full passage
 each paragraph
o The main idea is usually in these locations

o Look for repeated words

 These are hints, too.

o Read a few words of every sentence

 The nouns and verbs

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