Deadline: October

Activity 3 Reading (skimming & scanning comparative 23,2020

chart) until 23:00 hrs.

Instructions: Worth 1 point

1. For this activity, you will have to click on the next link below and read about Skimming
and scanning. Next, you write a comparative chart of each skill and then you will answer
below the chart when you would use one or the other. Your assignment must be typed.
Once you have finished, upload it in a PDF format to DUC platform.

http://www.butte.edu/departments/cas/tipsheets/readingstrategies/skimming_scanning.html

2. You can search for further reading if this one is not clear for you.
3. Your grade for each assignment will be given to you along with the feedback
on November 13, 2020.
Note: You DO NOT have to print the checklist. The checklist is to help you to do your assignment.
PLEASE. Do not ask on the platform if you want me to answer your fast, ask on the WhatsApp group.

CHARACTERISTIC
SKIMMING SCANNING
1. It is reading rapidly in order to get a 1. It is reading rapidly in order to find
general overview of the material. specific facts.
2. This tells you what general information is
2. This helps you locate a particular fact.
within a section.
3. Get main idea not all details. 3. Fast way to find information.
4.often done with material that your kwon
4. Comprehension is lower.
something about.
5. the objective is to search out relevant
5. Comprehend 50% of what you are reading.
words, collocations, etc.
When 6. Usually done with material you know to use
nothing about.
skimming?
Use skimming in previewing (reading before you read), reviewing (reading after you read), determining the main
idea from a long selection you don't wish to read, or when trying to find source material for a research paper.

Use skimming to overview your textbook chapters or to review for a test or to decide if you need to read
something at all.

Use of skimming when they need to save time.

When to use scanning?

Use scanning in research to find particular facts, to study fact-heavy topics, and to answer questions requiring
factual support.

Scanning is perfect when it comes to looking for something more particular rather than an overview idea in your
mind.

Faculty of Chemical Sciences

Metallurgical Chemical

Engineer

Grading Criteria for the comparative chart of Skimming and

Scanning

Term I (worth 1 point)

The assignment will be graded by the rule of three.

Full name:

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1 The student’s comparative chart, must answer:
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a) when to use skimming and scanning below your comparative chart.

b) the chart must have at least 4 differences between

skimming and scanning

c) the differences must be numbered in your chart.

2 The punctuation is correct.

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3 The student’s comparative chart must be typed.
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4 The student uploaded the assignment on time.
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5 The student uploaded the comparative chart in a PDF format.
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6 The student’s file name is his/her full name.
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Total score: