English-Grade 7

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I. LEARNING SKILLS

A. Most Essential Learning Competency

Use the appropriate reading strategies (scanning, skimming, speed reading, intensive
reading, etc.) for one’s purpose.

B. Objective/s
1. Use speed reading strategy for details
2. Apply intensive reading for details

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

What Is Speed Reading?

Speed reading is the process of rapidly recognizing and

absorbing phrases or sentences on a page all at once, rather than identifying individual
words.

The amount of information that we process seems to be growing by the day, whether
it's emails, reports and websites at work, or social media, books and magazines at home.
We likely feel pressure to get through this information more quickly, so that we can "stay in
the loop"  and make informed decisions

The Reading Process

The first step is for the eyes to look at a word. This “fixation” on every word takes
around 0.25 seconds.

Next, you start moving your eyes to the following word. It takes 0.1 seconds for the
brain to move from one word to the next. This is called “saccade.”

Usually, you take in 4-5 words in your head, or a sentence, at once. After all the
fixations and saccades, the brain goes over the entire phrase again in order to process the
meaning. This takes around half a second.
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 All in all, this means average people read 200 to 300 words in a minute.

Speeding up the Process

The concept of speed reading is to speed up this process by at least 5 times. Since
the saccade period cannot be shortened any further, speed reading emphasizes quicker
fixations.
To accomplish this, scientists recommend that the reader skips the sub-vocalization:
when the readers actually say the word in their mind, even when reading silently.
Basically, speed reading is the technique of only seeing the words instead of
speaking them silently.
Do not confuse this with skimming. When a reader skims through a text, they skip the
parts that their brain considers to be unnecessary. You may skip important information in this
process, and skimming does not allow the brain to retain what has been read.

Why Speed Read?

Speed reading is not just quick, but it’s also effective. This skill saves a lot of time
without sacrificing information.
Also, it has been proven to improve memory. The brain’s performance improves
during speed reading, which allows the reader to remember more information than before.
Since speed reading stabilizes the brain, the information is processed faster and
more efficiently.
Believe it or not, this technique leads to improved focus, too. As the brain receives a
lot of information during speed reading, there is far less chance of distraction. The brain
focuses solely on the job at hand.
Since the brain is, after all, a muscle, the process of speed reading acts as an
exercise. Just like the rest of your muscles, your brain needs exercise to grow stronger, too.
A focused brain means improved logical thinking. As your brain gets used to
receiving and organizing so much information so quickly, your thinking process will become
faster. As soon as a problem is thrown at you, your brain will quickly put two and two
together. You will be able to retrieve stored information, figure out correlations, and come up
with new solutions, all within seconds!

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Intensive Reading
You need to have your aims clear in mind when undertaking intensive reading.
Remember this is going to be far more time consuming than scanning or skimming. If you
need to list the chronology of events in a long passage, you will need to read it intensively.
This type of reading has indeed beneficial to language learners as it helps them understand
vocabulary by deducing the meaning of words in context. It, moreover, helps with retention
of information for long periods of time and knowledge resulting from intensive reading
persists in your long-term memory. This is one reason why reading huge amounts of
information just before an exam does not work very well. Students tend to do this, and they
undertake neither type of reading process effectively, especially neglecting intensive
reading. They may remember the answers in an exam but will likely forget everything soon
afterwards.

Characteristics of Intensive Reading

Reader is intensely involved in looking

inside the text
Focus on linguistic or semantic details of
a reading
Focus on surface structure details such
as grammar and discourse markers
Identify key vocabulary
Draw pictures to aid them (such as in
problem solving)
Read carefully
Aim is to build more language knowledge
rather than simply practice the skill of reading

III. ACTIVITIES

A. Practice Task

Task 1. Read the text below using intensive reading strategy then answer the
questions that follow. Use a separate sheet of paper for your answers.

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 1. Earth Day is a holiday because _______.
2. What do people do during Earth Day?
3. What does 3Rs mean?
4. What do we need in order to recycle?
5. What can you make with recycled paper?

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 Task 2. Practice the techniques taught above (Introductory Concept) by reading this one-
minute passage. Set a timer for a minute. At the end of one minute, underline the number
at the end of the line on which you finish. This is your words per minute.

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 Task 3. Read blog posts on any topic of your choice or an editorial in any newspaper or
magazine. After careful reading, answer the questions that follow in your answer sheet.

1. What is the blog or editorial all about?

2. Do you think the writer was able present her/his point of view very well?
3. Were you convinced of the writer’s point of view? Why or why not?

B. Assessment

Read again your favorite short story and put events into chronological order using the
diagram below.

IV. REFLECTION/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS
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 Summing up what I learned in my journey through this lesson:
I learned that
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I realized that
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I promise to
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V. REFERENCES
Grade 7 English Quarter 1-Module 7: Reading Styles
Speed Reading - Learning Effectively With MindTools.com
What Is Speed Reading and How to Successfully Learn It (lifehack.org)
importance of intensive reading - Google Search
Kinds of Reading - Bing images
ASC_Handouts_IncreasingReadingEfficiency.pdf (purdue.edu)
Earth Day Reading worksheet (liveworksheets.com)
Chronological/Time-Order Sequence (Part 3 of 7) - Literacy Blog: Literacy Solutions

Prepared by:

LORENA A. INTIA
Master Teacher I
Pamplona National High School
Camarines Sur Division

Quality Assured by:

GEMMA A. REALO GILDA A. CASTAŇEDA

Principal II Principal I
Don Mariano C. Veneracion NHS Homobono H. Gonzalez NHS

Layout Artist:

EDMARK M. PADO, TIC, Maydaso ES, SDO Camarines Sur

Reviewed by:

PRECIOSA R. DELA VEGA

EPS I – SDO Camarines sur

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VI. ANSWER KEY

Task 1

1. Because it is celebrated in almost 200 countries all around the world

2. During Earth Day we celebrate and respect the planet we lived in and think about
what we can do to keep the earth healthy
3. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
4. Sort out the trash into separate bins and throw them int the blue, yellow, and green
cntainers
5. boxes

Task 2
Answers may vary

Task 3
Answers may vary

Assessment
Answer may vary

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