JABBERWOCKY
of every paragraph,
Reading – a cognitive process of decoding
symbols to derive meaning from a text
Reading Comprehension
 In reading a text, we;
o Identify the author’s purpose;
o Grasp the main ideas of a
text;
o Locate the important details;
o Use context clues to
understand specific words;
o Answer specific questions;
o Analyse text points; and
o Critique the text
OVERVIEWING A TEXT
1. Previewing
- A strategy that readers use to
recall prior knowledge and set
a purpose for reading
- It calls for readers to run
through text before reading,
looking for various features
and information
 Reading the title and author details
 Reading an abstract
 Reading chapter summaries
2. Skimming and Scanning
- Uses rapid eye movements
and keywords to move quickly
through text
A. Skimming – reading
rapidly in order to get a
general overview of the
material
E.g.;
o Noting any bold print
and graphics
o Reading a few words
o perhaps the first and
last sentences
o Examining any
illustrations, graphs,
tables. Or diagrams
and their captions
o Looking for topic
sentences
B. Scanning – is reading
rapidly in order to find
specific facts
E.g.;
a. Allowing your
eyes or finger to
move quickly over
a page
b. Looking for a
word at a
dictionary
c. To check the price
of a specific item
in a catalogue
READING STRATEGIES
1. Previewing – getting an idea or a
bird’s eye view of the text
2. Skimming – getting main ideas
without giving attention to details
3. Scanning – Getting specific
information from a text
Denotation
C. The basic precise literal
meaning of the word that
can be found in a
dictionary
Connotation
D. Is the positive, negative,
or neutral feelings,
attitudes, and ideas, or
associations with a word.
EFFECTIVE READING
- A great deal of time is spent reading - IT is sometimes called the
- Academic reading should not be seen as central argument
passive, but an active process that leads - IT is the most important
to the development of learning part of a thesis statement
- Reading for learning requires conscious - It defines the paper’s
effort to make links, and understand direction and scope
opinions
TYPES OF CLAIMS
CONTEXT CLUES
1. Fact
1. Synonyms – used when text has - Asserts something
words or phrases that are similar in quantifiable has existed,
meaning to the unknown word. does exist, or will exist
- Evidence
e.g. Miguel was very 2. Policy
loquacious. He really loved to - Asserts that something
talk should or should not be
done by someone about
2. Antonym – used when text has words something
or phases that are opposite in - Proposes that some
meaning to the unknown word. specific course of action
should, but not
e.g. The class ostracized Tom, necessarily will be taken
they didn’t include him from - Uses the words; should,
any social gatherings must,
3. Value
3. Examples – are specific details in a - Asserts qualitative
text that are used to clarify the judgements along a good-
meaning of a word to-bad continuum.
- Claiming that something
e.g. Celestial bodies such as is good or bad or one
the sun, moon, and stars, are thing is better than
governed by predictable laws another
- Morals, Norms, and
4. Explanation and Definition – are Standard
given clues to describe an unknown
term

e.g. Haberdashery, which is a

store that sells men’s clothing,
is becoming more common
today

CLAIM

- The writer’s point of

position