Reading and Writing Skills

Reading and Thinking

Strategies across Text
Types
 OBJECTIVES:
 Define reading and understand the
reading process
 Identify effective reading strategies
 Describe the importance of reading
 What is reading?
Caroll Gray
READING early in life gives a
youngster a multitude of friends
to guide intellectual and
emotional growth.
 What is reading?
Richard Sleete

READING is to the mind what

exercise is to the body.
 What is reading?
Chinese Proverb

After three days without

READING, talk becomes
flavorless.
What is reading?
 Isaac d’israelli
The delights of READING
imparts vivacity of youth even in
old age.
 What is reading?

 Francis Bacon

Reading makes a full man.

 READING…
₋ is an activity that challenges our beliefs, inspires our imagination,
and expands our understanding of the world.
₋ involves a complex interaction between the text and the reader.
₋ is an indispensable skill that requires continuous practice,
development and refinement.
₋ is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a
text.
₋ is a skill that can be improved through consistent practice.
EFFECTIVE READING STRATEGIES
1.Getting an overview of the text
 Previewing Visible parts of the text
 Skimming Main point
 Scanning Specific information
EFFECTIVE READING STRATEGIES
2. Using Context Clues
 Synonyms
 Antonyms
 Examples
 Explanations and Definitions
 Situations
EFFECTIVE READING STRATEGIES

3. Using Connotation and Denotation

 Denotation
 Connotation
1. Reading is a complex mental task.

Reading makes you utilize your brain,

which in turn:
▪ improves concentration
▪ improves ability to pay attention
▪ improves ability to focus for longer
periods of time
2. Reading improves discipline and
memory.
▪ Making time for books everyday
improves discipline and is shown to be
personally rewarding over time.

▪ Reading helps you to use and even

improve your memory by remembering
details, characters, plots, and more.
 3. Reading builds self-esteem.

▪ Reading more expands the amount of

knowledge you have.

▪ More knowledge leads to higher

confidence.

▪ Higher confidence boosts self-esteem.

 4. Reading improves creativity.

▪ Reading about new things challenges

your brain to think in new ways.

▪ Reading helps to develop the creative

side of the brain by exposing it to
unique or unfamiliar ideas.
5. Reading improves vocabulary.

▪ Reading challenging books will expose

you to many new words.

▪ With the help of a dictionary and

context clues, you will be able to build
your vocabulary in no time.
 6. Reading inceases imagination.
▪ Reading strengthens and improves
imagination by putting the brain in new
situations.

▪ Our brain processes descriptions by

putting them into mental pictures.

▪ This also reduces boredom and

enhances activity.
7. Reading broadens your horizons.
▪ Reading gives you an insight into
diversity and other cultures.

▪ It teaches you about people, places,

and events outside of your own
experiences.

▪ It teaches you about different beliefs

and ways of life that may be new to
8. Reading helps develop a strong sense of
character.
▪ Reading helps us to develop empathy by
allowing us to feel what our characters feel and
put ourselves in someone else' shoes.

▪ It also builds a strong sense of compassion.

▪ Reading establishes a better understanding of

human nature.
 9. Reading improves school
performance.
▪ It doesn't just improve English/Language
Arts, or even history. Avid readers got
better grades across all subjects, even
math.

▪ Avid readers also are known to get

better grades throughout middle, high
school, and college.
 10. Words are our everyday tools.
▪ You speak thousands of words
everyday.

▪ Many people write something everyday.

▪ Avid readers find it easier to

communicate because of their expanded
vocabularies and practice of vocabulary
through reading.
ACROSTIC MAKING
Make an acrostic of READING. Observe creativity and
good content.

CREATIVITY - 20pts
CONTENT - 30pts
On a whole sheet of paper:

Write a story about

your life from then and
now.
“Reading makes a full
man.”
by Francis Bacon