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WK 21 Day 3 Skimming and Scanning
WK 21 Day 3 Skimming and Scanning
STRATEGIE
S
What are the basic reading strategies?
Content Standards
demonstrates understanding of: Southeast Asian
literature as a mirror to a shared heritage; coping
strategies in processing textual information;
strategies in examining features of a listening and
viewing material; structural analysis of words and
propaganda techniques; and grammatical signals
for opinion- making, persuasion, and emphasis.
Performance Standards
transfers learning by composing and delivering a
persuasive speech based on an informative essay
featuring use of properly acknowledged
information sources, grammatical signals for
opinion-making, persuasion, and emphasis, and
appropriate prosodic features, stance, and
behavior
Formation Standards
assesses persuasive methods for reliability
and credibility to obtain the truth, respect
one’s opinion in various ways of expression,
acknowledges the right of intellectual
property of the author, sources, and
understands the audience’s individuality to
know the proper way to convince them
Learning Targets of
the day!
1st 3rd
I can react to what is I can examine biases (for
expressed or asserted in or against) made by the
a text author MELC
2nd
I can evaluate details that
support assertion in a text
SKIMMIN
G
WHAT IS IT?
Skimming is a reading
technique that can help you
to:
I M M I N read more quickly
SK
G decide if the text is
interesting and whether you
should read it in more detail
Skimming is a fast
reading technique. Use it
M M I N to obtain the gist of a
SK I
G piece of text (i.e. to
quickly identify the main
ideas in the text).
HOW
TO SKIM?
Read the title,
HOW subtitles and
TO subheadings to find
S KI M ? out what the text is
about.
Look at the
HOW illustrations to give
TO you further
S KI M ? information about
the topic.
Read the first
HOW and last sentence
TO of each
S KI M ?
paragraph.
Read the first
HOW and last sentence
TO of each
S KI M ?
paragraph.
SCANNIN
G
WHAT IS IT?
Scanning is a fast
reading technique. It's
SCAN NI N a way of reading to
G
look for specific
information in a text.
Scanning can be used to read
through the ads in a newspaper,
or for browsing TV schedules,
N NI N timetables, lists, catalogues or
SCA
G web pages for information. For
these tasks you don't need to read
or understand every word.
Scanning is also useful when
studying or looking to find
specific information from a
AN NI N
SC book or article quickly as
G
there is not always time to
read every word.
Don't try to read every
word. Instead let your
HOW eyes move quickly across
TO the page until you find
S C A N ? what you are looking for.
Use clues on the
HOW page, such as
TO headings and
S C A N ?
titles, to help you
If you are reading for study, start
by thinking up or writing down
some questions that you want to
HOW answer. Doing this can focus your
TO mind and help you find the facts