Unit #6 Reading strategies
Published on Nov 18, 2015
In this unit, we will discuss strategies to use before, during and after reading.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Look @ the images
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Identify your purpose for reading
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Read the boldface terms
If there are vocabulary terms in boldface, read each term and the sentence around it.
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Ask questions
Even if there are no questions at the end of the chapter, make up your own.
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find the main idea
The main idea of a paragraph is the most important piece of info the author wants to convey
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Summary
A summary is a shorter restatement that contains the most important ideas.
Summary
- A standard outline form uses Roman and Arabic numerals and upper and lower case letters to arrange ideas, details and examples
Scan the text
Reading with a wide-angle lens to find a specific piece of info very quickly
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Strategies for reading online material
All reading strategies that work for textbooks are effective in reading online material.
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Considerations when reading online material
- Credibility
- blog, wikis, newsgroup and listerservs
- commercial (.com) sites
- non commercial (.edu, .gov, .org) sites
- accuracy
- timeliness
- objectivity
Digital text feature
hyperlinks can send you to another web page or provide you with an image or info about the word or phrase
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Responding to what you read
- Create a summary
- questions
- write a personal respons
