1685 reading skills summer 2017 updated
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This document provides a 3-step process for reading effectively in college: 1) Pre-read by previewing the text to make predictions, 2) Read actively by scanning, taking notes, and engaging with the text, and 3) Review what was read by summarizing notes, analyzing the content and author's arguments. The pre-reading step involves skimming titles, pictures and other elements to make guesses about the topic, main idea, and purpose before reading. Active reading involves note-taking, identifying key points and new vocabulary. The review step has students summarize their notes, analyze relationships to other topics, evaluate writing quality and identify missing information.
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- 1. How to Read in College
- 2. Tools needed
- 3. How to read in order to learn: I. Pre-read II. Read III. Review
- 4. I. Pre-read Preview > Predict > Skim
- 6. Make guesses about… • The topic • The main idea • The details • The tone • The purpose • The audience • The author’s opinion Predict “Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension” NELL K. DUKE and P. DAVID PEARSON The Journal of Education Vol. 189, No. 1/2, THEORY, RESEARCH, REFLECTION on TEACHING and LEARNING (2008/2009), pp. 107-122 Published by: Trustees of Boston University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42748663
- 7. Skim Stay on the surface; get a general idea. Who wrote it? What’s it about? Where was it published? What year? LOOK AT… • First sentence • Last sentence • Bold words • Names of people and places • Dates • Repeated words
- 8. II. Read – Like a BOSS Scan > Read actively > Skim
- 9. Like a BOSS?
- 10. Yeah, like a BOSS.
- 11. Scan • Look for specific information, such as answers to quiz questions and homework assignments. • Look for key words
- 12. Read & take notes • Take notes in the margin or on paper. • Summarize the main point of each paragraph or section; write it as a short phrase or sentence. • Ask questions: who, what, where, why, when, how? • Identify new concepts or words. Watch this video to see a great way to take notes. It’s called the “Cornell method.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW9IyE04OQ
- 14. Were your guesses correct? Check your predictions • Compare the content to your predictions.
- 15. Pull out main ideas Main idea
- 16. Figure out the meaning of new words Do your best to get an idea of the meaning from how the word is used in the reading. Example: Can you guess the meaning of the nonsense word in the sentence below? “I poured myself a glass of cold bluffinog. Then I drank the whole thing.”* If a word is still confusing, mark it and move on. After you finish the paragraph, follow these steps: 1. Look it up in an English dictionary. 2. Look up example sentences in a corpus such as the COCA or Google news. 3. Find translations that would work in those example sentences. * From the sentence, it is clear that “bluffinog” is a noun that refers to some kind of drinkable liquid.
- 17. III. Review Go over notes > Summarize > Analyze
- 18. Go over your notes
- 19. Summarize • After you read, look at the main points you wrote down for each paragraph or section. • Then summarize the entire reading in a couple sentences. If you can’t explain it simply, you probably don’t understand it! In brief, be brief.
- 20. Analyze What else does this topic relate to? Is the passage well written? What did the author do well? Does it have any weaknesses? Are all of the examples strong? What information is missing (if any)? Ask questions. Be critical. Figure out how this reading fits into the broader body of writing on the topic.
- 21. How to read: 1. Pre-read 2. Read (like a BOSS) 3. Review
- 22. THE END