This document discusses the history and techniques of reading. It covers: - The origins of written language in hieroglyphics in ancient Egypt and logographs in Sumer over 5000 years ago. - How reading has evolved from early writing systems to modern reading of English texts using the alphabet and punctuation. - Different approaches to academic reading such as skimming, scanning, intensive reading, and extensive reading. - Popular techniques for effective reading like SQ3R and note-taking methods including the Cornell Method, outlining, mind mapping, charting, and the sentence method.

1. LET’S PLAY

14. History of
Reading

15. Hieroglyphics

20. More than
5000 years ago

22. Egyptian
civilization
hieroglyphics
Papyrus plant
Reed pen and ink

27. Sumerian
logographs from
4000 BC

31. Another 1000 years passed Medieval Scribes

34. Reading is a general term used to
refer to the processes of deriving
meaning from abstraction or
symbolic representation.

35. Reading is a process undertaken
to reduce uncertainty about
meanings a text conveys.

36. Reading is the process that
results from a negotiation of
meaning between the text and the
reader.

37. Reading is the knowledge,
expectations, and strategies a
reader uses to uncover textual
meaning all play decisive roles
way the reader negotiates with
the text’s meaning.

38. • requires deriving meaning from 26 symbols
(i.e., the alphabet)
• presented in seemingly infinite combinations
(e.g., sentences and paragraphs)
• organized with 14 other print symbols (i.e.,
punctuation marks) and several text
conventions (e.g., space between words and
paragraph indents
Reading English text

39. writing as the antithesis of
reading
Fischer (2003)

40. • Writing is a skill; reading is
a faculty.
Fischer (2003)

41. • Writing is expression;
reading is impression.
Fischer (2003)

42. • Writing is public; reading is
personal.
Fischer (2003)

43. “Writing was originally elaborated and
thereafter deliberately adapted; reading
has evolved in tandem with humanity’s
deeper understanding of the written
word’s latent capabilities”
Fischer (2003)

44. Group Activity

45. Group 1
“Reading is to the
mind what exercise
is to the body.”
–Richard Sleete

46. Group 2
“The delights of reading
imparts the vivacity of youth
even in old age.”
–Isaac d’isrelli

47. Group 3
“Reading maketh a
full man.”
–Francis Bacon

48. Group 4
“The greatest gift is a passion for
reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it
excites, it gives you knowledge of the
world and experience of a wide kind.
It is moral illumination.”
–Elizabeth Hardwick

49. Group 5
“A book is a garden
carried in a pocket.”
–Chinese Proverb

50. Group 6
“A man without books is
a body without a soul.”
–Cicero

51. Group 7
“The book is man’s best
invention so far.”
–Carolina Maria de Jesus

52. Group 8
“I have sought rest
everywhere, and only
found it in corners, and
books.”
–Thomas a Kempis

53. Group 9
“You don’t have to burn
books to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop
reading them.”
–Ray Bradbury

54. Group 10
“Books are treasured wealth
of the world and the fit
inheritance of generations.”
–Henry David Thoreau

55. Group 11
“Books we must have
though we lack bread.”
–Alice Williams
Brotherston

56. Group 12
“Books we must have
though we lack bread.”
–Alice Williams
Brotherston

57. • Reading in an academic context is
different from everyday reading.
• Academic reading requires a more
active, probing, and recursive strategy
than does recreational reading.
• It is an essential skill for completing a
written assignment.
Academic Reading

58. REFLECTION TIME
1. Reading is a burden in work and life.
2. Personally, it has not been useful in my studies.
3. For men and women of great minds, they are avoided
and set aside.
4. People do not find books as sources of rest and
enjoyment.
5. The library is not a wholesome place to stay and spend
time in.

59. • Skimming
• Scanning
• Intensive
• Extensive
Reading Techniques

60. Skimming
1. Read the title.
2. Read the 1st paragraph very quickly.
3. Read and underline the 1st two lines of each
paragraph.
4. Give attention to sub-headings and subtitles.
5. Read and underline the last two lines of each
paragraph.
6. Read the last paragraph of the tet quickly.
7. Underline key words.

63. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK:
1. Do you agree with the essay? Why or why not?
2. What are the instances when you felt you were doing or
believing something wrong, but was not able to fully
explain or say why you felt that way?
3. What issues do you think are important in your life? Why
is it important to analyze them?
4. Why is it important for citizens of the nation to be able to
analyze an argument?
5. Do you think you should analyze the positions or
arguments that come from one’s parents, teachers, or
religion? Why or why not?

64. Scanning
Underline…
“the most”, “the best”
Places, nationalities, names
Terminology, scientific terms, medical
terms, etc.
Numbers, dates, percentage, etc.
Countries, continents, etc.

65. Intensive Reading
• Have your aims clear in mind.
• Remember this is going to be far more
time consuming than scanning and
skimming.
• Do this if you need to list the chronology
of events in a long passage.

66. Extensive Reading
• Involves reading for pleasure
• Requires a fluid decoding
and assimilation of the text
and content

67. Strategies for improving reading rate and
comprehension
“SQ3R METHOD FOR THOROUGH STUDY”
Reading Techniques

68. SQ3R
Step 1: Survey
Step 2: Questions
Step 3: Read
Step 4: Recall
Step 5: Review
Adapted from F.P. Robinson. Effective Study. New York: Harper and Bros. 1948.

69. MONTHLY REQUIREMENT
• BOOK REVIEW
➢ Synthesis
➢ Analysis
➢ Learning insights
➢ Policy recommendations

70. MONTHLY REQUIREMENT
• BOOK REVIEW
➢ Arial
➢ 12
➢ Double space
➢ Justify
➢ Maximum of three pages only
➢ Maybe typed or handwritten
➢ Short bond paper

71. Reading Tips/Habits

85. Do you take notes?

86. Note-taking Methods

87. 1.Use white space to separate major ideas.
2.Try to limit your notes to one concept or
section per page.
3.Use abbreviations and/or symbols where
possible to avoid long sentences.
4.Write down the information in your own
words.
4 General Ideas to Improve Note-Taking

88. The Cornell Method

92. The Cornell Method

96. The Outlining Method

102. 4 types of outline
1. The topic outline
2.The sentence outline
3.The mixed outline
4.The paragraph outline

103. Format of the outline
1.Number-Letter Sequence
2.The Decimal Pattern

104. Outline components
•Parallelism
•Coordination
•Subordination

105. Traffic in manila
THESIS STATEMENT: Traffic in Manila is due to the following reasons:
volume of vehicles on the road, undisciplined drivers, and road
constructions.
1. Volume of vehicles on the road
1.1 jeepneys
1.2 trucks
1.3 private vehicles
2. Undisciplined drivers
2.1 disobey traffic signs
2.2 beat the red light
2.3 disobey traffic rules
3. Road constructions
3.1 asphalting of roads
3.2 concreting roads
3.3 patching potholes

106. Mind Mapping

120. • Don’t spend too much time on your maps
• Use colors and images when appropriate
• Follow the mind mapping rules but let
them help you not restrict you

121. The Charting Method

125. The Sentence Method

129. Better grades start with
better notes.

130. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
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