This document discusses the differences between skimming and scanning when reading texts. Skimming involves getting the main points and themes of a larger piece of writing without focusing on details, while scanning means looking for a specific piece of information and stopping once found. The document provides examples of situations that would involve skimming such as quickly reviewing a report to understand the overall topic, versus scanning like searching a newspaper for a particular data point.

1. • 1) What are Matthew and Leo
talking about?
• 2) Where does Leo work?
• 3)What is a Healthy Party?
• 4) List three exercises Leo does.
Exercise two. Page 10.

2. • The goal of skimming is to learn the
main points in a larger selection of writing
rather than answer one specific question.
• Students should be able to identify the
major themes throughout the passage.
• Students should also pay attention to
italicized or bold words, headings and
subheadings.
Skimming

3. • Scanning is used when you look for a
specific piece of information in a text.
• Once you find this information, you stop
reading.
• Scanning is a fast form of reading that
does not pay attention to every detail in the
text.
Scanning

4. • You quickly go through a twenty-page report in a few
minutes, and determine the overall subject, tone, and a
few key points.
This is skimming.
• You pick up the newspaper in the doctor's office, thumb
through the first few pages, and gather the gist of the
events happening in the world. This is skimming.
• You flip through an accounting report to find a
particular set of data. This is scanning.
• You open the classified section of a newspaper, find
the automobile section, and then mark a few cars.
This is scanning.
Practice