Skimming - Rootwords "mort" and "tend" (homework)

 Skimming

Skimming should help you to:

·         read more quickly

·         decide whether you want/need to read something in more detail

·         think about your reading and ask questions

Skimming means reading something very quickly just to get an idea of what it is about.

Just skim over the surface of it to find the main point and don’t read every detail.

      You need to be quite good at reading before you try skimming.

1      Start off with a short piece e.g. a short text task.  As usual, get as much information as you can before you begin.

·         What sort of piece is it?

·         What is the title?

·         Is there a picture or diagram to help?

2      Let your eyes move over it quickly looking out for important words.  Don’t bother with little words like ‘the’, ‘to’ and ‘are’ or the descriptive words like ‘very’.

3      Find out as much as you can as quickly as you can.

        Tips

·         Don’t read every word.

·         Don’t read every sentence.

·         Let your eyes move quickly.

·         Keep thinking about the meaning.

4      Now try skimming the whole article (paragraph).  Concentrate on:

·         the title

·         any diagram/pictures

·         the first paragraph (read the first sentence)

·         the last paragraph (read the first and last sentence)

·         the first line of the other paragraphs

Skimming News paper article

·         Read the headlines .

·         Read the first and last paragraph only.

·         Read them as quickly as you can.

·         Think what the newspaper article is about.

·         Answer the questions at the end of the article.

link to homework:  http://www.4shared.com/file/7pYLYS2gce/Skimming.html

Due date: Monday, March 31