Let’s play! The Hidden word If you do good work you will get good marks. If you do good work you will get good marks. Clue: Animal What she likes is lying on the beach in the sun. What she likes is lying on the beach in the sun. Clue: Part of body/face This is a tulip I got for my mother. This is a tulip I got for my mother. Clue: Animal The clock needs to be repaired. The clock needs to be repaired Clue: Parts of the body Tom is really a coward when it comes to go to the dentist Tom is really a coward when it comes to go to the dentist Clue: Animal Every morning I wake up early to go to work. Every morning I wake up early to go to work. Clue: Fruit Matilda is yelling because she thinks she has seen a ghost. Matilda is yelling because she thinks she has seen a ghost. Clue: Flower We are lost. Could you pass me the map please? We are lost. Could you pass me the map please? Clue: Fruit I was surprised when she admired that horrible picture. I was surprised when she admired that horrible picture. Clue: Part of the body What should a woman going to an opera wear? What should a woman going to an opera wear? Clue: Fruit Reading Strategies • Skimming • Scanning Skimming • Fast reading to get general idea of text. • It will give you an overview or main point of the text. What to read when skimming? • Read table of contents • Read the opening and closing sentences of paragraphs. • Read headings and subheadings. • Look at any illustrations or graphic pictures. Examples of Skimming • To see what is in the news on a website or on a paper. • To look through a text to decide whether you want to read it or not. • To look through the television guide/program schedule to plan your evening. • To see through a catalog to choose an offer • To go through the options after searching something on Google Scanning • Rapidly moving eyes over text to locate specific details. • Already know what you want to look for. • Its ok not to understand some phrases or words in the text. What to read when scanning? • • • • Look for key words related to your topic. Look for bold prints and italics. Look for words in larger font sizes. Look for bulleted information. Examples of Scanning • To search for a word in a dictionary or index • To find a phone number or an address in a directory • To check the time schedule of a program in an agenda • To check the price of a specific item in a catalog • To know a particular information from a text Let’s Try! Is it Skimming or Scanning? Looking through a Google search list is an example of...? Skimming Looking up the meaning of a word in the Dictionary is an example of...? Scanning Looking through a magazine to check what articles to read is an example of...? Skimming Scrolling through Instagram to see what's popular is an example of...? Skimming Looking where to buy Avengers movie in a magazine is an example of...? Scanning Searching Spotify for Marshmello's songs, is an example of...? Scanning Seatwork 1. I would ______ to find my flight on a schedule at the airport. 2. I would _______ through a table of contents to see what information a book contained. 3. I would _______ the glossary of a book to look for a certain topic. 4. I would _______ through the headings of a report before I read it to see if the topic interested me. 5. I would ______ to find a phone number in the telephone directory. 6. I would ______ to search for an unanswered question on an exam. 7. I would _______ through the first paragraph of a book to see if it was about the same character as previous book. 8. I would ______ an advertisement to find out the cost of something. 9. I would ______ find a location on a map. 10. I would ______ to refresh my memory about an article I’d read before. Let’s Practice! Performance Task 4 Skim, Scan, Run! Good Job!
