chapter 1: engaging with reading
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Chapter 1: Engaging with Reading. What’s happening tonight?. Turn in assignments Entrance letter Acknowledgement Syllabus & CofC Student Information Sheet Should have completed Aplia Diagnostic Test (extended to this Wed) Why is Reading Important ? Video Exercise. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 1: Engaging with Reading
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What’s happening tonight?
• Turn in assignments– Entrance letter– Acknowledgement Syllabus & CofC– Student Information Sheet– Should have completed Aplia Diagnostic Test
(extended to this Wed)• Why is Reading Important ?– Video– Exercise
Why is Reading
Important?Take a whiteboard and some pens.
Why is Reading Important?
• Reading is essential to education• People with degrees make more money• Education also benefits– Health– Family life– Society at large
Strategize to Win!• Your textbook will
teach you strategies to get the most from your readings
• You can turn these strategies into habits to help with reading tasks through college and through your career.
Before• Survey• Guess the
purpose• Check prior
knowledge• Predict
During• Understand• Monitor
comprehension• Search for
relevance• Be open to
learning new information
• Search for significance
After• What you do
depends on your purpose
The Reading Process
Before
• Guess the purpose of the reading or selection
• Survey to get an overview of what will be coming
• Predict what's going to happen• Think about prior knowledge
The Reading PurposeIs the author trying to . . . • Persuade• Inform• Express
Survey the Reading• Pay attention to these things:–Title–Headings–First sentences of paragraphs–Words in bold and italic type– Images and their captions
Predict the PurposeTwo basic ways to predict the author’s purpose:1. Selection titles will often reveal the
purpose2. Make an educated guess based on where
the selection appears– Newspaper?– Textbook?– Magazine?
Activate Prior Knowledge• Think about what you already know• Fitting what you are learning into what you
already know is a natural and powerful learning technique.
Newspaper EditorialGet Rich Quick Website
Religious Work (like the Bible)
Dictionary
Paperback NovelPhone Book
Magazine Advertisement
People MagazineTextbookNewspaperComic BookNational Enquirer
CookbookArmy Ranger Handbook
Newspaper EditorialGet Rich Quick Website
Religious Work (like the Bible)
Dictionary
Paperback NovelPhone Book
Magazine Advertisement
People MagazineTextbookNewspaperComic BookNational Enquirer
CookbookArmy Ranger Handbook
Newspaper EditorialGet Rich Quick Website
Religious Work (like the Bible)
Dictionary
Paperback NovelPhone Book
Magazine Advertisement
People MagazineTextbookNewspaperComic BookNational Enquirer
CookbookArmy Ranger Handbook
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is knowledge that you have you read.
Fill In the Blanks
before
Prior knowledge
During
•Monitor comprehension• Search for significance• Picture or hear what the author is
saying• Put ideas in your own words• Be open to learning something new
Monitoring Comprehension
While reading, ask yourself• Am I losing comprehension?• Am I re-reading?• Can I tell what is important?
Search for Significance• Look for the relevance of the reading
to your life and to other ideas and situations.• Think about how the reading changes
or reinforces your prior knowledge.
Use Imagination• Picture or hear what the author is
saying.
In Your Own Words• To check for understanding, try to put
what the author is saying into your own words.
Be Open to Learning• Be aware what you read might give you
new knowledge, or contradict your prior knowledge.
• Ask “Why is this new information relevant?”
• Ask “How is this different from what I thought was true?”
After
•What you do depends on your purpose.
After Reading• In college you need effective strategies to
help you learn, study, and remember information.
• Review and rehearse using three methods:–Think about the ideas–Discuss the ideas–Take notes on the ideas
Factors that Affect
Reading Rate
Your reading purpose
Prior knowledge
Your interest
level
Complexity of material
Your Reading Rate
Reading Purpose Affects Rate
Your reason for reading also impacts speed.• Long-term learning• Short-term recall• Basic understanding• Skimming• Scanning
Complexity Decreases Rate
• Vocabulary you don't understand• Long, complex sentences• Theoretical, abstract, or confusing ideas;
or ideas with complex processes
Your Interest Level• Boring readings require discipline• Practice your reading strategies to help
stay focused
Your Prior Knowledge• It’s easier to read familiar content• A lack of prior knowledge will slow you
down
The more you know, the faster
you’ll go.
Use Chunking to Read Faster• Chunking is the act of reading groups of
words instead of individual words. • It is hard to be a fluent reader if you just
read one word at a time.
Chunking by an Inexperienced Reader
The dog
ran quickly
down the beach,
attempting to catch
every seagull he saw
before they flew away,
scolding him angrily.
Chunking by an Advanced Reader
The dog ran quickly down the beach,
attempting to catch every seagull he saw
before they flew away, scolding him angrily.
Chunking is a SkillPractice chunking. Over time your chunks will widen and your comprehension will increase.
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Assignment for Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
• Read “Today’s Generations Face New Communication Gaps” (pgs. 56-59)– In your book, answer questions on pgs. 60-65– Write two pages double spaced reflection on the
different language cultures that you experience with your family. Print one copy to turn in and one to use in discussion. • We will discuss this in class
– Make a list of vocabulary in the article• Words in red• Quiz on them next Wednesday
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Assignment for Wed. Jan. 25, 2012
• Read Chapter 2: Expanding Your Vocabulary (pgs 67-121)• Start working on learning the Prefixes, Roots, and
Suffixes located in the Word Parts Glossary on pgs. 103-105• Start focusing on how to identify words with
context clues• Signal vs no signal words• Using logic• Denotation & connotation• EASY
• Quiz on Vocab words from Chapter 1