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What do you read in your spare time? How do you approach this reading? Ie. your purpose How will your reading approach above, differ from reading for study purposes? Reading

You aren’t alone.....  “I don’t know what to select”. ...”Sheer amount of reading” (books, internet, journals etc, etc)  “The length of some readings”.  “Sometimes, I can’t see the point of needing to read some given material” etc... 3

 Are you reading to answer an essay topic?  Are you reading to answer homework questions?  Are you reading to prepare for a class?  Are you reading for test revision?  These will likely need different reading strategies! Read with purpose

SKIMMING –  Rapid glance to get an overview, before getting into close reading. Eg. Skimming newspaper headlines. SCANNING –  Rapid glance also, but with a purpose. Eg looking for a particular news story. Its good to use both skimming and scanning. Sometimes you can skip chunks of text until you find what’s really important. W 5

 SURVEY (skimming & scanning)  QUESTION (What, why, when, who, which, how, where  READ (active reading strategies)  RECALL (exams, tests)  REVIEW (understanding) 6

What can/should you do:  before you read? SURVEY (using pre-reading strategies)  while you read? Use ACTIVE READING strategies  after you readREVIEW-RECALL-RETAIN Have a reading plan

 Use some pre-reading strategies (SURVEY)  Take an advance look at the material (overview)  Preview the title (Turn into a question)  Preview the introduction and summary  Preview highlighted words  Preview visual features eg. charts, diagrams  Preview the questions at the end of the section  Make up questions to guide your reading What can/should you do BEFORE you read?

 Look for ways to actively read.  If it’s your book (jot down notes, post-it notes)  Try highlighting or underlining (be selective).  Consider taking notes by hand (try out note-taking systems to find out what works for you eg. mind- mapping, flow-charts, lists or mixture of these?  Take time to pause and check your understanding What can/should you do WHILE you read?

 Look for ways to effectively retain and review the material.  Work to develop an effective review strategy.  Does it work to re-read the section a 2 nd or 3 rd time?  Is reviewing highlighting or your notes more effective?  Does it help to talk about the material? Keep all these as ACTIVE WAYS to review the information. What can/should you do after you read

 Talk to others about what works (and doesn’t work).  Don’t be afraid to experiment.  Consider using additional/easier resources.  Work to develop good reading habits NOW. Evaluate what you are doing

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1.0 Identify the writer’s purpose  Think - how does the writer’s idea relate to my assessment topic 13

2. Use past knowledge to make sense of the reading.  They do this before, during, and after reading ◦ (use titles, sub-titles, link to past experience, own examples) 14

3. Before and During Reading: ◦ Make up questions and seek answers to these questions ◦ Make predictions ◦ Look for main ideas and supporting ideas. 15

4. Use language patterns within sentences: Eg. punctuation :, ! ? ; Use paragraph structure: o Topic and supporting sentences o Statement, explanation, example o General by specific detail o Compare and constrast Use visual features: ◦ Charts, photos, bold, underline, glossary 16

5. Continually expand their reading vocabulary of... General academic words ◦ discuss, explain, implicate, concept Specialised/technical words o decoding, text features, clustering, word clines o sociology, cognitive, socio-emotional, physiology, holistic 17

6. Automatically decode – break words apart to work out their meaning. interrelationship/ inter – relate/relation –ship.  inclusive/include.  implication /implicate/imply.  Hint: Does your text book have a definition of prefixes eg. Hydro = water, inter=between, sub=beneath 18

7.0 Think beyond the text  Make inferences  Create mental images as they read. 19

SURVEY 1. READING PURPOSE Social Networking Services by Chitty, Barker & Shimp (2008). 1. Jot down your reading purpose for this chapter. What do you want to find out?

2. READ THE TITLE :  Underline keywords and use prior knowledge to brainstorm ideas around keywords  Turn the title into 1-2 questions linked to your reading purpose (what, why, how, which, when, who, where, should, would etc) (seek out answers to these questions during the active reading stage  Make predictions about the reading. 21

Quickly SCAN this reading to: 1. Quickly scan sub-titles, underline, form questions 2. Scan the different text/visual features, used by the writers. Q. What do these tell you about the reading? 3. Quickly scan (1-2 minutes) this reading: Read first sentence in each paragraph. Does this article meet your reading purpose? How? What sections will be useful for your essay topic? 22

Actively read ‘social network services’ for familarity:  Use active reading strategies (Eg. jot down margin notes, underline, predict, pose questions, mental images, compare to what you know, own examples etc)  Repeat this step: increase comprehension  Discussion: What data is useful for your essay? What might you use as a main paragraph idea What might you use as a supporting idea? 23