Session 3 – The Different Forms of Reading Literacy Session 3 – The Different Forms of Reading

Programme for the Year Session 1 – The Pledge Session 2 – Reading; your role Session 3 – The Different forms of reading Session 4 – Skimming 1 Session 5 – Skimming 2 Session 6 – Scanning 1 Session 7 – Scanning 2 Session 8 – Intensive 1 Session 9 – Intensive 2 Session 10 – Extensive 1 Session 11 – Extensive 2 Session 12 – Sharing Success Stories Session 13 – The Review

Can you read in more than one way? ….simply put – yes you can Define in your own words what you think the following mean: Skim Reading? Scan Reading? Intensive Reading? Extensive Reading?

Skim Reading In your Tutor Books Write down the definition: ‘to read quickly and superficially, in order to pick up the important or significant details’ Q) In what situations would skim reading be useful? Q) How difficult a skill do you think this is to do well? Q) What do you think would define someone as a good skim reader? Q) What could stop you from being a good skim reader?

Scan Reading In your Tutor Books Write down the definition: ‘Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information, e.g. figures or names’ Q) In what situations would scan reading be useful? Q) How difficult a skill do you think this is to do well? Q) What do you think would define someone as a good scan reader? Q) What could stop you from being a good scan reader?

Intensive Reading In your Tutor Books Write down the definition: ‘Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.’ Q) In what situations would intensive reading be useful? Q) How difficult a skill do you think this is to do well? Q) What do you think would define someone as a intensive reader? Q) What could stop you from being a good intensive reader?

Extensive Reading In your Tutor Books Write down the definition: ‘extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills.’ Q) In what situations would extensive reading be useful? Q) How difficult a skill do you think this is to do well? Q) What do you think would define someone as a extensive reader? Q) What could stop you from being a good extensive reader?

Quiz – which reading skill am I using? Discuss: 1) Picking up a newspaper on the tube then leaving it there at your stop 2) Looking up your team’s football result whilst waiting for the bus. 3) Reading the new novel of your favourite author 4) Looking for shoes on Ebay 5) Reading a contract for a mortgage 6) Reading a text in a test than answering questions on it 7) Reading the text on a computer game 8) Reading a Wikipedia page for your homework 9) Reading a Snapchat message 10) Summarising a lengthy piece of information into a leaflet Can you use more than one for some of the above circumstances?

Summary Create a poster / fact sheet to be put up in your classroom defining the different ways to read and where each type of reading may be useful as a skill in the real world.