© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers Guide to College Reading, 8/e Kathleen T. McWhorter Chapter 5 Reading As Thinking PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin St. Cloud State University, MN

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers THIS CHAPTER WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO: 1. Preview before reading 2. Develop questions to guide your reading 3. Review after you read

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers How to Preview: Read 1. The Title and Subtitle 2. Chapter Introduction 3. The First Paragraph 4. Boldfaced Headings 5. The First Sentence under Each Heading 6. Typographical Aids 7. Graphs, Charts, and Pictures 8. The Final Paragraph or Summary 9. End-of-Chapter Material

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers Previewing Articles and Essays 1. Check the author’s name. 2. Check the source of the article. 3. If there are no headings, read the first sentence of a few paragraphs throughout the essay.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers LEARNING STYLE TIPS Auditory learner: asking and answering guide questions aloud or tape-recording them Visual learner: writing guide questions and their answers. Are you an auditory or visual learner?

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers Discover What You Already Know Makes reading easier because you have already thought about the topic. Makes material easier to remember because you can connect the new information with what you already know. Makes topics more interesting if you can link them to your own experiences.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers How to Use Background Knowledge 1. Ask questions and try to answer them. 2. Draw upon your own experience. 3. Brainstorm.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers DEVELOP QUESTIONS TO GUIDE YOUR READING: How to Ask Guide Questions 1. Preview before you try to ask questions. 2. Turn each major heading into a series of questions. 3. As you read the section, look for the answers to your questions. Highlight the answers as you find them. 4. When you finish reading a section, stop and check to see whether you can recall the answers. Place check marks by those you cannot recall. 5. Avoid asking questions that have one-word answers.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers Creating Questions Heading Reducing Prejudice The Deepening Recession Newton’s First Law of Motion Questions How can prejudice be reduced? What type of prejudice is discussed? What is a recession? Why is it deepening? Who is or was Newton? What is his first law of motion?

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers READ FOR MEANING Read to answer your guide questions. Highlight answers to questions. Highlight what is important in each paragraph.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers TEST YOUR RECALL AS YOU READ Write your guide questions in the textbook margin. Cover the textbook section and try to recall the answer. If you cannot, reread the section. Repeat the answer aloud or write it out.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers REVIEW AFTER YOU READ Go back through what you have just read. Look things over one more time. Use the same steps as you used to preview the material.

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers BUILDING A SYSTEM: SQ3R S – Survey (Preview) Q – Question (Ask Guide Questions) R – Read (Read for Meaning) R – Recite (Test Yourself) R – Review (Review After You Read)

© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers SELF-TEST SUMMARY What techniques can you use before reading to read efficiently? How can you read for meaning? How can you test our recall as you read? What is the SQ3R system?

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© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers TEST-TAKING TIPS: Reading Comprehension Test Passages Glance through the passage quickly. What is it about? This will help you focus and give you an idea about what you are about to read. Do not approach the passage as something you have to learn. Approach it as something you simply need to understand. As you read, do not try to remember all the facts and details. Just try to remember what information is given. Since many tests are timed, it is important to work efficiently, not spending too much time on any one troublesome item.