© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Publishers Guide to College Reading, 6/e Kathleen T. McWhorter Chapter 5 Reading As Thinking PowerPoint by JoAnn Yaworski

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers This Chapter Will Show You How to:  Preview before reading  Develop questions to guide your reading  Review after you read

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers How to Preview  The title and subtitle  Chapter introduction  The first paragraph  Boldfaced headings  The first sentence under each heading  Typographical aids  Graphs, charts, and pictures  The final paragraph or summary  End-of-chapter material

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Previewing Articles and Essays  Check the author’s name.  Check the source of the article.  If there is no heading, read the first sentence of a few paragraphs throughout the essay.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Use Background Knowledge  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.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers How to Use Background Knowledge  Ask question and try to answer them  Draw upon your own experience  Brainstorm

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers How to Ask Guide Questions  Preview before you try to ask questions.  Turn each major heading into a series of questions.  As you read the section, look for the answers to your questions. Highlight the answers as you find them.  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.  Avoid asking questions that have one-word answers.

© 2003 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?

© 2003 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.

© 2003 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.

© 2003 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 followed to preview.

© 2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers SQ3R  S – Survey (preview)  Q – Question (ask guide questions)  R – Read (read for meaning)  R – Recite (test yourself)  R – Review (review after you read)

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