Reading 3 textbook organization 1.Reading Preview For example, p. 2: “Look at the title of this article. What is a paradox? Why might there be a paradox.

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Reading 3 textbook organization 1.Reading Preview For example, p. 2: “Look at the title of this article. What is a paradox? Why might there be a paradox involving happiness and unhappiness?

Reading 3 textbook organization  2. Scanning Exercise (“Fact Finding”)  For example, p. 5: “Scan the article quickly to find out if each statement is true or false.”

Reading 3 textbook organization  3.Reading Analysis  For example, p This shows your understanding of the words and phrases used in the story

Reading 3 textbook organization  4. Suffixes (“Word Forms”) For example, p. 8-9: Appear+ance=appearance verb+ance=noun verb+ance=noundefine+ion=definition verb+ion=noun verb+ion=noun

Reading 3 textbook organization  5.Dictionary Skills  For example, p  “close” adj. has 7 meanings  The friends are very close  I live close to Southpark  It was a close game  He paid close attention  Etc…

Reading 3 textbook organization  6.Main ideas and Details  For example, p. 13  What do researchers believe about happiness and unhappiness? Be careful to list the main ideas, not all the supporting statistics, examples, quotations, etc.

Reading 3 textbook organization  7.Critical Thinking  For example, p Why do you think identical twins were more alike than fraternal twins were? Use the information in the article + your own experience, intelligence, logic.

 8. Writing Activities  For example, p. 14  Summary writing is an important skill in academic and professional life.  Write down all the main ideas, but none of the supporting ideas