Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER Seven READ: Building Your Reading and Comprehension Skills CORNERSTONE: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER 7 OBJECTIVES This chapter can help you: Read and remember what you readRead and remember what you read Know your reading speed and comprehension levelKnow your reading speed and comprehension level Tell whether you are an active or passive readerTell whether you are an active or passive reader Learn to use the dictionaryLearn to use the dictionary Develop a powerful vocabularyDevelop a powerful vocabulary Find main points while readingFind main points while reading Use SQ3RUse SQ3R Apply Bloom’s Taxonomy for comprehensionApply Bloom’s Taxonomy for comprehension

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. TOP ACADEMIC PROBLEMS The two greatest problems college students face today are college math classes and reading comprehension.

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. n Have you ever read something and then told yourself “I don’t remember what I just read”?

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. SIX PACK FOR SUCCESSFUL READING The material you’re An open mind Pencils reading reading A highlighter A tablet or loose-leaf paper A dictionary

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Are you an Active or Passive Reader? n Do you ever tell yourself things like “I hate reading”, “This stuff is worthless” n Complete Figure 7.2 on page 177

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE READERS Active readers Enjoy readingEnjoy reading Visualize while readingVisualize while reading Approach text with an open mindApproach text with an open mind Passive readers Just want to get reading over withJust want to get reading over with Only read when required to do soOnly read when required to do so

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ARE YOU READING BELOW THE AVERAGE RATE? n Are you concentrating on the passage? n Is there vocabulary that is unfamiliar? n Are you fixating too long on words? n Are you reading often enough to build your speed?

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. USING YOUR DICTIONARY (From The American Heritage Dictionary, 2 nd College Edition) USING YOUR DICTIONARY (From The American Heritage Dictionary, 2 nd College Edition) Pronunciation The WordPart of Speech UsageMeaning Word Origin

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. n Where do you usually read?

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. INCREASE YOUR CONCENTRATION n Reduce outside distractions n Reduce internal distractions n Set a reading goal (amount and time) n Take short breaks every 20 minutes n Take notes as you read

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY n Stop and look up words you don’t know n Keep a list of new words n Study your vocabulary list n Work on crossword or other word puzzles

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. FIXATION n Your eyes stop on an average of 2.5 words per fixation n Practice reading in phrases: Nutrition is importantto good health. Therefore,you should work hard to eat proper mealsevery day. By doing thisyou can maintain good health.

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. IDENTIFYING THE TOPIC (D. Seyler, 2001) n The topic is the subject of the paragraph n “Who or what is the paragraph about?” n General enough to cover all details in the paragraph n Specific enough to exclude related topics in other paragraphs

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. READING THE CHAPTER n Read the entire paragraph before marking anything n Identify and highlight the topic or thesis statement if stated n Mark key phrases n Don’t highlight too much n Stop to look up unfamiliar vocabulary n Make margin notes

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR READING TIME n Reduce distractions in environment n Read at the best time of day for concentration n Read with a healthy snack n Read in sections and take breaks n Form questions from material n Look up unfamiliar words n Manage your time to allow enough time for reading

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER REFLECTION n Approach text with an open mind n Free your mind to focus on reading n Read with your “six-pack” n Mark and look up unknown words n Make and review a new vocabulary list n Use SQ3R and Bloom’s Taxonomy n Get a tutor if needed n The more you read, the more skilled you’ll be

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. JUST FOR FUN !! Character Illustration by Christian O’Brien