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Active Reading In Social Studies September 2011
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What is Active Reading? Active reading is a way to learn certain strategies in order to remember and comprehend what you read. It is technique when reading to retain the information.
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Steps to Take to Become An Active Reader 1.Predict 2.Question 3.Summarize 4.Connect 5.Clarify 6.Visualize
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Predict What you think may happen based on what you already know
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Question Ask yourself questions as you read such as: 1. Why things have happened? 2. What things mean? 3. What caused certain events?
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Summarize Read a bit and then summarize it in your own words. DO NOT try and summarize a whole chapter!
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Connect Connect new information with information you’ve previously learned.
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Clarify aka “Checking In” Stop occasionally to ask yourself if you understand what you’re reading.
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Visualize Try to see the things you are reading about in your mind like a movie.
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Tips for Text Book Reading Success
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Tip #1- Use the “Reading Social Studies” pages At the beginning of each chapter, read the two pages that proceed it to: Find out chapter themes Learn and practice a new reading skill or strategy Preview chapter vocabulary Identify key terms and people
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Tip #2 – Read Like a Skilled Reader Skilled readers do the following: Preview the chapter to find out what you’ll be learning about Take notes while reading, and jot down questions/comments as they arise Read like an active reader Use clues from signal words
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Chronological Order Words Cause and Effect Words Signal Words First Second Third Before After Later Next Following that Earlier Finally Because of Due to As a result of The reason for Therefore Consequently
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Comparison/Contrast Words Signal Words Continued Likewise Also As well as Similarly On the other hand
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Tip #3 – Pay Attention to Vocabulary Be on the lookout for key terms and people listed before the chapter begins. They will be located in the reading and will be highlighted in yellow. Academic vocabulary are words that are important in all subject areas, not just social studies. They will be in blue and located in the margin of your book. (Check out page H13)
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Tip #4 – Making Your Book Work for You Meet your World History Book (also on-line) It is Subdivided into the following: Units – Study of a particular time period Chapters – Includes opener and timeline Sections – Big Ideas / Start with “If you were there…” End with assessments so you can check your understanding.
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Tip #5 Mind Mapping Mind Mapping is an extremely effective method of taking notes. Mind Maps show not only facts, but also the overall structure of a subject and the relative importance of individual parts of it. They help you to associate ideas and make connections that you might not otherwise make.
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Great Mind Map Example
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Let’s Try It…. Time to make a Visual Mind Map of your own. Put your name in the center and create a web that’s unique to you. Include the following: 1.Personality/Character Traits 2.Hobbies 3.Music 4.Foods 5.Books Be sure to personalize it with illustrations and visuals
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