Reading Strategies
a very in-depth, careful analysis of a short text.
What is Close Reading?
the grammatical rule that the verb or verbs in a sentence must match the number, person, and gender of the subject
What is subject - verb agreement?
This HBCU was founded in 1898 and is associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
What is Miles College?
This is an expression which is composed of variables, constants and exponents, that are combined using mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
What is polynomial.
This is the acronym for historically black colleges and universities.
What is HBCUs?
Simply reading and re-reading the material IS NOT an effective way to understand and learn using this process
What is Active Reading?
The noun or noun substitute that a pronoun refers to
What is an antecedent?
The Miles College band is known as the PMM. What does that acronym mean?
What is the Purple Marching Machine?
This part of mathematics involves using letters and other general symbols to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations.
What is algebra?
True OR False
Before the Civil War, higher education for Black people was virtually non-existent.
What is "True"?
a reading comprehension method named for its many steps:
What is SQ3R Method?
a singular subject takes a singular verb; this takes a plural verb
What is a plural subject?
Who is the current president of Miles College?
Who is Dr. Bobbie Knight?
What is exponent?
This form of discrimination is based on skin color; also known shadeism,
What is Colorism?
This step of the SQ3R Method involves retraining your mind to concentrate and learn as it reads.
What is recite?
Lizzo is on a world-wide tour this summer. Her fans anticipate high-energy performances and energetic dancers. She is also recognized as a well-known flutist because she plays beautifully.
What is "beautifully"?
In January 2020, this NBA legend, who is an Alabama native, donated $1 million to Miles College. This gift is the biggest donation from a single person that the school has ever received.
Who is Charles Barkley?
What is the exponent of 36?
What is 6?
This is a generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is usually a negative expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group.
What is stereotype?
This active reading strategy allows you to break down difficult text. It forces you to be more active both mentally and physically, as you pick out individual passages and analyze them.
What is T-Chart?
Which is the correct?
The captain and coach of the team has been sacked OR The captain and coach of the team have been sacked.
What is "The captain and coach of the team has been sacked."
This is the mascot of Miles College and greets all visitors as they enter the campus.
What is "Golden Bear"?
This is a constant that a variable or expression is multiplied by.
What is a coefficient?
As of 2021, which state has the most (a total of 14) HBCU institutions?
What is Alabama?