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Pre-Reading
Patterns of Organization
Vocabulary in Context
Main Ideas
Summarizing
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What are surveying and previewing and why do we do this?
Surveying is quickly scanning the structure of the reading (title and headings) to get an overall idea of the structure and topic. Previewing means skimming or reading very quickly to find the main idea in the introduction and conclusion.
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What is a pattern of organization?
The structure of the reading.
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What is a vocabulary context clue?
It is surrounding information that can help you guess a word that you don't know when you are reading.
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What is the difference between a topic and main idea?
A topic is who or what the reading discusses. A main idea is the author's main point or opinion.
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What is a summary?
A shortened passage that shows the main idea and major points of a reading.
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What are guide questions and how do we use them?
Guide questions are questions that you create before you read to help you get an idea of what questions the reading will answer. You can use headings to create questions that you will find in the reading.
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How does understanding an author's PoO help you when you are reading?
They tell you the relationship between ideas, are a clue to the main idea, help your memory and help you know how to structure notes and study for tests.
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What are the four types of context clues for vocabulary?
Definition, synonym, antonym, inference (examples)
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What are the steps to finding the main idea?
Find the topic. Look for a general sentence that includes the topic. Look for summary and list words. Check if all the details fit under your main idea sentence.
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How can you show the author's organization when you write a summary?
Transitions and transition phrases!
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What is a pre-reading strategy that you have learned for the whole reading?
SQ3R, KWL, Guide Questions
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What are the levels of organization?
Whole reading, section, paragraph.
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In the following sentence, what is the context clue? Retrieval or recall is a vital part of the memory system.
Signal: or Type: Synonym
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What are the four types of author purposes we discussed?
Inform, instruct, persuade, entertain
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What is in an introductory sentence of a summary?
Author or article name and the topic.
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What can you do to increase what you remember when you read and after you read?
Use holistic reading strategies like SQ3R to help you focus on the big parts of the reading and review and recite to help move information from short-term to long-term memory.
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What are the three main categories of organization?
List, explain, analyze
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In the following sentence, what is the clue? Indians tend to think that life is predetermined, whereas Americans think that personal choice and free will are more important.
Type: antonym Clue: whereas
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Look at page 180. What is the author's purpose in number 10?
Instruct
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Is the following work cited entry correct? If not, why? Peet, Stephanie Sharpson. “Employers Are Stung with a Hefty Price When Employees Suffer an Identity Theft.” Business Ethics. Ed. John E. Richardson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 28-30.Print.
Business Ethics needs to be italicized; it needs to be double-spaced and indented!
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Survey and preview the reading on page 43-48. What are (probably) the topic and main idea?
Topic: Remembering Main Idea: Improving your memory is easier if you understand how it works- the parts and the processes.
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Look at page 172. What is the PoO?
Compare/contrast
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What are the clue and type? Kiara was submissive with her friends. She rarely disagreed and tried to make everyone happy.
Clue: Examples Type: Inference
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Look on page 196. What is the main idea for the whole reading?
Professionals will benefit from knowing the customs and etiquette of a place where they are doing business.
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What should not be included in a summary?
Minor supporting details!