1. Concentrate
As You Read
-
Improve
your concentration by:
i)
read
in a place where you can be quiet and alone
ii) sit
in an upright position
iii) consider
using your index finger (or a pen) as a pacer
2.
Skim
Material Before You Read It
- Spend
two minutes rapidly surveying a selection, looking for important points and
skipping secondary material
-
How
to skim?
i)
reading
the overview
ii) study
the title of selection
iii) form
a basic question (or questions) out of the title
iv) read
the first two or three paragraphs and last two or three paragraphs in the selection
v)
look
quickly at the rest of selection for other clues to important points
3.
Read
The Selection Through With A Pen Nearby
-
Aim
to understand as much as you can the
first time through
-
Circle
words you don’t understand
-
Put
question marks in the margin next to passages that are unclear and that you
will want to reread
4.
Work
With The Material
-
Go
back and reread passages that were not clear
-
Look
up meanings of words that block your understanding
-
Prepare
short outline of the selection by answering following question:
i)
What
is the main idea?
ii)
What
key points support the main idea?
iii)
What
seem to be other important points in the selection?
Reference: John Langan. (2002). English Skills with Readings (Fifth Edition): Seventeen Reading Selection, New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc
Reading Strategies
1.
Before
Reading
-
Jackdaws
-
Related
readings
-
Other
media and activities
-
Story
mapping
-
Role
playing
2.
During
Reading
-
Directed
reading-thinking activity (DR-TA)
-
Think-Pair-Share
-
Character
sketches
-
Linguistic
Roulette
-
Imagery
3.
After
Reading
-
Group
mapping activity
-
Sketch
to Stretch
-
(Write
and Share)²
-
Agree
or Disagree? Why?
-
Bleich’s
Heuristic
-
Compare-and-Contrast
Charts
Reference:
Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak. (2000). Effective
Reading Strategies: Teaching Children Who Find Reading
Difficult (Second Edition),
United States of America Prentice-Hall, Inc
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