Reading Strategies Activity

Reading Styles and Strategies

(Practice)

SCANNING:

Use the given TV program schedule to answer the ff. questions.

Multiple Choice

What time does On the Wings of Love start?

• 7:45 am

• 7:45 pm

• 8:30 am

• 8:30 pm

Multiple Choice

What time does Tawag ng Tanghalan start?

• 12:15 pm

• 2:00 pm

• 3:00 pm

• 5:00 pm

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In one (1) minute, skim the text in the next slide and get its main idea.

Skimming

Folk Dances of the Philippines

Folk dancing and singing were very popular among the ancient Filipinos. History relates that when Magellan reached the Philippines on March 17, 1521, he was entertained by dancing native girls while young men played on what were thought to be “crude” musical instruments. These ancients’ musical instruments probably appeared crude to the Spaniards who were not familiar with them.

Open Ended

What is the main idea of the paragraph you have read?

Read carefully the short passage to answer the question. Pay close attention to the details and meaning of the text.

Intensive Reading

Sushi, the thousand-year-old Japanese delicacy, started small in the United States, in a handful of restaurants in big cities. Today, sushi consumption in America is 50% greater than it was ten years ago and not just in restaurants. Sushi is also sold at concession stands in sports stadiums, university dining halls, and in supermarkets throughout the country.

Multiple Choice

Sushi, the thousand-year-old Japanese delicacy, started small in the United States, in a handful of restaurants in big cities. Today, sushi consumption in America is 50% greater than it was ten years ago and not just in restaurants. Sushi is also sold at concession stands in sports stadiums, university dining halls, and in supermarkets throughout the country.

This paragraph best supports the statement that...

• sushi is now a fast food as popular as hot dogs, burgers, and fries.

• more sushi is sold in restaurants than in supermarkets.

• Americans are more adventurous eaters than they were in the past.

• sushi wasn’t always widely available in the United States.

It is well known that the world urgently needs adequate distribution of food, so that everyone gets enough. Adequate distribution of medicine is just as urgent. Medical expertise and medical supplies need to be redistributed throughout the world so that people in emerging nations will have proper medical care.

Multiple Choice

It is well known that the world urgently needs adequate distribution of food, so that everyone gets enough. Adequate distribution of medicine is just as urgent. Medical expertise and medical supplies need to be redistributed throughout the world so that people in emerging nations will have proper medical care.

This paragraph best supports the statement that...

• the majority of the people in the world have no medical care.

• medical resources in emerging nations have diminished in the past few years

• not enough doctors give time and money to those in need of medical care.

• many people who live in emerging nations are not receiving proper medical care.