NewsELA: Slow Reading Helps Us Read More Carefully

Read the list of sentences from the article.

1. Reading on a screen tires your eyes and makes it harder for you to keep your place.
2. The path in the brain that supports our capacity to read now favors the quick intake of information.
3. Online writing is often designed to offer a "take home" lesson or perhaps its "take down" of another piece
4. Most comments focus on whether the commenter agrees with the writer.

What central idea does this evidence support?

• Reading slowly helps people to better understand what they read.

• Technology has changed the way people interact with pieces of writing.

• Online writing is less important than books that were designed to be read carefully.

• Skimming is an important skill that helps people take in information quickly.

Which sentence from the article would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• A few decades ago, you wouldn't see many people writing outside of school.

• To a slow reader, a piece of writing is not simply a "take" on something.

• The Kindle has not killed off the printed book any more than the car killed off the bicycle.

• Even in a fast-moving age, there's time for slow reading.

What is the author's MAIN purpose for including information about digital TV and the Kindle?

• to illustrate that new technology can exist side-by-side with older technologies

• to show how technology has changed the way that people process information

• to explain how technology is helping people to gather information more quickly

• to describe how new technology can replace older ways of doing things

Which option BEST describes the author's point of view about slow reading?

• The author believes slow reading is not necessary in the Internet age.

• The author thinks technology has made it easier to practice slow reading.

• The author believes that people should make more time to read texts slowly.

• The author thinks that the Internet has made it impossible to read slowly.