SKIMMING and SCANNING

What is scanning?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
• Quickly reading over a text to find some specific information which is focused upon.
• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

What is skimming?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
• Quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information which is focused upon
• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

Looking through a Google search list is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

Looking up the meaning of a word in the Dictionary is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

Looking through a magazine to check what articles to read is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

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CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

When you read the opening and closing of the paragraph or text, you are...

• skimming

• scanning

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Skimming is mostly used while reading a newspaper or magazine.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

If you reading a patient's case notes and needed to find some specific information, which reading strategy would be most useful?

• Skimming
• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Looking for your flight number at the airport information board is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

You find your name in the student's list. This is ...

• skimming

• scanning

• none of them

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10