SFS: Reading Techniques and Note Taking

Critical reading is a process.

• True

• False

Your personal feelings about a topic affect how you absorb information on that topic.

• True

• False

Prereading is a set of activities which prepare the learner for taking a test.

• True

• False

A technique to generate ideas is called questioning.

• True

• False

The purpose of critical reading is to____________a text.

• Prereadc

• Questions

• Evaluate

• None of these

A question a critical reader might ask is

• When was this text published?

• Why did the author write this text?

• How old is the author?

• None of these

Brainstorming, discussion and evaluation of visual aids are________strategies.

• Study

• Prereading

• Reading

• None of these

Creating mind maps and advanced organizers is called

• Mind-mapping

• Graphic organizing

• Collaborating

• Questioning

Assume you are about to read a chapter on the government of France. Create four pre-questions to prepare for reading.