4th Quarter Exam - GRADE 6

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.

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.

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

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Close Reading

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

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Close Reading

Skimming is mostly used while reading a newspaper or magazine.

• True

• False

Scanning is used to find specific information quickly.

• True

• False

What do you use when you are looking for a meaning of a word in a dictionary?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Which should you use when deciding on what article to read from a magazine or newspaper?

• Skimming

• Scanning

I did my homework.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

The assignment was submitted by Maria.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice