increase Your Reading Speed

1. Talking about a subject with classmates can be considered activating prior knowledge.

• T

• F

2. Understanding key vocabulary makes no difference in reading speed.

• T

• F

3. Reading quickly comes naturally to most people

• T

• F

4. You must be willing to try to practice reading faster if you hope to increase your reading speed

• T

• F

5. Motivation to read faster is not a factor in your reading speed

• T

• F

It is important to remember everything you read, the first time you read it

• T

• F

7. You will probably read a mystery novel much faster than a Science textbook.

• T

• F

8. Using prereading strategies will help to increase your reading speed.

• T

• F

9. To activate prior knowledge means to

• A) Review vocabulary terms

• B) Remember what you know about a topic

• C) Go over past tests on the subject

• D) None of these

10. Activities to activate prior knowledge include

• Concept mapping

• Brainstorming

• Discussion

• all of these