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Skimming vs Scanning

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English

6th Grade - University

CCSS covered

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Skimming vs Scanning
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Skimming

Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Skimming

Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

skimming

scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Would you use skimming or scanning in the following situation?


You've got a book on football in front of you and you want to know who won the Golden Shoe Award.

skimming

scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Would you use skimming or scanning in the following situation?


You have picked up a book on dinosaurs in the library and you want to decide whether to borrow it or not.

skimming

scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

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