Scanning and Skimming
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 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
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Would you use skimming or scanning in the following situation?
Your mum has asked you to find the phone number of your English teacher in the phone book.
skimming
scanning
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Would you use skimming or scanning in the following situation?
You want to know what time your favorite coffee shop opens on Sunday so you are looking at their website to find out.
skimming
scanning
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Skimming
a way of reading quickly to find specific information
a way of reading quickly to get the gist of a text
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Getting the main idea of a text by glancing over it in a short time is called .....
scanning
skimming
fast reading
reading a text
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
People scan a text when they want to find ________ information
specific
general
some
many
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
People are NOT scanning a text effectively when they ________
look for content words or visual clues
read every word in a text
know what they are looking for
read blocks of words
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
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