Marking the Text

The first thing you should do when you mark the text is

• Number the paragraphs

• Highlight important names, places, and dates

• Answer the questions

Yellow highlighter is for _________.

• Main Idea

• Discuss Further

• Important Details

• Confusing Words/Vocabulary

Green highlighter is for _________.

• Important Details

• Main Idea

• Confusing words/Vocabulary

• Discuss Further

Marking the text helps us:

• Remember the information

• Make connections with the text

• Get the author’s main idea/theme

• all of the above

Marking the text:

• Helps you find big ideas you can use later

• Doesn’t help much

• Is just an extra that some students do

• Both b and c

Marking the text won’t help you when it’s time to write your summary.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If I don’t mark the text well, it will be more difficult to glean information for later use.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the primary purpose of marking the text in English reading?

• To improve handwriting

• To enhance comprehension and retention

• To practice grammar

• To increase reading speed

Which of the following is a common method used when marking the text?

• Ignoring unfamiliar words

• Highlighting key points

• Skipping paragraphs

• Reading aloud

When marking the text, what should you do with unfamiliar vocabulary?

• Ignore it

• Highlight and look it up

• Skip the sentence

• Guess the meaning