Session objectives:
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To understand how to locate,
retrieve and find evidence in a text
•
To identify techniques for skimming
and scanning a text
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You are going to see a series of
words and pictures. You need to
pay attention as you will then need
to answer a series of questions of
what you have just seen....
I think,
therefore I
am.
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
FROM ‘SONNET 18’
I once had a blind date with Cilla.
I took her to watch Aston Villa.
She sang to the crowd
And she sang very loud
And that's why they threatened to kill
'er.
When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag
End announced that he would
shortly be celebrating his
eleventy-first birthday with a
party of special magnificence,
there was much talk and
excitement in Hobbiton.
Questions
What
time was it on the
digital clock?
Complete
‘ I think…’
this sentence,
The
darling buds of
which month were
shaken by rough winds?
What
colour were the
apples?
What
were the numbers
in the picture?
Where
did Cilla go on a
date to?
What
was the boat
called the snowman
and the frog were sitting
in?
What
birthday was Bilbo
Baggins celebrating?
Answers…
12:34
 I think therefore I am
 May
 Red and green
 02345789
 Aston Villa
 SS Lunch
 Eleventy-first
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What makes a good reader?
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Write down the three attributes you
think make a successful reader.
Try and think about the skills you
have just used.
What makes a good
reader?
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Write down the three attributes you
think make a successful reader.
Try and think about the skills you
have just used.
7 Strategies for
better reading
SKIMMING
process of speedy reading
for general meaning
 Preview a selection of
Why?
text prior to detailed
reading
 Refresh your
understanding of a
selection of text following
detailed reading
SKIMMING
process of speedy reading
for general meaning
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How?
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Let your eyes skip over
sentences or phrases
which contain detail.
Concentrate on
identifying the
central or main
points
KWEL grid
to investigate a non-fiction text
What do I
k
now?
What do I
w
ant to know?
Where will I find the
e
vidence?
What have I
l
earnt?
Detailed reading &
note-taking
 Underline
and highlight
To pick up what seems to you
the most central or important
words and phrases.
… on photocopies only.
Detailed reading &
note-taking
 keywords
To record the main
headings as you read.
Use 1 or 2 keywords
for each main point.
Detailed reading &
note-taking

questions
To encourage you to take
an active approach to your
reading.
Record your questions
as you read.
They can also be used
as prompts for follow-up work.
Detailed reading &
note-taking
 summaries
To check you have understood
what you have read.
Pause after a section of text
and put what you have read
into your own words.
Skim over the text to check the
accuracy of your summary,
filling in significant gaps.
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TIME UP!
How did you do?
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Stick all your group’s post it notes on your
sugar paper and let’s go through the extracts…
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Remember, if it’s not solid evidence, it gets
chucked!