Practice Strategies For Active Reading (1.2) - Reading Comprehension

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Question 1.
What does skimming mean?
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Think about how you gather headlines from a news article.
Question 2.
Define what supporting details are.
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What kind of information helps explain a central point?
3Question 3.
What is the purpose of skimming?
- To read word by word
- To get a general overview
- To memorize the content
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Think about how you preview a book.
4Question 4.
True or False: Scanning is used to quickly gather general ideas from a text.
- True
- False
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Focus on the purpose of the method used.
Question 5.
You read a passage about climate change and notice the main idea is its impact on wildlife. List three supporting details that illustrate this point.
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Think about statistics or facts given in the passage that align with this idea.
Question 6.
Analyze this sentence: 'The tired teacher, shuffling papers and yawning, realized her students were restless.' What inference can be drawn from this?
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Consider the words describing the teacher and the actions of the students.

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