1. Lesson 3 – Skimming and Scanning 1 I’m Wilf . I will tell you “ w hat I ’ m l ooking f or” in this unit. This means I want to know if you can do what I am looking for by the end! I’m Walt . I will tell you what we will be learning, after all: w e a re l earning t o…work well in Meldrum Academy!

6. Activity 7 – Asking Effective Questions

7. Activity 8 – Using Clues in Page Layout

8. Read carefully to get a strong understanding of the material – look at topic sentences to identify main points in a paragraph, think over the points made and language used to help you show good overall understanding in response to questions and in essays. To read for overall understanding. Close Reading Run your eyes quickly over the page or Follow your finger down the middle of the text. Look for key words and clues to help you find what you are looking for. To search quickly for particular information – a name, a date or an event Scanning You do not read every word. Look at Chapter Headings and Sub Headings First and Last Paragraphs, Illustrations, Diagrams and the text beneath them etc. To get a general idea of the text. Skimming

9. What happened in 1983?” What happened in 1995? What happened at Mount Unzen, Kyushu? Activity 9 – Scanning to Find Specific Information