The Reading Process Reading Strategies Prof. Shirley

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Introduction to Reading The Reading Process
Reading Strategies

• Prof. Shirley Santiago
• English 213

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What is reading?

• Reading is a process.
• On the simplest level, it is the act of
  recognizing and understanding written or printed
  verbal symbols (that is, receiving and sorting
  out information from the printed word.)

Making meaning
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At this level, reading is

• Decoding
• (Word Perception)
• Comprehension
• Knowledge of
• Vocabulary
• Sentence structure
• Subject matter

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At a more complex and active level, reading
involves

• Reacting to the ideas presented by the author
• (based on your feelings and past experiences)
• Integrating new ideas into your personal
  perspective
• Applying these ideas to daily activities

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The Reading Process

• Decoding (Word Perception)
• Comprehension
• Reaction to ideas
• Integration
• Application

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As you become a more skillful reader, you will
realize that reading

• Has many purposes
• Pleasure (to entertain)
• Study (to inform)
• General knowledge
• Persuade
• Convince
• Includes higher skills
• Interpret
• Summarize
• Evaluate

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Integration On Reading Trash

• What do you consider trash to be?
• Read the selection. Focus on
• who the author is
• his purpose for writing
• the audience he is writing for.

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Integration On Reading Trash

• What is the central theme? (Bob Swifts bottom
  line)
• If you want kids to be omnivorous readers, let
  them read trash.

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Application Reading Reaction 1

• Answer questions 11 and 12. In addition, answer
  this question
• Have you ever been influenced positively by
  reading trash? Explain and give concrete
  examples.

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Application Supplementary Readings

• Choose one of the following articles as your
  supplementary reading
• How Comics Can Reach Reluctant Readers
• http//bookshelf.diamondcomics.com/RELUCTANT_READE
  RS.htm
• Battle of the Books
• http//www.slate.com/id/2121022
• Improving the Reading Skills of Adolescents
• http//www.nea.org/teachexperience/readk040131.htm
  l
• Reading Trash A Confession
• http//www.spotsoftime.net/entries/00000004.html

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Application Supplementary Reading

• After reading the article you chose, answer how
  the supplementary reading is related to the
  original reading and what your particular
  reaction is (what did you learn).
• Due 213-01 Wed., Feb. 5
• 213-02 Thurs., Feb. 1

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Review

• What is reading?
• On a more complex level, what does it involve?
• According to Swift, how can you become an
  omnivorous reader?

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Integration Stephen Covey and The Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People

• Who is Stephen Covey?
• What is the purpose of his book?
• What is a habit?
• A pattern of repeated behavior

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Integration Summary of The Seven Habits

• Habit 1 Be Proactive
• Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind
• COMMITMENT
• Habit 3 Put First Things First
• Habit 4 Think Win/Win
• CONCENTRATE

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Integration Summary of The Seven Habits

• Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to Be
  Understood
• Habit 6 Synergize
• Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw
• BE ACTIVE

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The 3 Habits of an Effective Reader

• Commit to reading
• Concentrate on your reading
• 3. Read actively

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Habit 1 Commit to Reading

• Commitment is action
• Only YOU can improve your reading skills
• PRACTICE
• Have a goal in mind
• Have good habits

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Habit 2 Concentrate on Your Reading

• Use strategies
• BEFORE you begin reading
• WHILE you are reading
• EFFECTIVE READING REQUIRES PREPARATION

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Habit 3 Read Actively

• Understand and implement the process
• Employ a plan or strategy that will
• Prepare you before reading
• Improve comprehension while you read
• Help you retain information and ideas
• Allow you to fulfill your purpose for reading