Study: Reading Key to College Success

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Study Reading Key to College Success
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Before reflection

• Before reading ______article title_______,
• I should reflect on how I feel about reading and
• how much it may determine success in school
• now and later. I believe that_______________.
• I have come to believe this because ________
• _____________________________. Although
• __________________, I feel that ___________
• _____________________________________.

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Setting a purpose for reading

• SKILLS
• Learn and practice reading strategy Marking the
  text
• CONTENT
• Understand why reading is so connected to college
  success
• Understand what a study is
• Identify who sponsored the study
• Identify the evidence (How do they know?)
• Identify the conclusions and recommendations of
  the study
• (copy these 5 questions on page three of your
  article in CN format)

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Pre-read

• Lets look at the text before we read
• What do you notice?
• What type of text do you think this is?
• Why?

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Marking the text

• Marking the text is a way to isolate information
  in a text in order to understand it better.
  Marking has 3 parts
• Number the paragraphs
• Circle key terms
• Underline authors claims (most important ideas)

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STEP ONE

• Lets number the paragraphs together
• How do you know when a new paragraph starts?
• Can a paragraph be one sentence long?
• How many paragraphs are in this text?

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Before we begin

• It is VERY IMPORTANT that everyone gets a chance
  to read this section without feeling rushed.
• So, we maintain SILENCE during SILENT READING. If
  you finish early, read the section again to
  notice something you didnt the first time.
• No marking yet! Pencils down. Dont worry we
  will be reading this article 3 times.

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Lets read

• Read paragraphs 1-15 silently
• Pair/Share Turn to your neighbor
  What did you
  notice? Discuss with your partner some things you
  noticed in the article.
• Whole class discussion
  What did you notice?

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Read and Circle Key Terms

• A key term is a word or phrase that is very
  important to the meaning of the text.
• For the first time, lets do this together.
• One of the things we look for is repeating words
  and repeating variations of words.
• If youre still unsure, refer to your one-page
  reference guide (green sheet).

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Read and Circle Key Terms

• Pair/Share Turn to your neighbor
  Put your papers side by side and see if you
  circled the same things. If not, ask your
  partner, Why did you circle that?
• Is it ok to make changes after partner talk?
  
  YES! That is why we use pencil for marking
  the text. Perhaps your partner noticed something
  you didnt. Thats why we discuss!
• Whole class discussion.
  Although there are no wrong answers,
  there are some that are better than othersare
  you circling the word the?

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Read and underline main ideas

• Were looking for the main idea of the article,
  not details or examples
• Lets try this together
• Prompt Underline only where you see information
  about ACT and the study

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Read and underline main ideas

• Pair/Share Turn to your neighbor
  Put your papers side by side and see if you
  underlined the same things. If not, ask your
  partner, Why did you underline that?
• Is it ok to make changes after partner talk?
  
  YES! That is why we use pencil for marking
  the text. Perhaps your partner noticed something
  you didnt. Thats why we discuss!
• Whole class discussion.
  Although there are no
  wrong answers, there are some that are better
  than othersare you underlining phrases not
  related to ACT and the study?

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So, how much of this did we answer?

• Understand why reading is so connected to college
  success
• Understand what a study is
• Identify who sponsored the study
• Identify the evidence (How do they know?)
• Identify the conclusions and recommendations of
  the study
• (discuss with your partner and answer them on
  your sheet)

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After reflection

• After reading the text, my view of reading
• and its connection to school success
• __(has/has not)__ changed for the following
• reasons first, ______________________
• and second, ________________________.
• This_(affirms/challenges)_ my belief that _____
• _____________________________.
• The most significant question this text
• raises for me is _____________________.
• Overall, this text taught me ___________.

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3-part argument statement

• In _______title of text______, __authors_
• first last name_, ___authors position___,
• reports that __________________________
• __________________________. According
• to the ACT report, ____________________
• ______________________.

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MLA citation
(Modern Language Association)

• In academic writing, it is very important to show
  where a text you are using came from.
• Citations are used to build a Works Cited page.
• Lets go over the parts.
• This text comes from a Newspaper Article on the
  Internet.