Marking the Text

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Marking the Text

• Materials you will need
• Highlighter(s)
• 2 Different Colored Pens
• Article
• Cornell Note Paper

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Prereading

• Survey the text. What do you see? Are there
  titles? Subtitles? Charts, graphs, or pictures?
  What is the length of the reading?
• Make a prediction What is this reading about?
• Scan the reading. Circle any new vocabulary
  words (words that you cant define).

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Step 1 Number the Paragraphs

• Before you read, take a moment to number the
  paragraphs in this reading selection.
• Paragraph numbers will serve as a reference so
  that you can easily find important points for
  later discussions.

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Step 2 Circle Key terms

• What is a key term?
• Names of people, historical events, dates and
  numbers
• Words repeated in reading (only circle them the
  first time they appear)
• New vocabulary words/content area vocabulary
• Signal words (words that are bolded, underlined,
  italicized, or written in all CAPS)
• Words defined by author
• Words used to explain/represent an idea
• Words used in an original way
• Main idea
• Important to ones reading purpose