Skimming and Scanning - Oh My English

What is scanning?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
• Quickly reading over a text to find some specific information which is focused upon.
• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

What is skimming?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
• Quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information which is focused upon
• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.5

When you read the opening and closing of the paragraph or text, you are...

• skimming

• scanning

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

Looking where to buy Avengers movie in a magazine is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

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CCSS.RI.3.5

Scan the TV programmes to find a science programme.

18.15 Local News

18.30 Countryfile

19.30 World News

20.00 The Science of Space

• Born to be Wild

• Countryfile

• The Science of Space

Skim the TV programmes to find out what time you can watch a programme about the countryside.

18.15 Local News

18.30 Countryfile

19.30 World News

20.00 The Science of Space

• 18.15

• 18.30

• 19.30

The following passage is about the writer, educator, and editor Paz Marquez-Benitez.

Rather than read it slowly word for word, skim it and decide what aspect of his life it covers.

Paz Marquez-Benitez was born on 3 March 1894 in Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon), Philippines. Born into the prominent Marquez family of Quezon province her parents were well educated. Both of Paz's parents would enter into careers of education and become teachers in what would lead to Paz's admiration and respect for the educating profession.

Aged six, Paz would begin her educational career and after three years at the age of nine would be enrolled into high school. Paz attended the Tayabas Highschool now, Quezon National High School where she would be praised by her principal for her academic achievements in English.

During Paz's time at the Normal School in Manila, she like many other Filipinos during the early 1900's, would be introduced to American culture. This introduction to American culture would begin in 1910 at the age of sixteen when Paz would take to basketball and eventually become the team captain. American culture would continue to envelop around Paz in 1912 at the age of eighteen when she would be introduced to, and participate in, a beauty contest where she would be chosen to be placed within the cover of the Renacimiento Filipino.

Choose one correct answer.

• the type of books she writes

• her early life

• her adult life

• the awards she has won

What is the gist of this paragraph about Paz Márquez-Benítez?

Four years after graduating from the University of the Philippines in 1916, Paz Márquez-Benítez became a teacher in the English Department at her alma mater. While teaching at the University of the Philippines Paz would go on to develop and teach a course in short story writing for 35 years until she retired in 1951. Throughout her teaching career, Paz had become known as an influential figure to many prominent Filipino writers in the English language, such as Francisco Arcellena, Bienvenido N. Santo, Paz Latorena, Loreto Paras Sulit, Edra Zapanta Manlapaz, and Arturo B. Rotor all of whom, were taught by Paz at the University of the Philippines. The annually held Paz Marquez-Benitez Lectures in the Philippines continue to honor her memory by focusing on the contribution of Filipino women writers to Philippine Literature in the English language.

• her later life

• her career

• her marriage and family

"Dolphins are mammals that live in the ocean. As a mammal, they breathe oxygen and they give birth to a live baby, rather than laying eggs like birds and snakes, even though they live in water."

What is the main idea?

• How smart dolphins are

• How dolphins are mammals

• The different things dolphins can do

I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!

What is the main idea?

• Weekends are times to travel.

• The author enjoys spending time with her family.

• The author's grandparents live far away.

• The author is sad to leave her cousins.