Skim & Scan

What sort of reading is skimming?

• quick reading

• slow reading

What sort of reading is scanning?

• quick reading

• slow reading

If you scan a dictionary what are you doing?

• finding a word

• reading a story

If you skim a newspaper what are you doing?

• reading the front page

• seeing what's in the paper

It is good to scan a story if you want to read it quickly.

• True

• False

Key words and numbers can help with...

• skimming

• scanning

What sort of reading do you use to find a word in a dictionary?

• skimming

• scanning

• careful reading

What sort of reading do you use to find out what's on TV today?

• skimming

• scanning

• careful reading

If you want to find the football results in a paper, do you...

• skim

• scan

• read carefully

If you want to see quickly what ingredients you need in a recipe, do you...

• skim

• scan

• read carefully