Reading Styles

Which style do you utilize when you read to review for a quartely exam in Science?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Intensive Reading

• Extensive Reading

Which style do you utilize when you read an article about COVID-19 posted on a bulletin board in the hallway?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Intensive Reading

• Extensive Reading

Which style do you utilize when you read the announcement of your teacher in the Google Classroom to see the Google Meet meeting Link for the scheduled period?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Intensive Reading

• Extensive Reading

People are NOT scanning a text effectively when they ____________________.

• read every word in the text

• look for content words or visual clues

• read blocks of words

• know what they are looking for

Which style do you utilize when you read various articles about vaccine to prepare for an upcoming school debate?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Intensive Reading

• Extensive Reading

Extensive Reading is a reading technique that helps you to __________________________.

• Work out the main idea

• read the whole story

• find particular information

• obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes reading longer texts

The following items do not require fast reading EXCEPT:

• test/exam items directions

• wattpad stories

• medicine labels

• Google search

Your classmate told you of the recent post from your school page regarding the online enrollment and the parents and students' preferences regarding the different educational delivery modes in the New Normal. What reading technique are you going to use to know more of this post on Facebook?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Intensive Reading

• Extensive Reading

Searching for the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a dictionary is an example of:

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Intensive

• Extensive

Skimming techniques include:

• looking for the main ideas of the article

• looking for specific words, phrases, names, dates or places

• taking time to understand the whole text in depth

• reading longer text for pleasure