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How is a Text book different from a novel?O Heavier & largerO Pages are larger & more colorfulO Contains pictures, charts, graphsO Each page has bold, highlighted &
colored text to point out key words & topics
O Chapters end with reflection questions, study guides, & activities
O Contains a glossary & index
Reading a Novel
Let’s first think about a novel…O What is your purpose for reading a novel?
O EntertainmentO How do you read a novel?
O Start to finishO How is a novel organized?
O Into chaptersO Sequence with a beginning, middle, & end
Reading a Textbook
Now let’s compare that to textbook…O What is your purpose for reading a
textbook?O Information
O How do you read a textbook?O Skimming by topic
O How is a novel organized?O Into sections O Not sequential- by topics
How is reading a textbook different from reading a novel?
With a novel you think sequentially
With a textbook you think
conceptually
Beginning Middle End
Topic
Subtopic
Details Details
subtopic
Details
How is reading a text book different from reading a novel?
O Do not read from start to finish!O Do not read word for word!O Skim textO Look at charts & picturesO Look ahead to questions at the endO Read bold printO Take notesO Stop to think/reflect/question/summarize
Parts of a TextbookO Table of Contents O ChaptersO Headings & Sub headingsO Charts/Graphs/PicturesO CaptionsO Chapter Study Guides/ReviewO ResourcesO GlossaryO Index
Find out how your textbook Chapters are organized
O Cover pageO Chapter is broken down into lessons
O Key concepts & Vocabulary given for each lesson
O Lessons are broken down into sections (red text)
O Sections broken down into subsections (blue text)
O Lesson Review & Connection at the end of each lesson
O Chapter Review at the end
Textbook TipsO Know what the symbols & icons meanO Get familiar with the student resourcesO Look for the ‘BIG IDEA’ iconO Look for the ‘Key Concepts’ iconO Look at & read the pictures & graphs
firstO Pay attention to bold & highlighted
words
So How Do you Read a textbook?
O Silent reading is most effectiveO Textbook reading strategies:
O SurveyO SkimO Connect to what you’ve learned in classO Reread parts that confuse youO Summarize key points O Take notes in outline formatO Lecture to the wall- verbalize what you
read
Define your purposeO The way you read your textbook
depends upon your purpose for reading
O What is your purpose for reading?O Answer questions at the endO Assigned ReadingO Look for informationO Study for a test
Reading to Answer Questions
O Look ahead to the questionO Skim through the headings to find the
section where that topic is discussedO Skim the section looking for key words in
your questionO Once you find the key words slow down &
read carefully for the answerO Repeat for the next question
O (Hint…Usually questions go in order of the chapter)
O Let’s look at Chapter 5 Review- question 5 (pg. 176)
Reading to Find Information
O Use the Index or the Table of Contents to find where your topic can be found
O Skim until you find key words related to your topic
O Slow down & read carefully once your find the information you are looking for
O Find this information: How did Aristotle’s & Democritus’s view on matter differ?
Assigned ReadingsIntroductory ReadingO 1. Survey text looking at key concepts,
vocabulary, pictures & graphsO 2. Skim the section quickly pausing at section
headings, subheadings, bold, & highlighted words then speed up again
O 3. Close your book, stop & think about what you read- jot down an overview of what the section is about from what you remember
O 4. Now go back & reread the section for comprehension. Skim parts you already know, slow down on parts that confuse you.
O 5. Take notes on items you want to review or seemed unclear about
O Let’s try it together: Chapter 1 Lesson 1
Reading to Review Information
Mastery ReadingO First read your lecture notes
O (anything found in both lecture notes & chapter is extra important)
O Go the chapter & read the summary and review questions at the end
O Skim through each section reading the key concepts & vocabulary-O Slow down on sections that confuse youO Skim each section & summarize key points
verbally (lecture to the wall)O Keep doing this in 15 min. chunks until you feel
comfortably with the entire passage O Review one more time right before bed
Let’s Recap what we learned about reading Textbooks…O Survey firstO Look for pictures, charts, and graphic organizers.
These items are most important.O Read the headings and all subheadings. These are
the chapter's main ideas and give you a map for reading
O Pay attention to key concepts & vocabulary wordsO Think about your purpose for reading & adjust your
reading strategies for that purposeO Summarize main ideas either verbally or in writingO Take notes to help you remember difficult conceptsO Read in short chunks