Scanning
> is a reading skills by good readers to find specific information quickly. People scan to find facts and to answer questions.
These reminders will help you hen you scan.
1. Read the question.
2. Decide what kind of information you are looking for -- for example, a number, a date, a person's name.
3. Look only for that information. Do not read every word in every sentence.
4. Find the sentence you think has the answer. Read this sentence to be certain you have the correct answer.
5. Write the answer.
Example:
Question: What color do red light and green light form?
Answer: yellow
Information: Name of color
Selection:
When two colors in the spectrum mix, a third color is formed. Red light and green light form yellow; red and blue form magenta; green and blue form light blue-green color.
Exercise 1 Do scanning to answer the question that follow.
1. What kind of day is a red-letter day?__________________________________________________
Many expressions in English use colors. These expressions show how people feel about colors. For example, people associate red with a strong feeling like anger. When someone is very angry, people say that he or she sees red. Red is an active color. A red-letter day is a luck day. When criminals are caught in the middle of a crime, people say they were caught red-handed. Green is the color of grass and leaves. When someone grows plants well, people say he has a green thumb. Blue is a sad, Thoughtful color. When someone is very sad, she says she is blue. The blues is a kind of jazz that is very sad and slow.
2. What is the reported youngest age of latchkey children? __________________________________
In America, an estimates 50 percent of mothers with children between the ages of 3 and 6 work outside the home. And of course most single parents must work. So we find latchkey children proliferating.
Tragically, it is not at all uncommon for children only 5 to be left home alone. There are even reported cases of latchkey children young as 3.
This is especially true where the single parent or two parent home cannot find, or perhaps cannot afford, proper day-care centers or baby-sitters to take care of their children. Granddad or grandmother or relatives tend to live too far away to be of help.
3. Who was Italy's first King? ________________________________
Perhaps no city on earth -- with the exception of Jerusalem -- has enjoyed a longer, more continuous importance than Rome, the city of Caesars and Popes.
This "city of the seven hills" is one huge living museum. Mementos of Rome's ancient grandeur are everywhere.
Rome's more recent part is also n ample evidence. A visit to the square known as the Pizza Venezia gives one a strong sense of Rome's modern history. Dominating the square is the white marble to Victor Emmanuel II. This enormous edifice was built around the turn of the century to commemorate the unification of Italy and to honor the nation's first king.
4. What words are used to describe an ideal family environment for the child? _________________________________________________________________________________
Children should be taught and encouraged to "think family." Ideally, the family environment should be the most enjoyable place for a child. It should be the most interesting , the most satisfying.
A child who cannot find satisfaction an activity within his family unit will seek t elsewhere. Responsible, perceptive parents will recognize this need and seriously strive to provide the right kind of exciting interest-filled environment for their children. Granted, it takes time and planning. But it pays off.
5. What is common basic flaw in the parent's concept of education? _________________________________________________________________________________
We see a general decline in standards and deteriorating quality of education of young people in industrialized countries because parents commonly no longer help in the educational process. Parents send their children off to school beginning at age 5 or 6, then expect the government to educate their children. There is a basic flaw with this concept. Education is a process that begins at birth. Experts agree the first few years set the foundation to future performance.
Perhaps no city on earth -- with the exception of Jerusalem -- has enjoyed a longer, more continuous importance than Rome, the city of Caesars and Popes.
This "city of the seven hills" is one huge living museum. Mementos of Rome's ancient grandeur are everywhere.
Rome's more recent part is also n ample evidence. A visit to the square known as the Pizza Venezia gives one a strong sense of Rome's modern history. Dominating the square is the white marble to Victor Emmanuel II. This enormous edifice was built around the turn of the century to commemorate the unification of Italy and to honor the nation's first king.
4. What words are used to describe an ideal family environment for the child? _________________________________________________________________________________
Children should be taught and encouraged to "think family." Ideally, the family environment should be the most enjoyable place for a child. It should be the most interesting , the most satisfying.
A child who cannot find satisfaction an activity within his family unit will seek t elsewhere. Responsible, perceptive parents will recognize this need and seriously strive to provide the right kind of exciting interest-filled environment for their children. Granted, it takes time and planning. But it pays off.
5. What is common basic flaw in the parent's concept of education? _________________________________________________________________________________
We see a general decline in standards and deteriorating quality of education of young people in industrialized countries because parents commonly no longer help in the educational process. Parents send their children off to school beginning at age 5 or 6, then expect the government to educate their children. There is a basic flaw with this concept. Education is a process that begins at birth. Experts agree the first few years set the foundation to future performance.
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