99 英文科專業社群閱讀策略教學分享 閱讀策略 ( 二 ) － Scanning

1. 99英文科專業社群閱讀策略教學分享 閱讀策略(二)－Scanning 報告人: 楊楓

2. I、 What is scanning? Scanning is very fast reading. When you scan, you look for information as quickly as you can, and you look carefully for key words that can show you where important details are.

3. II、What is scanning good for students? Scanning can help many students improve their reading. Usually, they read every word in a passage, so they read very slowly. When students scan, they don’t read every word. They have to skip many words. Practice with scanning helps them learn how to skip over words and find out key words. Thus, they can learn to read faster and understand better.

4. III、You can scan: ◎a table of contents in a magazine or a book ◎ an index in a textbook ◎ a timetable ◎ the ads in a newspaper ◎ a list of movies in the newspaper ◎ a telephone book ◎ the pages of a dictionary

5. IV、You usually don't scan: ◎a mystery story ◎ a textbook for an important course ◎ important papers from a lawyer ◎a map for finding your way home ◎a question on a test ◎a poem

6. V、 Scanning exercises： A. Scanning a table of contents in a textbook A table of contents is always at the front of a textbook. It tells you what you can find in each lesson.

8. First, let students go through the top of the table quickly. Let them know how many different subjects of columns there are. Then let them do the exercise 1 below. Exercise 1 Read each question. Circle the key words first, and then scan the table of contents to find the answers. Work fast! 1. What’s the title of lesson one? 2. What’s the topic of lesson two? 3. What’s the grammar focus of lesson three? 4. What’s the writing corner of lesson four? 5. What page is lesson five on?

9. Write two more questions about this table of contents. 1. 2. Ask other students to scan the table of contents for the answers to your questions.

10. ※ Scanning the table of contents above alsocan help students do self-assessment, and so can scanning the table of contents of Junior 3 Reviewing Hand-out Books.

11. B. Scanning an index in an encyclopedia. An index is usually at the back of a book or an encyclopedia. It lists all the topics in the book in alphabetical order. You can use an index to find information quickly.

12. newspaper headlines N:200 newspapers' inverse pyramid method N:201 novels N:358-63 outlines O:265-67 parts of speech P:92-94 poetry, influence of P:352-53 press releases N:201 research R:182-83 short stories S:161-65 Writing systems see also Calligraphy; individual letters of the alphabet alphabet A:192-94a ancient civilizations A:220-21,224, 226-27,229 autographs A:526 books, early history of B:318-21 Braille (for the blind) B:253 Chinese C:258-59,268, 278 codes and ciphers C:393-95 communication C:462,463 fraktur style in folk art F:293-94 handwriting H:22-25 Hebrew H:98 historic time begins P:438,442 ink I:229 invention of writing 1:284 Japanese J:30, 52 Maya M:186 musical notation M:537-43 origin and development of languages L:38 Worms A:267; W:309-12 Worsted (kind of wool) W:235 Wrangler (cowboy who took care of the horses) C:569 Wrapping (weaving technique) T:142 Wrapping of gifts see Gift wrapping Wreaths (decorations) C:297,299 Wren, Christopher (English architect) F.:259; W:313 Saint Paul's Cathedral B:68; E:259; W:313 Wrestling W:314-15 Japanese sumo J:33 Olympic sport O:107 Wright, Frank Lloyd (American architect) W:316 Johnson Wax Company headquarters W:202 Monona Terrace W:200 Wright, Martha Coffin (American reformer) W:212 Wright, Richard (American novelist) A:79L; W:317 American literature of the 20th century A:213 Wright, Wilbur and Orville (American aviators and inventors) I:284; W:318 Wristwatches W:46 batteries B:103c Writing (authorship) W:319-22 grammar G:288-90 journalism J:139 language arts writing program L:36 letter writing L:158-61 literature L:258-60 magazine articles M:16-17 motion picture screenwriting M:480

13. Exercise 2 Scan the index to find the page numbers for the topics below. Work fast! Topics Page (s) 1. Wrestling 2. Writing 3. Wilbur and Orville Wright Write two more topics from this index. 1. 2. Ask other students to scan the index for the topics you wrote.

14. C.Scanning notices on the bulletin board. People can find a lot of information on the bulletin board in their community center. So do students at school.

16. Exercise 3 Read each question. Circle the key words first and then scan the notices to find the answers. Work fast! 1. How many different kinds of notices are there on the bulletin board? 2. How much does it cost if you buy everything? 3. If you buy everything, how much can you save? 4. What do we need to do to keep our campus clean?

17. 5. Who are invited to the camping trip? 6. If you need a writing tutor, who can you contact? 7. How do you contact Frank? 8. Which notice doesn’t have any contact information? Write two more questions from the notices. 1. 2. Ask other students to scan the article for the answers to your questions.

18. D. Scanning an article in a magazine Enjoy life at Macquarie University At 1:00 p.m. he has lunch with his friends. After lunch he studies in the library. He has another class at 4:00 p.m. and then goes shopping downtown. He goes home around 6:30 p.m. In the evenings he doesn’t study. He reads, watches basketball or goes out with his friends. He goes to bed at 1:00 a.m. Michael thinks student life is fun! Michael is a law student at Macquarie University. He lives in Sydney, in an apartment with two other students. Michael’s day starts at 7:30 a.m. He gets up and takes a shower. He doesn’t have a car, so at 8:15 a.m. he catches a bus to college. He has coffee and toast in a coffee shop on campus. He starts class at 10:00 a.m. The classes are difficult but interesting.

19. Exercise 4 Circle the key words first in each question. Then scan the magazine article to find the answers to these questions. Work fast! 1. What’s the name of the University? 2. Who is the international student? 3. What does Michael study at Macquarie university? 4. Where does Michael live? 5. After Michael gets up, What does he do?

20. 6. How does Michael go to college? 7. Where does he have his breakfast? 8. What time does he start class? Write two more questions about Michael Gibson. 1. 2. Ask other students to scan the article for the answers to your questions.

21. E. Scanning a passage in a textbook Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Country music is a mixture of music from all of these places. In the American West, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee with lots of caffeine to stay awake at night. He also sang to the cattle to calm them. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They did not run away if he sang beautiful, peaceful music.

22. The cowboys played music either on guitars or on harmonicas. Later, they used violins and other instruments. In the American South, many people came from Ireland, Scotland, and England. Other people came from French Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. They used guitars, violins, and harmonicas, too. However, they also added instruments from their homes, like bottles, cans, and spoons. Country music describes life. It talks about love, jobs, home, and money. It also talks about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows something about these things.

23. Exercise 5 Read each question. Circle the key words first. Then answer it. Work fast! 1. Where did country music come from? 2. In the American West, what did cowboys have to do? 3. How was a cowboy’s life? 4. Why did cowboys have to watch the cattle all day and night? 5. How did a cowboy calm the cattle? 6. What happened to the cattle if a cowboy sang beautiful, peaceful music?

24. Write two more questions about the lesson. 1. 2. Ask other students to scan the article for the answers to your questions.