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How to Own Your Textbook

How to Own Your Textbook. and how to make sure it doesn’t own you!. How do I effectively read my textbook?. Make sure you are focused while reading; consider your environment You have different purposes for different types of text

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How to Own Your Textbook

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  1. How to Own Your Textbook and how to make sure it doesn’t own you!

  2. How do I effectively read my textbook? • Make sure you are focused while reading; consider your environment • You have different purposes for different types of text • When you are assigned to read a chapter in a textbook, you need to: • Analyze the reading task • Make a plan for reading • Use a note-taking strategy to help you retain what you read

  3. Analyze the Reading Task • What is the overall text pattern? • Survey the text for the most important ideas • How do these ideas fit in with what has been previously learned? • How do they tie into the most important idea? • Are you noticing a pattern? • Examine the relationships between the headings and subheadings

  4. Select a Note-Taking Strategy • “But why must we take notes???” whined all of the students. • Clarifies relationships • Putting together an outline is like putting together a puzzle • Helps students analyze and synthesize relationships in a text • Helps to evaluate the author’s main points • Helps to build a foundation for discussion

  5. Why Taking Notes Rules • Your notes are living, breathing animals • You can add to them, rewrite them, revise them, learn from them, shorten them • You can personalize your notes by developing a system of abbreviations—almost like texting • You can add sketches and diagrams and timelines—show your thinking process • Rereading your notes is far easier than rereading the chapter!

  6. Do all notes look alike? How do I know my style of note-taking is correct? • Do your notes show that some ideas are more important than others? • Can you tell the difference between the major and minor ideas? • Does your strategy show that you understand the relationships between the ideas? • Do you copy word for word from the text? • Answer key: yes, yes, yes, NO!!!!!

  7. It’s time to get metacognitive! • Know how your brain works, then choose the style that works best for you • The best method is probably a combination! • One more time. . . “Why do we have to take notes???” the students whined. • Because we forget! (Pauk, 1978) • Options: outline, semantic mapping, text annotations, series of events chain, network tree, timeline

  8. Try It Out! • You’ve just completed chapter 8; take a minute to reflect on the major ideas and themes you’ve covered so far (Hint—skim over old notes to help you remember!) • What are the big ideas? • Analyze the text assigned—chapter 9 • Take 4 minutes to look at: timeline, comprehension questions, vocabulary, headings and subheadings, diagrams, pictures and captions; consider how this new information will be integrated into the big idea • Develop a plan for reading • Select your note-taking strategy and get reading! • Monitor your pace and monitor your ability to focus • Compare with a partner

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