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Activity
1.2 - Choose an Appropriate Mode
Suppose that you are to read the materials described below for
the purposes given. Consider the pointers listed in Module 1.2,
then select your approach. Practice in setting your approach is
important, since you should set a reading goal for each
selection you read in your actual studies and pleasure reading.
This practice exercise is just to alert you to the
considerations which should control your reading rates in
everyday life.
Possible
approaches:
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Scanning
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Skimming
(Preview and Overview)
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Rapid
Reading
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Personal,
pleasure reading
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Analytical,
critical reading
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Study
reading
INSTRUCTIONS:
You will be returning this completed activity to me via email. You
should be able to copy and paste the items
from
this webpage into a
new email addressed to me.
You
will then complete the email by typing in the approach you would
choose and the reason for your choice.
First,
create a new email message, address it to me (or, if your
computer is properly configured, click here cthomson@palomar.edu).
Fill in the subject line with "R110E - Activity #1.2 from (your
name)"
Next,
scroll
down this page to "begin copy here". Hold down the
mouse button while you drag across the text, stopping when you
reach the "end copy here". Now, select Copy from the
Edit menu on your web browser to copy the selected text into
your computer's clipboard (temporary memory).
Go
back to the email message you created in the first step above.
With your cursor in the body of the message, select
Paste from the Edit menu on your web browser to paste the
selected text from your computer's clipboard (temporary memory)
into the message.
Now,
in the body of the message, type in your choice of reading
mode/approach and your reason for that choice. When you have
completed all the items in the activity, email the message to me
and return to Mod. 1.2.
BEGIN
COPY HERE
| TYPE/DIFFICULTY OF MATERIAL |
YOUR PURPOSE |
| 1. The chapter on Reconstruction after
the Civil War in your history textbook |
Your instructor has announced that thorough
understand and retention are expected. You will be tested. |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
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| 2. A light, fast-paced mystery |
You are reading for pleasure |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
|
| 3. A chapter on "The Chemical
Basis of Life" in a science text |
You want to retain the main ideas and all
the important details in this chapter |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
|
| 4. Your science instructor has
assigned the problem:" What are the factors which
influence the climate of any of the earth's
surfaces?" |
You want to look through various books to
locate the parts that offer information which may help you
to answer this question |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
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| 5. A Newsweek article |
You would like to find out the general
content before deciding whether you want to read the
article |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
|
| 6. An encyclopedia article on the life
of President Franklin d. Roosevelt |
You want to learn what college President
Roosevelt attended |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
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WHY?
|
| 7. The chapter on colonial life in a
social science textbook |
Your instructor wants you to get an overall
picture of what it was like to live in colonial times. You
are expected to gain from your reading just a general
impression, not specific facts. |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
|
| 8. A commentary on one writer's
opinion on abortion |
You're going to be asked to vote whether
abortions should be legal or not in the next election. You
want to cast a fair, educated vote. |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
|
WHY?
|
| 9. News stories of local interest in
your daily paper |
You have 15 minutes before you need to leave
for work. You are curious about current events. |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
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WHY?
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| 10. A Shakespearean sonnet that
"defines" enduring love |
You want to grasp Shakespeare's ideas about
the experience of a love that lasts. As you read, you will
be comparing Shakespeare's experiences with your own. |
| WHICH MODE(S) WOULD YOU USE?
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WHY?
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