Reading

1. Reading

2. Did you know? 20% The percentage of ADULTS in America who read At or BELOW the 5th Grade Level

3. Questions for Reflection • Has reading ever caused you problems in your academic work? If so, how have you dealt with this problem in the past?

4. Essential Tools for Reading material clear mind pen or pencil highlighter paper dictionary

5. Is Reading Fundamental or Just Pure Torture? • Which are the top two academic problems among college students today? • Math and Reading comprehension. • Active reading is really nothing more than a mind-set. • Try approaching your reading assignments with a positive, open-minded approach and notice the difference in your own satisfaction, understanding, and overall comprehension. • Speed is not everything. Comprehension is much more important!!

6. Why We Read • There are really only two reasons that anyone reads – for learning and for pleasure. • Reading for the sake of learning • Read simply to memorize information • Understanding • Application • Knowing WHY you are reading can help you become a more active reader.

7. It’s Not Just a Doorstop • Using your dictionary. • Your dictionary will become a good friend to you in college. • When you look up a word in the dictionary, you are given more than just a definition. • Phonetic pronunciation. • Spelling. • The meaning. • Part of speech. • Origin of the word. • Several definitions.

8. Vocabulary • If you do not know a word, you must stop and look it up. • To increase your vocabulary for active reading: • Always stop and look up words you do not know or try to determine the meaning. • Keep words on a list that you can review daily • Make time to study your vocabulary list. • Work crossword puzzles or other word games. • Fixation – when your eyes stop on a single word to read it. • Frequency – read every chance you get, (magazines, newspapers, novels)

9. Dictionary Usage Pronunciation The WordPart of Speech Usage Meaning Word Origin 5.7

10. Improving Speed and Comprehension • Concentration • Need sleep, rest, and proper nutrition. • To increase your concentration for active reading. • Reduce outside distractions (people talking, rooms that are too hot/cold, cell phone ringing) • Reduce internal distractions (fatigue, self-talk, daydreaming, hunger, emotions) • Take a short break every 20 minutes, come back to your reading in 3-5 minutes. • Takes notes as you read.

11. SQRRR to the Rescue • Survey – pre-read, an assigned chapter. • Reading the title of the chapter, headings, each sub-heading. • Reading the first and last sentence in each paragraph. • Question – Who, what, when, where, why • Try turning the information into questions and see if you can answer them. • Turn major headings of each section into questions. • If you do not know the answers to the questions, you should find them as you read along.

12. SQRRR to the Rescue • Read – slowly and carefully through each section. • Paragraphs are usually built on each other, and so you need to understand the first before you can move on to the next. • Highlight areas that you feel are important, underline words and phrases that you did not understand. • Read the entire paragraph before you mark anything. • Highlight key phrases.

13. SQRRR • Recite – What was the reading all about? • Discuss the main points of the chapter. • Recite the information, and determine what it means. • If you have trouble explaining the information, you probably did not understand, go back and re-read. • Use the materials you produced as you READ the chapter. • Create flash cards, outlines, mind maps, note cards.

14. SQRRR to the Rescue • Review – go back and read it again!! • Once again survey the chapter; • Review marginal notes. • Highlighted areas. • Vocabulary words. “Only you can improve your reading skills, and reading is a skill --- just like driving a car.”

15. Using SQRRR • Survey • Question • Read • Recite • Review 5.9

16. Reading for Pleasure • Daily newspaper. • Favorite magazine. • “Trashy” novel. • Helps read your academic work more effectively, and with discussions in class. • Keeps you abreast of current issues and trends. • It can keep you on top of who is doing what and where. • Can also help you on your road to critical thinking.

17. Basic Prefixesfor Reading PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES anti against antiwar, antidepressant auto self autobiography, autocrat bi two bicycle, binoculars circum around circumference, circumstantial de away, undo departure, demote dis not dishonest, disbar ex out, former ex-wife, extraordinary in not incomprehensible, incorrect inter between intersection, intercourse intra within, in intramural, intragalactic mal bad, wrong malfunction, malnutrition mis not or wrong miscommunication, misdiagnose mono one monorail, monocracy 5.4

18. Basic Prefixes PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES post after postmortem, postpartum pre before prerequisite, prefix pro before, forward prospect, profess non not or no noncredit, nonsense re back regret, regain sub under subway, submerge super above supernatural, superstitious tele distance telephone, telepathy ultra beyond, extreme ultraviolet, ultrasound un not unnecessary, ungrateful 5.5

19. Basic Suffixes SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLE an someone who comedian ee someone who employee er someone who preacher ist someone who pianist or someone who tailor ship referring to ownership hood referring to neighborhood est a condition fairest ic a condition allergic ish a condition foolish ive a condition festive less a condition worthless ness a condition kindness ous a condition generous 5.6