Theme-based Reading for College Success 1

Theme-based Reading for College Success

Course goals (1) apply some fundamental reading skills and strategies automatically and proficiently for understanding the literal meaning; have a basic mastery of evaluating the author’s purposes and attitudes ; develop the awareness of reading critically. (2) have a good command of vocabulary strategies in reading , recognize the basic academic words. (3) voice one’s own understanding of the theme-related readings in English. (4) write paragraphs or short passages to deepen the understanding. (5) develop the love of reading and thinking.

Course Evaluation Both summative 40% and formative 60% Formative evaluation will be based on class attendance, class participation, completion and quality of all assigned work Class attendance (8%); Class participation(22%); After-class assignment (30%)

Lecture One Active ReadingObjectives: 1 Understand how reading contributes to college success 2 Learn to be an active reader 3 Learn to annotate

What is reading? Reading is thinking. It is an active process of identifying important ideas and comparing, evaluating, and applying them. The importance of reading in college 1. Attending lectures is not a substitute for doing the required reading. 2. Examining the visual aids in your reading materials is not a substitute for reading the text. 3. Reading textbooks helps you develop the logical thinking that is required for college success. 4. The more you read, the better your grade.

Active versus Passive reading

Varying your reading speed “Readers make choices in the kinds of attention they give to texts—from scanning, skimming, and speed reading to deep reading and rereading.” —Catherine L. Ross, professor, University of Western Ontario

How to stay active in reading?One: Before You Read or View, Take Four Actions.1. 2. 3. 4. Survey to Get an Overview of What’s Coming. Guess the Purpose of the Program or Reading Selection. Predict What’s Going to Happen. Think about Your Prior Knowledge of the Subject Matter.

Read These Parts Quickly When You Survey. ■ The title: ■ The headings: Read each heading and, for a moment, think about how it relates to the title. You can tell the headings from the regular text in different ways: 1. Headings may sit on their own lines. 2. Headings may be in bold or italic type. 3. Headings may be printed in all capital letters. 4. Headings may be printed in a different color than the regular text or in a larger size. ■ The first sentence of each paragraph. ■ Words that are in boldface or italic type. ■ Images and their captions.

Reading 1Engage your learning process 1. What process is being described in this reading? 2. What are five ways to actively take part in this process? 3. Aside from the headings, what words or letters are in bold type

in this reading selection? What does this mean? 4. What sentences are in italics? 5. Someone once

said that the only stupid question is the question

you don’t ask.Would the author of this selection agree with thatstatement? Why or why not?

1. What process is being described in this reading? The learning process. 2. What are five ways to actively take part in this process? Be there and do it. Sit close to the action. Fearlessly ask and answer questions. Take notes. Get help. 3. Aside from the headings, what words or letters are in bold type in this reading selection? 5W’s and H. What does this mean? Who, what, when, where, why, and how. 4. What sentences are in italics? More concentration means less mind wandering. Less mind wandering means more learning in less time. 5. Someone once said that the only stupid question is the question you don’t ask. Would the author of this selection agree with that statement? Why or why not? Answers may vary. This author notes that sometimes you don’t have to ask questions out loud; you can research them yourself. In that sense, he would not agree. But more generally, he would agree because one of the headings is “Fearlessly Ask and Answer Questions.” Remember: Previewing selected parts

Guess the Purpose of the Reading Selection. PIE: P is for thepersuasive purpose, I is for the informative purpose, and E is for the entertainment or expressive purpose.

Deciding on the Purposes of Reading Material 1. TV Guide 2. College textbook 3. Novel (fiction) 4. Advertisement in the mail 5. Sports section of a newspaperAnswer: 1 I E 2 I 3 E 4 P 5 I E

Predict What’s Going to Happen.While you are surveying or previewing a reading selection, you can start to think about what is going to happen. If you have surveyed a heading, you will start to think about what the author will say in that section. If you have surveyed the first sentence of a paragraph, you will wonder what the author is going to say in the rest of that paragraph. This curiosity is natural, and sometimes it may happen without you even realizing it. Other times, you may have to make predictions more deliberately.

1. Based on this heading alone, what might the authors talk about in this part of the textbook chapter?

2. What might the authors talk about here?

3. What might the authors talk about here?

4. What might the authors talk about here?

1.Answers may vary, but should include something about how a

person sees himself or herself.2. Answers may vary, but should include something about how we form impressions about ourselves based on what we notice.

3.Answers may vary, but should include something about howpeople pay close attention to the very first time they do something.

4. Answers may vary, but should include somethingabout how our beliefs about ourselves are formed from the experiences we have had.

Think about Your Prior Knowledge of the Subject Matter. All of the knowledge that you bring to your or reading is called your prior knowledge. (Prior means “before.”) You want to

activate, or set in motion, your prior knowledge as much as you can before you start reading. Doing this takes advantage of a natural pattern of learning for people. The pattern is to fit what you are learning about into what you already know.

Activating Your Prior Knowledge1. Book title: The Book of Basketball Prediction about the topic: Three pieces of prior knowledge: 2. Article title: “Calorie-Burning Fat? Studies Say You Have It” Prediction about the topic: Three pieces of prior knowledge:

3. Title of a section in a textbook: “The Health Care System” Prediction about the topic: Three pieces of prior knowledge:

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