Summary.

Summary.

Summary.

Connectors.

Connectors.

Connectors.

Graphic Organizer.

Graphic Organizer.

Outline

Outline examples.

Outline.

TO DO AN OUTLINE:

Fact and Opinion.

Fact and Opinion.

FACT:
 -> Is something that can be checked and baked up with evidence. Facts are often udes in conjuction         with research and study.

OPINION:
 -> Is based on a belief or a view, is no based on evidence that can be checked. Opinions can be found       in many types of writing.

Fact and Opinion.

Fact and Opinion

FACTS: 
 * Statements that can be proven.
 * May be TRUE or FALSE.

OPINIONS:
 * Statements than cannot be proven.
 * Can be argued.
 * May be supported with facts.

EXAMPLES:

1) Drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth tastes bad. ---> OPINION
2) Justin Bieber deserved to win the Grammy ---> OPINION
3) The XBOX come out before the Wii ---> FACT

Skimming and Scanning.

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Skimming and Scanning.

Skimming and Scanning.

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a) Scanning Excercise

b) Scanning Excercise

c) Skimming Excercise

Skimming and Scanning.

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a) Skimming Text

b) Scanning Text

Skimming and Scanning.

SKIMMING:

-> Method of rapidly moving the eyes over text with the purpose of getting only the main ideas and a general overview of the content. Is useful in three different situations:

a) Pre-Reading
b) Reviewing
c) Reading


SCANNING:

-> Rapidly covers a great deal of material in order to locate a specific fact or piece of information.
Scanning is very useful for finding a specific name, date, statistic or fact without reading the entire article

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