Unit 2 : Skimming and Scanning ( Reading)



Fast Reading Technique


Videos


Face-to-Face Class

💫1st part (5 min)

Ask students to 
1. Define skimming and scanning
2. Difference between skimming and scanning 




💫2nd part (10 min)

Sit in pairs. Each student take out a piece of paper. They are required to write about their partner. 

Students close their eyes. Tell them to visualize their partner. Open their eyes. Write 1 sentence in general about their partner. (Skimming)

Close their eyes again. Visualize their partner again. This time travel more in depth into their partner. Search their memories about their partner. Could be partner's 
-background information
-physical attributes
-daily activities
-senses like smell, voice, body language

Open their eyes.
Write a few sentences describing in depth about their partner. (Scanning)

Then, tell the students to talk to each other about their visualization. 

Teacher will ask the students :- 

 -Which act was skimming and which act was scanning?' 

-What technique did you use in searching for the information while you are visualizing? 

💫3rd Part

Groups of 3-4 (20 min)

Ask students to create 10 questions relating to skimming and scanning. 
 They may Google for questions and the answers. 

They need to create the questions and answers separately. 

Upon completing this, each group need to pass the questions to another group. The groups need to Google and find the answers for each questions created. 

Upon completing this, they need to pass back their answer sheet to the group that created the questions. This group will mark.

Submit these questions to Google drive

💫4th part

Ask students to complete the skimming and scanning practice worksheet


💫5th Part

Group work 

Google for 1 article. 

Create skimming question -( 1)
Create scanning question - (3)

Save the word document. Share in telegram group. Each groups need to compile all the articles and questions. Complete each of the questions. 
Submit their answer in google drive 



Additional task:-


👏🍑🏹Written Reflection on Skimming and Scanning💫💞🍏

On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph that explains how you use skimming and scanning in your daily life and in your academic work. Then, explain how you could use skimming and scanning more effectively in either or both. Begin with a clear topic sentence and follow with examples of how you skim and scan currently and how you could improve each. Here’s a framework to help you organize your paragraph:

     I can improve my use of skimming and scanning in my school work and my day-to-day reading. First,I currently use skimming in my school work to ____. For example, I _______. I also use skimming when I am reading ______ to ___________. This works well for me, but I think if I alsoadd _____ to my skimming, I . . . . Second, I currently scan texts when I want to . . . . . For instance, I recently _______. I could use scanning more effectively by _____________. While my skimming and scanning skills are_________________, I can see with some improvement, I can ________________.


ONLINE CLASS


🍏Task 1(a)

Groups of 3-4

Each group create 10 sets of questions and answers relating to skimming and scanning. 

Create the questions in any online games (eg. Kahoot, quizzizz etc..)

Share the link to telegram.

🎄Task 1(b)

Then, individually everybody need answer the questions created by your friends.

Each group need to submit these questions and answers to Google drive

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TgILqThtcwvxDc19wL7w3hBoDi5gYvSj



🍒Task 2 (a)

Individually each student to complete the skimming and scanning practice worksheet

https://www.eslteacher365.com/reading-strategies/

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Reading/Skimming_and_scanning_practice_pz2218655oh


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