Transcript Marking the Text - PPT Presentation

Marking the Text
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Materials you will need:
Highlighter(s)
2 Different Colored Pens
Article
Cornell Note Paper
Prereading
• Survey the text. What do you see? Are there
titles? Subtitles? Charts, graphs, or pictures?
What is the length of the reading?
• Make a prediction: What is this reading
about?
• Scan the reading. Circle any new vocabulary
words (words that you can’t define).
Step 1: Number the Paragraphs
• Before you read, take a moment to number
the paragraphs in this reading selection.
• Paragraph numbers will serve as a reference
so that you can easily find important points
for later discussions.
Step 2: Circle Key terms
What is a key term?
1. Names of people, historical events, dates and numbers
2. Words repeated in reading (only circle them the first time
they appear)
3. New vocabulary words/content area vocabulary
4. Signal words (words that are bolded, underlined,
italicized, or written in all CAPS)
5. Words defined by author
6. Words used to explain/represent an idea
7. Words used in an original way
8. Main idea
9. Important to one’s reading purpose