Active Reading Practice
| Site: | Saylor Academy |
| Course: | ESL001: Elementary English as a Second Language |
| Book: | Active Reading Practice |
| Printed by: | Guest user |
| Date: | Thursday, 3 April 2025, 5:17 PM |
Description
The activities below allow you to find out how well you understand active reading strategies. If you have a difficult time recognizing reading strategies and informational text features, you may return to review the information in the Let's Study section and then try these practice activities again.
Activity 1
Now that we know some active reading strategies, let's put our knowledge into practice.
Drag the words into the correct boxes to show your understanding of the SQ3R method.
Source: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/readingtextsskillsworkshop/chapter/sq3r-the-purpose-of-each-step/
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Activity 2
Below, you'll find several questions that help you practice how to preview a text. Each question targets a different part of the text that you should preview. After following the directions and selecting your answer, scroll down to read the feedback and continue to the next question.
Source: Excelsior Online Writing Lab, https://owl.excelsior.edu/orc/what-to-do-before-reading/previewing/previewing-activity/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Activity 3
Click on each of the cards below to reveal the definitions of each of these reading strategies and examples of how to skim and scan.
Source: Marisa Rentas, https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/content/7080 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.