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How to read exam questions and texts Highlighting key words in a text such as an exam question or newspaper article in order to better understand it.

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How to read exam questions and texts

Highlighting key words in a text such as an exam question or newspaper article in order to better understand it.

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Skills development

Why read quickly.What information to notice.3 ways to improve our understanding.

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Two skills: Skimming & ScanningSkimming: quick reading for gist.(Say what the text is about.)Read the titles & subtitles.Read the introductory paragraph.

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Quick reading for key words.Read and highlight nouns and verbs.

Scanning

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Explaining the main ideas of the text.

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● Read quickly● Highlighting● How highlighting

helps

● Skimming ● Scanning

● Use hash tag to plan/organise thoughts How 2 RTQ

● Nouns

● Explain in own words

● Try it yourself ● Verbs