chapter 6: keeping track of information
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Chapter 6: Keeping Track of Information. Active Reading Skills , 2/e Kathleen McWhorter Brette McWhorter Sember PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin. Five Ways to Keep Track of Information. Highlighting Marking Outlining Mapping Summarizing. Highlighting Effectively. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 6: Keeping Track of Information
Active Reading Skills, 2/eKathleen McWhorter
Brette McWhorter Sember
PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin
Five Ways to Keep Track of Information
1. Highlighting2. Marking3. Outlining4. Mapping 5. Summarizing
Highlighting Effectively 1. Read a paragraph or section first.2. Highlight important portions of any
topic sentence.3. Be accurate.4. Highlight the right amount. (No more
than 20 to 30 percent of the material.)
Marking to Record Ideas
1. Circle the words you do not know.2. Mark definitions with “def.”3. Make notes to yourself. (“example,” “test
question,” “reread,” “ask instructor.”)
4. Put question marks next to confusing words or passages.
Outlining
I. Major topicA. First major idea
1. First key supporting detail2. Second key supporting detail
B. Second major idea1. First Key supporting detail
a. Minor detail or exampleb. Minor detail or example
2. Second key supporting detailII. Second major topic
A. First major idea
Outline of an Essay: Your Friend’s Vacation in San FranciscoI. Favorite Places
A. Chinatown1. Restaurants and markets a. Fortune cookie factory
b. Dim sum restaurants2. Museums
a. Chinese Culture Center b. Pacific Heritage Museum
B. Fisherman’s Wharf1. Pier 39
a. Street performers b. Sea lions sunning themselves on the docks
2. Ghiradelli Square
Suggestions for Outlining
1. Don’t worry about following the outline format exactly.
2. Use words and phrases or complete sentences.
3. Use your own words, and don’t write too much.
4. Pay attention to headings.
Mapping: A Visual Method of Organizing Information
1. Identify the overall topic or subject. 2. Identify major ideas that relate to the
topic.3. As you discover supporting details that
further explain an idea already mapped, connect those details with new lines.
See Figures 6.1 to 6.4 in your book for examples of maps.
Example of Mapping
How children learn to manage emotions
They learn how they’resupposed to
feel
They learnto show or hide
feelingsThey learn how to
change their feelings
Example of Mapping
Process: How to Prepare A Garden Bed
Find a sunny spot.
Remove weeds,rocks, and
debris.
Smooth outlumps withrake and
then plant!
Loosen soiland dig about
12” deep.
Mix compostto a depth ofabout 6-8”.
Summarizing: A Brief Statement that Pulls Together the Most
Important Ideas You Have Read
1. Underline each major idea in the material.2. Write one sentence that states the writer’s
most important idea.3. Use your own words.4. Focus on the author’s major ideas, not on
supporting details.5. Keep the ideas in the summary in the same
order as they appear in the original material.
Evaluating Your Progress
Use the “Outlining and Summarizing-Spring Break in Florida” module in the Reading Skills section on the MyReadingLab Web site at http://www.ablongman.com/myreadinglab.
For more practice visit the Companion Web site.
http://www.ablongman.com/mcwhorter