Objective:

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I can skim and scan for global and specific information. ​

​To Do Today:

• Presentation: What is skimming and scanning?

• ​Practice: We will practice together

• Your turn: Reading and answering questions

• Bonus: Discussion Question

​Why do we skim and scan?

• We skim and scan to find information quickly.

• Do not have to read every word.

• ​We are looking for important information.

Skimming

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• ​see what’s in the news in a paper or on a website

• browse through a book to see if you want to read it

• look through the television guide to see what’s on one evening

• flick through a catalogue to see what’s on offer

• look through the options given on a Google search to see what sites it suggests

Scanning

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• ​Do not need to read or understand every word

• ​When looking for specific information from a book or article and need to find it quickly

• ​Use when looking for: names, dates, times, prices, numbers