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Reading skills: Skim or Scan?

Authored by Dung Nguyen

English

10th Grade - University

CCSS covered

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Reading skills: Skim or Scan?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Key words and numbers can help with...

skimming

scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

What sort of reading do you use to find a word in a dictionary?

skimming

scanning

careful reading

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

If you want to find the football results in a paper, do you...

skim

scan

read carefully

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

If you want to see quickly what ingredients you need in a recipe, do you...

skim

scan

read carefully

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

If you look at all the headlines in a paper, what are you doing?

skimming

scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you are reading to find your team's score, are you...

skimming

scanning

careful reading

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Media Image

Scan the TV programme to find out what time you can see the news on BBC One.

20.00

20.27

20.30

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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