1. Exploring the
Reading Process

2. Your Job . . .
Take notes on the reading process –
what to do
Before you read
While you read
After you read

3. In Pairs
Share three reasons you want to
become a better reader.

4. Reading is an Interaction
• Use your imagination – form a mental
picture
• Use your body – take a pen and mark
up the reading

5. The Reading Process
Before
You
Read

6. Skills to Use Before Reading
• Guess the purpose of the reading.
• Survey it to get an overview of what
will be coming.
• Predict what’s going to happen.
• Think about your prior knowledge of
the subject matter.

7. Guess the Purpose
Is a reading meant to
•Persuade,
•Inform, or
•Entertain?

8. The purpose is easy . . . .
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
PIE

9. Sound It Out
In a moment different reading materials will
flash on the screen.
CLAP
if you think the material would
INFORM

10. Dictionary
Cookbook
Magazine
Religious
Advertisement
Work (like the
NewspaperMagazineBook
Bible)
People
Phone
Editorial
Get Rich Quick Website
Textbook
Comic BookNewspaper
Army Rangers Manual
Paperback Novel
National Enquirer

11. OK, let’s try this again. This time
STOMP YOUR FEET
if you think the material would
PERSUADE

12. Dictionary
Cookbook
Magazine
Religious
Advertisement
Work (like the
NewspaperMagazineBook
Bible)
People
Phone
Editorial
Get Rich Quick Website
Textbook
Comic BookNewspaper
Army Rangers Manual
Paperback Novel
National Enquirer

13. Bet you can guess our next step . . .
GIVE A FAKE LAUGH
if you think the material would be
ENTERTAIN

14. Dictionary
Cookbook
Magazine
Religious
Advertisement
Work (like the
NewspaperMagazineBook
Bible)
People
Phone
Editorial
Get Rich Quick Website
Textbook
Comic BookNewspaper
Army Rangers Manual
Paperback Novel
National Enquirer

15. Yes, some of those had more than one
correct answer!!!

16. Survey
Survey the reading to get an overview of what will
be coming. Be sure to look at the following:
•Title
•Subtitle
•Headings
•1st sentences of paragraphs
•Photos and captions

17. Predict
Once you’ve finished your survey
you’ll be able to quickly write a
sentence telling what you think
will happen in the reading.

18. Use Prior Knowledge
Spend time remembering facts
you already know that are
related to the reading.

19. Pair Up
• List FIVE statements of prior
knowledge (facts) about each of the
topics on the next slide.

20. Five Facts On . . .
• Pirates
• Drunk Driving
• Recycling

21. The Reading Process
While
You
Read

22. Practice Interactive Reading
• Put a by paragraphs you mostly

understand.
• Put an by paragraphs you don’t

understand well.
• Circle words you don’t know if they
seem important to the article.

23. Five Reading Tasks
While you are reading, interact with the
reading by doing five learning tasks.
1. Try to understand what the author means.
2. Monitor your comprehension.
3. Search for relevance.
4. Be open to learning something new.
5. Search for significance.

24. Check Your Understanding
Three clues that you may not be
comprehending what you read are
1. You have to slow your reading considerably.
2. You go back to reread a section several times.
3. You can’t tell what is important and what is
not.

25. With a New Partner
• List TWO signs that let you know you
aren’t understanding the reading
• List TWO things you can do to help
solve this problem.

26. The Reading Process
After
You
Read

27. After a Persuasive Reading
• Ask “Did the writer convince me of his
or her point?”

28. After an Informative Reading
• Ask “Did I understand this material?
Why does this information matter?”

29. Remember
Reading is just the beginning.
After you read the material, you, your
instructor, and your classmates will often talk
about the ideas that the assignment has
raised.

30. If you can't describe what you
are doing as a process, you
don't know what you're doing.
- W. Edwards Deming