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LARN 010 C3D2

Start the reading the following in class:

Background Information:

Have you ever found yourself rereading a passage of science textbook over and over again and realized that you still don’t know what you are reading?
Reading experts tell us that is because informational literature has no setting, characters, plot, setting, to imagine or connect with. Instead they say informational literature must be read actively and with purpose in order to not get bogged down and snowed by all the terminology. To read actively they suggest:

  1. [Survey or Preview:] To focus one’s reading,  it is helpful to survey or preview what you will read to formulate a question to be answered by reading the previewed section.
  2. [Question:] You then write down the question, put your pen down and then force yourself to
  3. [Read:] read through the section with the single purpose of discovering the answer to that single question that you wrote down.
  4. [Record:] Then respond and record one’s own understanding to that question.  Later on, to retain the information longer the reader is then urged to
    1. Recite / Reflect,
    2. Rethink, and
    3. Review the information.

Depending on how many R’s are used, this method may be variously called SQ3R, SQ4R, SQ5R, SQ6R, PQ5R, etc.

Summary:  When reading informational literature for the main ideas a method variously called SQ3R, SQ4R, SQ5R, SQ6R, PQ5R can be used.  An overview to the method is given in the document at this link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ft9hAr_RjiNWhqWDBHdXdYS0k

2. Pick a few videos to broaden your understanding of how to take and use the Preview, Question, Read, Record, Recite/ Reflect, Rethink, Review system.  If a video isn’t helping you, look at another!  When you feel confident in your ability to read informational literature in this way, go on to part 3 of this assignment.  Every video listed need not be viewed.

SQ4R: 7m 45s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuQeB_Kn3nM

Effective Reading Strategies: The SQ4R Method: 6m 30s
Note: If you do not own the book, do not use a highlighter, pen, or pencil to mark it up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gItfJ6-whbM

SQ5R copyright Jane Brooks: 8m 48s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSjbVlaKl4E
Humans Have a Need to Read: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ft9hAr_RjiNWhqWDBHdXdYS0k

SQ4R: 4m 49s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La2yP3QN8K0

3.  a. For purposes of this assignment, use the format shown in the document at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ft9hAr_RjiMUhKOHEzcXJGR1E.

b. Use the SQ5R a.k.a. PQ5R method of reading informational literature to read the article entitled “Humans Have a Need to Read” at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/dec/30/humans-hardwired-read-books

c. Reflect on the major ideas of the article, and (if not already done so) after recording questions and answers about the article. Then at the bottom of the notes, summarize the article with reference to the original overall question that was asked concerning the whole article.