Exercise two. Page 10.

• 1) What are Matthew and Leo talking about?• 2) Where does Leo work?• 3)What is a Healthy Party?• 4) List three exercises Leo does.

Skimming

• The goal of skimming is to learn the main points in a larger selection of writing rather than answer one specific question.• Students should be able to identify the

major themes throughout the passage. • Students should also pay attention to

italicized or bold words, headings and subheadings.

Scanning

• Scanning is used when you look for a specific piece of information in a text. • Once you find this information, you stop

reading.• Scanning is a fast form of reading that

does not pay attention to every detail in the text.

Practice

• You quickly go through a twenty-page report in a few minutes, and determine the overall subject, tone, and a few key points.

This is skimming.

• You pick up the newspaper in the doctor's office, thumb through the first few pages, and gather the gist of the events happening in the world. This is skimming.

• You flip through an accounting report to find a particular set of data. This is scanning.

• You open the classified section of a newspaper, find the automobile section, and then mark a few cars.

This is scanning.