Lab 9

Active Reading

Lab 9 Activity Overview

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MY Planner 9 Active Reading Quiz 4 Text Structure Activity (Homework) Add a reading strategy to your SL

Lab 9 Introduction

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• Do you read effectively and efficiently? In university, much of your learning takes place through readings you do on your own. Learning how to regulate your reading is key to being successful since it allows you to retain the right kinds of information.

• In lecture we talked about what to do before, during, and after reading. This week's lab will help walk you through this process in one of your readings this week

• You must have a university reading with you in order to do this lab.

Make a Change: Read Effectively

– Step 1: Pre-Read the text– Step 2: Activate Prior Knowledge– Step 3: Set goals for your reading session– Step 4: Select and use active reading

strategies to complete the reading

• Choose a reading from another course you need to do this week & apply the SRL cycle to regulate your reading

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• Quiz 4 in lab– Any attempts to complete the quiz outside of lab results in automatic

failure– All attempts are time stamped and logged

• Your instructor will provide you with instructions about how to access the quiz in lab

Quiz 4

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• Learn to Recognize Text Structures– Recognizing common info structures

in your text helps you to read strategically

– This activity asks you to identify the structure in some examples textbook excerpts.

Text Structure Activity

Active Reading Strategy

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Select and apply an Active Reading Strategy this week!