英语阅读理解-抓住大意.pptVIP

?Angela Maiers, 2006 What’s the Point?: Finding the BIG Ideas in Text Presented By Angela Maiers, 2006 What is the BIG IDEA?? Define main idea and theme. (Is there any difference?) Main idea is… Theme is… How do YOU (as a reader) find the main idea/ themes within text? What are the specific steps involved in getting to the BIG IDEAS? List and Discuss. What do your students struggle with most when seeking the BIG IDEAS in text at your grade level? Harvard ReportDr. Perry, Director of the Harvard Reading and Study Center 1500 first year college students-30 pg chapter from textbook Task: Within 20 minutes, write a short statement on what the chapter was about Outcome: 94.5% students scored well on multiple-choice test on detail 15 out of 1500 top first year college students: previewed section read headings understood and followed the writing/writer’s structure skimmed and analyzed visuals looked descriptive flags in the margin read end of the chapter summaries noted key points while reading-signal words and phrased Major Conclusions: obedient purposelessness : an enormous amount of wasted effort in most of first year students. Students must be jarred out of this approach. This reading act requires self-confidence, skill, intention, focus, and even courage, on the part of the student who must decide for himself what to read or skip. Students MUST always ask themselves what it is they want to get out of a reading assignment, then look around for those key and important points. ?Angela Maiers, 2006 Thinking Like a Writer!! The act of reading and writing involve the same skills. Both require a student to use word knowledge, sentence structure, and paragraph organization to either convey a message or to decode a message. Authors Decisions What do I know about, care about, or have researched enough about to write down? (TOPIC) What is my goal in writing this information down? What do I want to