Skimming
This means reading the text quickly to understand the main points without studying the text in detail.
Skimming is done when one wants to get an overall impression of the text
Scanning
This is done when one wants to locate specific information from a text .Scanning also involves looking
through the text or material quickly to get required information.
Lesson Objective.
By the end of the lesson you should be able to read a passage within a given time
Speed Reading
The process of reading involves more than just looking at words. It entails interpreting and assigning
meaning to words and symbols to communicate desired information. The speed at which you read is
determined by how fast and efficient your eyes transfer the information to the brain and how quickly the brain interprets the message. You have to practise reading fast in order to save time and at the same time access and process information required within a given time.
Read the passage provided as fast as you can.
The palm tree is a wonder tree. Its fronds can be used to decorate outdoor events when they are freshly cut and green. The dry fronds can be used to make brooms and mats. weaved into ‘Makuti’ pieces, they make beautiful thatching material. Palm trees are also used for timber and firewood. The fruits of the palm tree are very nutritious, palm seeds can also be used to produce palm oil.
In some cases the sap of the young fronds can be tapped and then fermented to make palm wine. All
these uses, make the palm tree a major economic resource for the communities living along the Coastal regions.
Create a clock such that the passage disappears from the screen after a minute and a half. Let the
students access the same passage if they want to do the exercise again.
Read the passage again in one minute and try to find answers to the questions below.
What is made from dry fronds?
Which part of the palm tree is said to be very nutritious?
What is fermented to make palm wine?
Which people benefit from the palm tree?
Provide the passage again for only 11/2 minutes and provide a check answer button.
The answers are.
Broom and mats
the coconut
the sap
People living along the coastal region
Read the following passage in 11/2 minutes and as you read try to find answers to the questions below.
What ailments are brought about by smoking?
Why is smoking unhygienic?
Why is smoking equated to a worm?
Does smoking affect unborn babies?
Smoking is a harmful habit. The tobacco used to manufacturing the cigarettes causes side effects to the smoker.
Tobacco is carcinogenic. It causes cancer of the mouth, oral tract and the lungs. In addiction it causes
discoloration of the teeth and the fingers. Not only does smoking affect those who smoke but it also
affects the unborn babies in the case of pregnant women who smoke. Passive smokers or those who
inhale the smoke indirectly are also at great risk, smoking weakens and clouds the brain and creates
thirst of alcohol.
Smoking is also dirty and unhygienic. Many smokers litter their precincts with ashes and cigarette butts.
Tobacco smoking can be equated to a worm that eats you slowly from inside such that by the time the
symptoms are visible the damage is irreparable.
Provide a check answer button. The answers are:
Cancer of the mouth, oral tract and lungs.
It’s unhygienic because many smokers litter their precincts with ashes and cigarette butts.
Smoking is equated to a worm because it eats one from the inside and by the time the symptoms are
visible, the damage is irreparable.
The process of reading involves more than just looking at words. The speed with which you read is
determined by how fast and efficient your eyes transfer what they see to the brain and how quickly the
brain interprets the message.
You have to practice reading fast especially when you have to save time. In order to learn how to read
fast, one needs to do the following.
Understand how reading takes place.
Read word groups rather than individual words.
Fast: I cooked delicious food for the family.
Slow: I cooked delicious food for the family.
The first sentence has been read by a fast reader while the second is by a slow reader.
Try to avoid distractions like noise, loud music etc.
Read extensively to be informed in various areas.
Keep assessing yourself,. Occasionally time yourself as you read widely on available reading materials.
Poetry is a form of expression either oral or written. Poems can either be sang, recited or chanted to
convey desired information. Play the animation below to see the building up of the storm as you read the poem ‘A Sudden Storm’.
A SUDDEN STORM.
The wind howls, the trees sway,
The loose housetop sheets clatter and clang,
The open window shuts with a bang,
And the sky makes night of the day.
Helter skelter the parents run,
Pressed with a thousand minor cares
Hey, you there! Pack the house wares!
And where on earth is my son?
Home skip the little children
Where have you been, you naughty boy?
The child can feel nothing but joy,
For he loves the approach of the rain.
The streets clear, the houses fill,
The noise gathers as children shout,
To rival the raging wind without,
And naught that can move is still A bright flash! A lighted plain;
Then, from the once black heavens,
Accompanied by noise that deafens,
Steadily pours the rain.
Pious Oleghe
African Poetry for schools