PROCESSING
Lesson # CW9Z65
1
Approximately 30% of adults in
Muscogee County are functionally
illiterate.
Approximately 29% of the adults in
Georgia have difficulty reading at
the 4th grade level—the 10th worst
in the nation.
2
Why Kids don’t read!
Growing up with nonreaders.
Forcing reading material.
Intensively studying a single
work.
Determining the meaning of a
literary work.
Traumatizing learning
experiences.
3
READING
...the extraction of
information and
meaning of a letter,
memo, paper, report, or
book as rapidly as
possible and as
completely as possible.
…assigning meaning to
abstract symbols on a
page.
5
Is it a duck or a rabbit?
6
THE COMMUNICATION
MISMATCH
SPEAK/
READ
WRITE LISTEN THINK
7
READING RANGES
Optimum
100% zone
Comprehension
0
Too Slow Fast
RATE
8
EFFICIENT READING
FIXATION FIXATION FIXATION FIXATION
It was the kiss by which all the others in his life would be judged and found wanting.
9
Eye fixation-- When the eye stops moving to take in
information.
10
TAKE A RISK!
11
TO INCREASE YOUR
READING RATE
12
PREVIEW TO INCREASE
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
13
AFTER PREVIEWING
Read rapidly; read to answer
questions.
Summarize to ensure recall.
Make notes for review to assure
retention.
Test at the end of each chapter,
gauging your comprehension.
Schedule periodic reviews; begin
exam reviews one week prior to the
test.
14
To read is to lend an ear to
countless voices
speaking through ageless
time.
15
The person who doesn’t read good books
has no advantages over the person who
can’t read them at all.
16