Notes From a Text

Explain the importance of surveying material before you read and take notes.

Surveying identifies important information, main ideas and key points. Surveying helps the student to identify what is known or unknown about a topic. Surveying helps to activate prior knowledge.

A benefit to applying SQRW to your reading is more efficient study time.

True

Kayla should look over the Science chapter's headings, vocabulary and summaries before she attempts to begin taking notes.

True

Putting supporting details and evidence into your own words

Write

What should you do when you find the answers to your questions as you are reading?

a. Write them down

When reading text and answering associated questions, in which format should your answers appear?

b. Outline

What is the purpose of reading material for the very first time?

b. Understanding the material, not memorizing it

Why is it important to budget enough time to take high quality notes with SQRW?

c. Both of these

The R in SQRW stands for

d. None of these

KWL is an example of

a. A reading strategy

A benefit to applying SQRW to your reading is faster reading abilities.

False

The Q in SQRW stands for Quiet: find a quiet place to read.

False

The questions from SQRW should never ask to define vocabulary words.

False

Using personal keys when outlining answers to your SQRW questions is useless.

False

Address information asked by your teacher

Question

Provides purpose to your reading

Question

Explain the importance of questioning before reading to take notes from a text.

Questioning provides a purpose or focus for reading.

Identifying vocabulary definitions

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