Previewing

Activity 2.6

What does it mean to preview a reading? Basically means to look at the title or any and all sub-titles and looking at and bold words or illustrations there might be. ﻿Just getting an idea of what your text is all about before reading. Why is it helpful to preview before reading? So you get an idea of what you will be learning about. It gives you an idea of your learning previewing acts as a introduction if there isn't one to introduce what you will be learning about.

Activity 2.7

__Previewing essentials__ :


 * Attempt to ascertain the topic and subtopics of your reading
 * Get a feel for the layout and structure of the reading (especially headings)
 * Identify potential key terms or concepts
 * Make connections to your prior knowledge
 * Make predictions
 * Ask questions that you hope to be answered by reading & attempt to answer them

Activity 2.8

What do you think of our previewing model? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It was good and efficient and very quick seemed to work very well.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What aspects of previewing did we utilize? Looking at bolded words and subs tiles paying attention to any illustrations and making sure to look at everything.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity 2.9

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Previewing Assignment__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now, in your virtual notebook, Previewing page,
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete your own previewing of a website reading using <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|this article]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(please note that it has multiple pages).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You may follow the 2-column format we used in our example, or you may use your own format. Make sure to review the “Previewing Essentials” list before beginning. Make sure to label the activity by number.
 * **Question/Comment/Connections**

-I guess it will be revealing these factors and how to attain them in your life.

-If Oprah is in one of the pictures that leads me to believe that it must be a pretty legit source

-These tip will be based on the mental view of people rather than tangible aspects

- Things like: **Charisma,Chutzpah,Joie de**
 * Vivre or Day-Seizers,Grace**

-More of just the attitude one should have in attempting to try to be successful || **Previewing Notes**

-What I had first noticed about the site was the title was "X-factors of Success"

-My second thought that it would have tips and such regarding these factors

-It's an article from Psychology Today which means these tips will more to do with mindset

-In a picture you can see Oprah sitting on a couch between two men smiling

-Starts to list certain characteristics that will enable one to be successful

-Published in 2010 pretty recent article ||