Reading Template
Transcript: When you read an academic passage, there are several steps you can follow to ensure you have an understanding of the text. You can break each paragraph into a few key elements: The topic The five most important words in the paragraph The main idea New vocabulary Americans, adults and children alike, are being seduced. They are being brainwashed. And few of us protest. Why? Because the seducers and the brainwashers are the advertisers we willingly invite into our homes. We are victims, content -- even eager -- to be victimized. We read advertisers' propaganda messages in newspapers and magazines; we watch their alluring images on television. We absorb their messages and images into our subconscious. We all do it -- even those of us who claim to see through advertisers' tricks and therefore feel immune to advertising's charm. Advertisers lean heavily on propaganda to sell products, whether the "products" are a brand of toothpaste, a candidate for office, or a particular political viewpoint. Two or three words that describe the overall subject of the paragraph What words can you "see from space?" What are the high frequency words? What are the OMG words? The main idea is different from the topic. The main idea is more than the topic. The main idea contains the topic, but it also contains the central idea. The main idea is an author's point about a topic. Are there new words? Are they important? The Topic Write some words A Reading Template The Five Most Important Words New Vocabulary The Main Idea
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