Individual Assignment 1

Exercise 5 page 47 (more reading power)

Skimming for Research

This passage about Eleanor Roosevelt is from an Internet site www.udhr.org . Read these questions and then skim the passage for the answers. Work as quickly as you can-not more than three minutes for the skimming. Compare you answers with those of another student. Then go back and read the passage again.

1. does this passage give you information about Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood ?
2. what is most of this passage about ?
3. does this passage give a positive or a negative impression of Mrs.Roosevelt? how can you tell ?
4. what did Mrs.Roosevelt feel was her greatest accomplishment ?
5. what can you tell about Mrs.Roosevelt as a person ?

Exercise 6 page 52 (more reading power)

The passage on page 52, about Eleanor Roosevelt, is from an Encyclopedia. Skim to compare the information from the web site in Exercise 5 and the information in this Encyclopedia entry. Read these questions and then skim for the answers. Work as quickly as you can-not more than three minutes for the skimming. Compare you answers with those of another student.

1. what information does the encyclopedia entry add to what you already know about Mrs.Roosevelt ?
2. in which ways are the two passages similiar ? in which ways are they different ?
3. if you were writing a report on Mrs.Roosevelt's life, which source would be more useful, the web site or the encyclopedia entry ? why ?
4. if you were writing a report about the United Nations, which source would be more useful, the web site or the encyclopedia entry ? why ?
5. which is easier to skim, the web site or the encyclopedia entry ? why ?

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