DIRECTIONS: Look at the following situations and decide what you would do: SKIM orSCAN? Write your answer on the space provided.

1) You want to call someone but you don’t know the number. You look in the telephone

directory. Do you start at the beginning and read every name? What will you do?

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2) You have to write a report and your teacher has given you a book list of ten books to

read. You don’t have time to read them all. What will you do? __________________

3) You are in a convenience store and you see a magazine containing a very interesting

article. You are running out of time. What will you do? ________________

4) You are cooking and you realize you have no tomatoes. You want to know if the recipe

requires tomatoes. Do you need to read the whole recipe? What will you do?

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5) You want to study in Manila. You are trying to choose which university to attend. All

the websites contain numerous information. What will you do? _____________________