Scanning - EnglishSolo

🔍 What is Scanning?

Scanning means searching quickly for information.

When you scan, you look for specific information, such as a name or date, without reading an entire text. Scanning is different from skimming because it requires the reader to find a piece of information, not the main idea. We scan things all the time, such as contacts in a phone, a date, or quote from an article.

🔍 Scanning vs Skimming

🎯 Scanning

Looking for specific information or details

📄 Skimming

Reading quickly to find the main idea of a text

🎯 Practice 1: Find Numbers and Dates

📝 Practice: Use scanning to find all the numbers and dates in the following passage:

The automobile has an interesting history. In 1896, a pair of brothers and former bicycle makers named Duryea manufactured the first dozen or so vehicles in the United States. By 1900, as many as one hundred different brands and eight thousand cars were on America's roads. In 1901, an 18-year-old blacksmith's son named Ransom E. Olds produced the "Runabout," a vehicle with an internal combustion engine.

✅ Answer

Three dates and four numbers

Dates: 1896, 1900, 1901
Numbers: dozen, one hundred, eight thousand, 18-year-old

🎯 Practice 2: Calendar Scanning

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Look at the schedule below to answer the questions.

How many meetings are scheduled?
When is Jack's birthday?
What day is the holiday?

📅 September 2024

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

7
🎉 Holiday

10
📋 Meeting

18
📋 Meeting

25
🎂 Jack's Birthday

✅ Calendar Answers

1. 2 meetings are scheduled (Sept 10th and 18th)
2. Jack's birthday is Thursday the 25th
3. The holiday is Saturday the 7th