GEN 105 Week 7 Checkpoint Reading and Comprehension

CheckPoint: Reading and Comprehension

Resources: Ch. 4 of Keys to College Studying, 8 Secrets to a Knockout Business Presentation

Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum

Use the reading 8 Secrets to a Knockout Business Presentation to carefully time yourself as you read the article. When finished, calculate your words-per-minute reading rate using the instructions from p. 140 of the text.

Summarize main points from the reading into a short, bulleted list. Then provide your answers to the following questions in a 200-to 300-word response:

o What was your approach to reading the selection?

o What was your reading setting?

o How did you minimize distractions?

o Did you become emotionally involved?

o Which of the four reading purposes did you employ? You can list more than one.

o List new vocabulary terms, and provide their definitions.