Determining Importance

Question 1

Why do we determine importance?

Answer 1

to help remember what needs to be remembered, to help us read faster, and not everything in every piece of text is important

Question 2

What is a few purposes for determining importance?

Answer 2

entertainment - you get to decide what is important, and what is important to you
information - the information you will be looking for will be more important than the information you are not looking for
understanding - you can zone in on the parts you really need

Question 3

Interesting vs. Important

Answer 3

some information is important to understand and remember the text, some text is added just to make the text interesting

Question 4

What is important while reading?

Answer 4

big ideas, key words that will help you, major events, major characters, and NOT small details

Question 5

What is interesting while reading?

Answer 5

descriptive details, specific dates and times, sources for information, titles of people, and funny anecdotes or stories in an article