It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to

teach others –

It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to

teach others – and less trouble.

–Mark Twain

Study Strategies

Study Strategies

To work smart, students need to develop strategies for

studying. Putting strategies to good use is directly related

to students’ knowledge and awareness of what it means to

study (Vacca et al, 2002).

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GRASP

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Guided Reading And Summarizing ProcedureGuided Reading And Summarizing Procedure

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Study Strategies Main Teaching Points

• A review of the Guided Reading Procedure

• Writing a summary using GRASP

• Classroom Activities

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Talking to Learn – Review

Steps in the Guided Reading Procedure

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Talking to Learn – Review

Steps in the Guided Reading Procedure

• Prepare the students for reading

• Assign a reading selection

• Once finished, turn articles face down

• Help students recognize shortcomings

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Talking to Learn – Review

Steps in the Guided Reading Procedure

• Redirect the students to review and correct

• Organize remembrances into an outline

• Extend questions to stimulate analysis

• Provide feedback

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Study Strategies Writing Summaries using GRASP

• No unnecessary details

• Collapse lists

• Use topic sentences

• Integrate summaries

• Polish the summary

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Writing a Summary using GRASPWriting a Summary using GRASP

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s army

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s army 1799  

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s army 1799  

Key to language of Egypt

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s army 1799  Key to language of Egypt

Forgotten language of Egypt

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s army 1799  Key to language of Egypt

Forgotten language of Egypt Found in mud near Rosetta

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s army 1799  Key to language of Egypt

Forgotten language of Egypt Found in mud near Rosetta

 Inscriptions in hieroglyphics

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s Engineering corps army 1799 Taken to British Museum, where it   is today Key to language of Egypt Ancient

Forgotten language of Egypt Chapollion published a pamphlet Found in mud near Rosetta The pamphlet, a tool scholars use

to translate ancient Egyptian language

 Inscriptions in hieroglyphics Demotic, the popular Egyptian

language at the time

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s Engineering corps army 1799 Taken to British Museum, where it   is today Key to language of Egypt Ancient

Forgotten language of Egypt Chapollion published a pamphlet Found in mud near Rosetta The pamphlet, a tool scholars use

to translate ancient Egyptian language

 Inscriptions in hieroglyphics Demotic, the popular Egyptian

language at the time

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s Engineering corps army 1799 Taken to British Museum, where it   is today Key to language of Egypt Ancient

Forgotten language of Egypt Chapollion published a pamphlet Found in mud near Rosetta The pamphlet, a tool scholars use

to translate ancient Egyptian language

 Inscriptions in hieroglyphics Demotic, the popular Egyptian

language at the time

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s Engineering corps army 1799 1802 Taken to British Museum, where it   is today Key to language of Egypt Ancient

Forgotten language of Egypt Chapollion published a pamphlet Found in mud near Rosetta The pamphlet, a tool scholars use

to translate ancient Egyptian language

 Inscriptions in hieroglyphics Demotic, the popular Egyptian

language at the time

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Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s Engineering corps army 1799 1802 Taken to British Museum, where it   is today Key to language of Egypt Ancient

Forgotten language of Egypt Chapollion published a pamphlet Found in mud near Rosetta The pamphlet, a tool scholars use

to translate ancient Egyptian language

Inscriptions in hieroglyphics Demotic, the popular Egyptian language at the time

Study Strategies

Students’ First Recollections Additions and Corrections 

Found by an officer in Napoleon’s Engineering corps army 1799 1802 Taken to British Museum, where it   is today Key to language of Egypt Ancient

Forgotten language of Egypt Chapollion published a pamphlet Found in mud near Rosetta The pamphlet, a tool scholars use

to translate ancient Egyptian language

Inscriptions in hieroglyphics Demotic, the popular Egyptian language at the time

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The Rosetta Stone provided the key for reading the ancient

language of Egypt. The ancient Egyptian language had been

a riddle for hundreds of years. An officer in Napoleon’s

Engineering corps found the Rosetta Stone half buried in the

mud near Rosetta. The black basalt stone bore inscriptions

in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.

Polishing the Summary Polishing the Summary

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The Rosetta Stone provided the key for reading the ancient

language of Egypt. The ancient Egyptian language had been

a riddle for hundreds of years. An officer in Napoleon’s

Engineering corps found the Rosetta Stone half buried in the

mud near Rosetta. The black basalt stone bore inscriptions

in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.

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was found in 1799

the Egyptian city of by

Polishing the Summary Polishing the Summary

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The Rosetta Stone provided the key for reading the ancient

Egyptian language, which had been a riddle for hundreds

of years. The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 near the

Egyptian city of Rosetta by an officer in Napoleon’s

Engineering corps. The black basalt stone bore inscriptions

in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, in Demotic, and in Greek.

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Polishing the Summary Polishing the Summary

Classroom ActivitiesClassroom Activities

•Compare summaries

•Present the students with three summaries

•Team students in pairs or triads

•In lieu of response groups, ask the whole class to respond

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