FOCUS: READING SKILLS TO RECONSTRUCT TEXTS -GIST AND DETAIL

ONE READ IS NEVER REALLY CONSIDERED ENOUGH WHEN YOU ARE NOT READING FOR PLEASURE. IF THE READING IS FOR A PURPOSE THEN USUALLY YOU EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE KEY / IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

HERE WE SKIM TO GET THE GIST AND GENERAL 'FLOW' OF THE STORY AND THEN EXAMINE THE CLIPS FOR DETAIL AND LOGICAL FLOW TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THEM BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL.