Reading Efficiently
Reading Efficiently
EFFICIENTLY
ENGLISH 101
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Reading in a way that allows you to understand the writer's
message without spending too much time in the process.
https://medicine.tamhsc.edu/academic-support/reading-effectively.html
http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/reading/1a.html
TIPS
1. Take notes
2. Read in multiple passes
3. Scan the headings and read the last couple of paragraph.
4. Read in more depth
5. Remember that you don’t have to finish
6. Adopt a problem solving mindset: fill in the details.
ESSAY EXAMPLE:
THE IMPORTANCE OF SALT
In its mineral form sodium chloride, NaCl, is known as common salt. It is
important because it is essential to the health of human beings and of animals. For
domestic use it is fined down to what is known as table-salt, and small quantities of
other chemicals are added to it to keep it free-flowing when in contact with the
atmosphere.
Salt and potassium are combined to produce iodised salt, used when iodine is lacking
in diet. It’s absence causes goitre, the swelling of the thyroid gland.
Livestock as well as humans need salt, and this provided in the form of solid blocks,
known as 'salt-licks'.
Salt is also crucial to the food industry. It is used in meatpacking sausage-making and fish-
curing both for seasoning and as a preservative. It is also used in the curing and preserving of
hides and in the form of brine of brine for refrigeration purposes.
Salt is extensively used in the chemical industry; in the manufacture of baking soda, sodium
bicarbonate; of caustic soda, sodium hydroxide; of hydrochloric acid, of chlorine etc. It is also
used in soap-making, and in the manufacture of glaze and porcelain enamel. It also enters
metallurgic processes as flux, a compound used to assist the fusing of metals.
Salt lowers the melting point of water, so in combination with grit, it is used for clearing roads
of snow and ice. It is also used for water-softening by means of removing calcium and
magnesium compounds from tap water.
Source: http://www.englishdaily626.com/high_school_english_essays.php?471
MAIN IDEAS
1) Importance of common salt for humans and animals