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184 #50054—Reading Strategies for Social Studies © Shell Education Name: ______________________________________________________________ Textbook Scavenger Hunt Directions: Workwithyourteammemberandusethetextbooktocompletethefollowingquestions. 1. Index number of pages __________ location _______________________ Locate and write a key topic that has several pages of information. __________________________________________________________________________________ Find a topic that has a single page listed. __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Table of Contents number of pages _______ location _______ number of sections _______ List three sections that interest you. __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Glossary number of pages __________ location _______________________ What kind of information does it contain? How can a glossary help you? __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Chapters Look at the first page of a chapter. List the information here. __________________________________________________________________________________ Look at the last page of a chapter. What do you find there? How can this help you? __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Boldfaced Words List three boldfaced words in the same chapter. What do they mean? In what ways can you use a textbook to find the meanings of words? __________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Photographs page number __________ description _______________________ Study the picture and the caption and write down what you learned. __________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Visual Aids page number __________ description _______________________ Locate a graph, chart, diagram, or map. Study it and read all of the print that accompanies it. Explain what this visual aid can teach you. __________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Other page number __________ description _______________________ What other features are in your textbook? How do these help you learn new information? __________________________________________________________________________________

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184 #50054—Reading Strategies for Social Studies © Shell Education

Name: ______________________________________________________________

Textbook Scavenger Hunt

Directions: �Work�with�your�team�member�and�use�the�textbook�to�complete�the�following�questions.

1. Index numberofpages__________location_______________________

Locateandwriteakeytopicthathasseveralpagesofinformation.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Findatopicthathasasinglepagelisted.

__________________________________________________________________________________

2. Table of Contentsnumberofpages_______location_______numberofsections_______

Listthreesectionsthatinterestyou.

__________________________________________________________________________________

3. Glossarynumberofpages__________location_______________________

Whatkindofinformationdoesitcontain?Howcanaglossaryhelpyou?

__________________________________________________________________________________

4. Chapters

Lookatthefirstpageofachapter.Listtheinformationhere.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Lookatthelastpageofachapter.Whatdoyoufindthere?Howcanthishelpyou?

__________________________________________________________________________________

5. Boldfaced WordsListthreeboldfacedwordsinthesamechapter.Whatdotheymean?

Inwhatwayscanyouuseatextbooktofindthemeaningsofwords?

__________________________________________________________________________________

6. Photographspagenumber__________description_______________________

Studythepictureandthecaptionandwritedownwhatyoulearned.

__________________________________________________________________________________

7. Visual Aidspagenumber__________description_______________________

Locateagraph,chart,diagram,ormap.Studyitandreadalloftheprintthataccompaniesit.Explainwhatthisvisualaidcanteachyou.

__________________________________________________________________________________

8. Otherpagenumber__________description_______________________

Whatotherfeaturesareinyourtextbook?Howdothesehelpyoulearnnewinformation?

__________________________________________________________________________________