GRADE 10 LO STUDY SKILLS Reading Comprehension Summarising

Read the following passage taken from the internet: Where did Facebook come from? (The

■ The Beginning of Facebook Way back in early 2004 Mark Zuckerberg gave birth

■ Facebook's Investors Facebook has investors including Pay. Pal co-founder Peter Thiel, Accel Partners,

Interesting? Now re-read it, focusing on picking out the most important information – use

We are now going to explore two different summarising techniques which may be helpful

MIND-MAPPING ■ Create a visual image for yourself using only key words ■ Start

THREE COLUMN NOTE-TAKING This is a useful tool for organising your notes: ■ In

Use the frameworks in your notes to practice each of these summarising techniques –

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GRADE 10 LO STUDY SKILLS Reading, Comprehension & Summarising

Read the following passage taken from the internet: Where did Facebook come from? (The History of Facebook) by Linda Roeder (http: //personalweb. about. com/od/makefriendsonfac ebook/a/whatisfacebook_5. htm)

■ The Beginning of Facebook Way back in early 2004 Mark Zuckerberg gave birth to Facebook, then at thefacebook. com. At that time Mark Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard University. The name for Facebook came from the publications that some colleges pass out to students at the beginning of the year to help students get to know each other better, called a Facebook. In the beginning there was Harvard and only Harvard. Facebook was created as a way for Mark Zuckerberg and other Harvard students to keep in touch over the Internet and get to know each other better. Facebook became so popular, in just a matter of months, that it was soon opened to other colleges. By the end of the following year it was also open to high schools. The year after that it was opened to the general Internet public, as long as you were 13 years and older.

■ Facebook's Investors Facebook has investors including Pay. Pal co-founder Peter Thiel, Accel Partners, and Greylock Partners. In 2007 Microsoft jumped in and invested $246 million for a 1. 6% share in Facebook. The next month Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing made a large investment too. ■ How Facebook Makes Money Facebook mainly makes their money from advertising revenue. That's why you'll see banner ads on Facebook. That's how they can manage to create such a great service to you for free. ■ Facebook's Many Features Over time Facebook has added many new features to their website. You'll now find a news feed, more privacy features, Facebook notes, the ability to add images to your blog and comments, importing other blogs into Facebook, instant messaging, and much more. Also, new apps are born on Facebook every day.

Interesting? Now re-read it, focusing on picking out the most important information – use a highlighter on your worksheet

■ The Beginning of Facebook Way back in early 2004 Mark Zuckerberg gave birth to Facebook, then at thefacebook. com. At that time Mark Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard University. The name for Facebook came from the publications that some colleges pass out to students at the beginning of the year to help students get to know each other better, called a Facebook. In the beginning there was Harvard and only Harvard. Facebook was created as a way for Mark Zuckerberg and other Harvard students to keep in touch over the Internet and get to know each other better. Facebook became so popular, in just a matter of months, that is was soon opened to other colleges. By the end of the following year it was also open to high schools. The year after that it was opened to the general Internet public, as long as you were 13 and older.

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■ The Beginning of Facebook Way back in early 2004 Mark Zuckerberg gave birth to Facebook, then at thefacebook. com. At that time Mark Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard University. The name for Facebook came from the publications that some colleges pass out to students at the beginning of the year to help students get to know each other better, called a Facebook. In the beginning there was Harvard and only Harvard. Facebook was created as a way for Mark Zuckerberg and other Harvard students to keep in touch over the Internet and get to know each other better. Facebook became so popular, in just a matter of months, that is was soon opened to other colleges. By the end of the following year it was also open to high schools. The year after that it was opened to the general Internet public, as long as you were 13 years and older.

■ Facebook's Investors Facebook has investors including Pay. Pal co-founder Peter Thiel, Accel Partners, and Greylock Partners. In 2007 Microsoft jumped in and invested $264 million for a 1. 6% share in Facebook. The next month Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing made a large investment too. ■ How Facebook Makes Money Facebook mainly makes their money from advertising re venue. That's why you'll see banner ads on Facebook. That's how they can manage to create such a great service to you for free. ■ Facebook's Many Features Over time Facebook has added many new features to their website. You'll now find a news feed, more privacy features, Facebook notes, the ability to add images to your blog and comments, importing other blogs into Facebook, instant messaging, and much more. Also, new apps are born on Facebook every day.

We are now going to explore two different summarising techniques which may be helpful to remember the information you have highlighted:

MIND-MAPPING ■ Create a visual image for yourself using only key words ■ Start with a single concept in the middle and then branch out with sub-sections ■ Use the base in your worksheet to design your mind-map further

THREE COLUMN NOTE-TAKING This is a useful tool for organising your notes: ■ In the first column, write the main topics from the text. ■ In the second column, write significant details you learned from reading the text ■ In the third column, jot down opinions, observations, thoughts, interesting info etc

Use the frameworks in your notes to practice each of these summarising techniques – complete the exercise for homework