Selective Underlining

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Selective Underlining

• By Debbie Jones

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You will learn to

• Decide what it is you want to find out.
• How to choose the KEY WORDS and PHRASES to
  underline or highlight in the text.

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Non-fiction Texts

• We are studying non-fiction texts.
• These types of texts are factual.
• They will contain a lot of new vocabulary related
  to the subject.

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What should you underline?

• You should start by underlining the KEY
  VOCABULARY.
• This means you underline the important words
  which relate to the topic.
• In a different colour, you should then underline
  words and phrases which help to explain what
  these important words mean.

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Lets have a go!

• The following text comes from the Roman Britain
  Resource Book and is discussing the Roman Army.

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The Romans Invade Britain

• The men who fought in the Roman army were paid to
  be full-time soldiers. The army was divided up
  into legions. There were nearly five thousand men
  in a legion. They were called legionaries.

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Lets start by underlining the key words.

• These are words you havent heard before and
  words you think are important for us to learn.

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The men who fought in the Roman army were paid to
be full-time soldiers. The army was divided up
into legions. There were nearly five thousand men
in a legion. They were called legionaries.
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Choose a new colour.

• Underline any information that helps explain your
  key vocabulary.

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The men who fought in the Roman army were paid to
be full-time soldiers. The army was divided up
into legions. There were nearly five thousand men
in a legion. They were called legionaries.
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How do we connect the information?

• Paid to be full-time soldiers
• Legions divided up into these groups
• Legions a group of five thousand men
• Legionaries what they called the men

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What have we just done?

• We have summarised the main points by simply
  underlining a few important words.
• The underlined words will help us to learn and
  remember the important facts.

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Now its your turn!

• Choose two different coloured pencils.
• Read through your non-fiction text.
• With your first colour, underline any new words
  or words you think are important.
• With your second colour, underline any words or
  phrases which help to explain what your
  underlined words mean.
• Read your underlined words.
• Do they help you to remember the important
  information?

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Remember!

• Never underline in a real book!
• If your text isn't a copy, then use a piece of
  plastic paper to lay on top of the text before
  you start your underlining!