Wednesday, 8/26Please put your name (first and last) on your paper and title it OPTIC.

What is an OPTIC?◦How we analyze a visual

◦Think Pair Share: What are some every day examples of analyzing a visual?

OPTIC

O : Overview. What is the mood? How are colors used? What is the lighting like? What is the setting?

P : Parts. List the details that are in the visual (facts)

T : Title. If the title is given, how does it relate with the parts? If the title is not given, what would you entitle the visual and why?

I : Interrelationships and inferences. What do the parts tell you about what’s going on in the visual? The parts must back up inferences.

C : Conclusion. What does the visual have to do with the topic? Why was it included in the text?

How many pages?◦ Count how many pages there are to help you plan

out how much time you will need to read the selection

Read the conclusion or end questions.◦ Read the concluding summary or questions so

that you can read with a purpose in mind.

Read the introduction or key words.◦ See what is important

Pre-Reading Skills

Read the Title and Subtitles◦ Read the title to see what the selection is about and the

subtitles to see where the selection is going

Read the bold, italicized, and colored words◦ Look for repetition between this step and steps 2 and 3.

This helps establish what is important and establishes an order to the selection

  Look at the pictures, graphs, maps, etc. and

read their captions.◦ These provide insight as to why what you’re reading about

is important and help understanding.

Pre-Reading Skills