620 likes | 1.93k Views
The Reading Process. The vital steps to really understanding what you read. Predict. What sort of text is this? What is it going to be about ? What might happen? . Activate Prior Knowledge. Do I know anything about this type of text ? What do I already know about the subject?. Visualise.
E N D
The Reading Process The vital steps to really understanding what you read Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Predict • What sort of text is this? • What is it going to be about? • What might happen? Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Activate Prior Knowledge • Do I know anything about this type of text? • What do I already know about the subject? Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Visualise • Form pictures in your head about what you are reading. • Run a little “mind movie” as you read. Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Make Connections • While you are reading make links with things you already know, similar situations or personal experiences. Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Make Inferences • Use the clues in the text that the writer has given you to work out things you might not know. Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
EXAMPLES OF MAKING AN INFERENCE • The hirsute man looked like he hadn’t brushed his long hair or bushy beard for a week. • When the group of friends who hadn’t seen each other for several years got together, the gathering was a very genial one. • Jason walked down the road with his head low and his shoulders sagging. • “No you can’t go to the movies tonight,” she snapped. Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Self-Monitor • As you read keep yourself “in the zone”. • Use all your decoding strategies such as chunking, re-reading, reading on and back. Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Ask Questions As you read ask mental questions such as: • Were your predictions correct? • What is happening? • Who is involved? • What facts are you learning? • Is it fact or opinion? Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Summarise • What are the main points of what you are reading? • As you read keep check of the important events, facts or ideas. Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
Synthesise • What are you going to do with what you have just read? • Do you have to make notes, answer questions or give an oral summary? • What can you do with your new knowledge? Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com
IMPORTANT! • The reading process is not linear – you can’t use it as a sequential order • Your brain is dipping into each part of the process all the time before, during and after reading • The object is train your brain to use the process automatically Geraldine Norris: www.linkingtoliteracy.com