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Active Reading Strategies

Active Reading Strategies. Vocabulary. Vocabulary. traditional faring Clues: Clues: Defn: Defn: ease transition Clues: Clues: Defn: Defn: model Clues: Defn:. Traditional (Adj).

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Active Reading Strategies

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  1. Active Reading Strategies Vocabulary

  2. Vocabulary traditional faring Clues: Clues: Defn: Defn: ease transition Clues: Clues: Defn: Defn: model Clues: Defn:

  3. Traditional (Adj) • Middle schools were created in the 1970s to fix flaws in traditional junior high schools, which housed grades seven through nine. • The traditional style of wedding photographs is where you will have a number of poses for your album. Context Clues: created, fix flaws, junior high schools, style, poses Definition: pertaining to tradition; handed down by tradition

  4. Ease (N or V) • He is at ease about his health. • Middle schools were supposed to ease kids into the rigors of high school with a curriculum tailored to fit their changing physical and emotional lives. • The middle school model added sixth-graders, in part to help ease overcrowding in elementary schools. Context Clues: into the rigors, tailored to fit, help, overcrowding Definition: free from pain, worry; to make less difficult

  5. Model (N or Adj) • The middle school model added sixth-graders, in part to help ease overcrowding in elementary schools. • She is a model student. Context Clues: middle school, added, student Definition: an example or representation

  6. Faring (V) • Recent studies suggest that middle schools aren’t faring any better than junior highs were. • You can check MMS to see how you are faring in school. Context Clues: studies suggest, aren’t, any better, check, to see how Definition: to experience good or bad

  7. Transition (N) • Barry Fein, principal of Seth Low Intermediate School in New York City, says that the move from elementary to middle school is “a very hard transition.” • They had difficulty in their transition from 5th grade to 6th grade. Context Clues: move from elementary to middle school, difficulty Definition: a change from one “thing” to another

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