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THIEVES. Preview your reading with this strategy!!!!!!!. T itle H eadings/subheadings I ntroduction E very first sentence in a paragraph V isuals and vocabulary E nd of the reading questions S ummary. Title. What is the title? What do I think this reading will be about?
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THIEVES Preview your reading with this strategy!!!!!!!
T itle • H eadings/subheadings • I ntroduction • E very first sentence in a paragraph • V isuals and vocabulary • E nd of the reading questions • S ummary
Title • What is the title? • What do I think this reading will be about? • Do I already know something about this topic? • Does the title express a point of view?
Heading • What does this heading tell me I will read about? • What is the topic of the paragraph beneath it? • How can I turn this heading into a question that will be answered in the text?
INTRODUCTION • Is there an opening paragraph? Is it in bold or italicized? • Does it introduce the reading passage, story, or textbook chapter? • What does it tell me I will be reading about?
Every First Sentence In a Paragraph • What do I think this reading is going to be about based on the first sentence in each paragraph?
Visuals and Vocabulary • Are there pictures? Graphs? Charts? • What do the captions say? • Is there a list of key vocabulary words? • Are there important words in bold type?
End of Reading Questions • What do the questions ask? • Let me keep these questions in mind as I read, so that I can annotate my text.
Summary • Is there a summary of the reading that I can view? • What do I know already about this reading?