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Reading Strategies. Specific Objectives: Upon completion of these lessons the students will be able to: Identify the specific reading strategies that they are using.
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Reading Strategies Specific Objectives:Upon completion of these lessons the students will be able to:Identify the specific reading strategies that they are using. Recognize when meaning has broken down and use a strategy to reconstruct meaning.Use the 7 reading strategies independently and across a variety of genres.
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Predict • Use the information in the story to tell • what you think will happen next. • •Based on...I predict... • •I already know... • •I think the next part will be about... • •Based on...(a clue), I predict... • •Based on what______said/did, I • predict...
Foreshadowing • Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature. • Writers use foreshadowing • to build their readers’ expectations and to create suspense. • Example: A weapon found in a drawer early in a story might foreshadow a future crime in the story.
Infer • Use the clues in the story to decide • what someone is like, or what must • have happened. These are things the • author doesn’t tell you, but just hints • about. • •Use the clues • •Since...happened in the story, then... • •I think...because...
Flashback • An earlier event is inserted into the order of the story. • Remembering something that happened from the past.
Connect • Look for a connection to something • you already know about; in your life, • in another book, or in the world • around you. • •Text-to-self • •Text-to-text • •Text-to-world
Visualize • Make a picture in your mind to go with • what you read. • •When I read this, I imagine that... • •As I read, in my mind I see...
Clarify • When you get to the end of a page or • a paragraph, check to see if you • understand. • •I don’t really understand this part... • •A word or phrase I don’t understand • is...
Question • Ask teacher-like “hefty” questions: • •Use why, how, if, what do you think • about _______ • •Ask yourself about parts you don’t • understand.
Summarize • Tell the important information and • leave out the details. • •This story is mostly about... • •The main idea of this paragraph/page • is... • •The author is saying...