Reading Strategies

One way to provide guided practice for making predictions as students read is to give them a three-column prediction list. This list can help students...

1. Predict characters in a novel/story 2. Predict what an article/textbook might be about 3. Predict results of an experiment/global issue.

Why is visualization important?

1. Recall material 2. Feel connected 3. Brings reading to life 4. Can see organizational structure of the text

Janine has to read a chapter per night of a novel for her English class. When should she use visualization as a reading strategy?

Before, during, and after her reading each evening.

How can visualization help with reading comprehension?

By supporting recall of the text.

What is visualization when reading?

Creating pictures in your mind as you read.

Which of the following is an example of a close reading strategy?

Examining the sound patterns of a poem.

Tom is guiding a group of his students through a big picture reading of Romeo and Juliet. Which of the scenarios below should NOT be included as part of this guided reading? Study questions to consider during reading that focus on the theme of 'fate versus free will'. Instructions for identifying places where the author made interesting word choices.

Instructions for identifying places where the author made interesting word choices.

Which of the following BEST demonstrates a reader who is using a big picture reading strategy? Jim tries to keep the possible motives of several characters in mind as he reads Death on the Nile. Jim keeps the idea of redemption and Shakespeare's treatment of that idea in mind as he reads Hamlet.

Jim keeps the idea of redemption and Shakespeare's treatment of that idea in mind as he reads Hamlet.

What should you consider when visualizing?

Sounds, smells, and sights

Predicting is...

a reading comprehension strategy that readers use to anticipate what comes next based on clues from the text and by using their prior knowledge.

What might be included in a close reading of the line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene

author's intent, Word choice, Rhyme scheme

Janet is focused on reading the first four lines of Romeo and Juliet. She is using a/an _____ reading strategy.

close

Predicting is an ongoing process that keeps the reader...

engaged as he or she tries to figure out what is coming next by making new predictions and revising old ones when new clues or information is read and learned.

From the second a reader sees the title of a text, looks at a picture on the cover, or reads the first line, he or she is using...

prior knowledge from what he or she has learned or experienced to make predictions or educated guesses.

When students make predictions before reading a text and while they read it, it's important that they explain...

what clues from the text and/or what prior knowledge they used to make those predictions.