READING STRATEGIES

Skimming

Effectively means physically moving your eyes rapidly along the page and tracing your finger along the lines of the text to speed up your reading.

- In the same sentence as the difficult, unfamiliar word. - In the same paragraph or passage as the unknown word. - They are called context clues, because they are found in the "context" of the sentence or passage.

Where are context clues found?

Meanings

Another way of improving your comprehension of a text is trying to understand the different ________ that particular words can have.

Context clues

Are words, phrases, and sentences that surround an unfamiliar word that can help you recognize the meaning of an unknown word because the text gives you the information about it. - thus, you can study how a word is used in a sentence and discover an approximate definition.

Vocabulary

Getting the meaning of unfamiliar words through context clues is a very useful process, because this allows you to read more fluently and increases your ________.

Spelling

Good reading skills, especially in a phonics reading program, improve __________.

Reading

Is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text. - It is always an interaction between the text and the reader.

Reading

Is fundamental to function today. Is a vital skill in finding a good job. Is important because it develops the mind. Is how we discover new things. - develops the imagination. - develops the creative side of people.

Scanning

Is looking for a specific information. - it is especially useful when doing research or taking examinations.

Reading

It is fundamental in developing a good self image. - helps to expand the vocabulary. - is important because words -spoken and written -are the building blocks of life

Previewing

Means looking at the readily visible parts of the texts , like titles, subtitles, and also visuals and graphs, pictures and charts

Skimming

Means you look for the main point of the reading and identify the ideas that developed it.

Context clues

One technique to improve your reading comprehension and reading pace.

- Previewing - Skimming - Scanning - Context clues

Reading strategies

- Synonym - Antonym - Inference - Definition

SAID

Connotation

The deeper meaning. - what we associate with the word.

Denotation

The dictionary definition.

Antonym

The unfamiliar word is defined by using the word's opposite or contrasting meaning. - This type of context clue usually includes the words: whereas, unlike, as opposed to, however, in contrast to, but, on the other hand.

Definition

The unfamiliar word is directly defined in the sentence in which it appears. - are usually set off by commas or dashes, and may include the use of the words, as, or, that is, and in other words

Scan

To ______ the text effectively, you need to have an idea of the details you are looking for

- They help us define unfamiliar, difficult words in texts. - They help us to become better, perceptive readers. - They come in handy during tests when a dictionary or the internet is not available to us.

Why are context clues important?

Inference

Word meanings are not directly stated in the text, but definitions of unfamiliar words can be assumed by both prior knowledge and the context in which the word sits.

Denotation and Connotation

Words only make sense to us if we understand what they mean. - Two ways of describing the meaning of a word are called ________ and ________.

Synonym

Words with similar meanings are used within the same sentence, or around the unfamiliar word