Active Reading Strategies

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Drawing an illustration about text means...

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Visualizing.

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Stop and ask yourself if the text makes sense.

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Clarify

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Relate the text to yourself, other texts, and the world.

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Connect

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Stopping when confused to reread.

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Clarify

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NOT part of a summary?

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only exact words from the text

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Looking up definitions for unknown words is a strategy called

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Clarify

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Purposeful engagement with text is

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active reading

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Connection type: A book on grocery sourcing reminded me of grocery trucks on the highway.

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text to world

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Connection type: A story about a boy in a magical land reminded me of Harry Potter.

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text to text

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Connection type: Reading about egg production reminded me of my grandparents' farm visit.

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text to self