Reading Strategies

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First step with a reading passage?

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Notice the title.

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Noticing the title helps you to

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decide if the passage is fiction or nonfiction.

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Read the passage how many times?

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2 times

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Looking at the questions helps you to:

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know what kind of questions are being asked

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Next, you need to:

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slash the trash

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Slashing the trash helps you to:

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get rid of wrong answers

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After slashing the trash, choose:

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the best answer

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Ways to understand a story:

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All of these choices.

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Encountering an unknown word, I should...

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use context clues to understand its meaning.

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Summary description

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Main ideas and important details of a text.