Reading Practices

Which of these are critical questions you should ask yourself as you read? (p. 246)

• Who has written the text or website information?

• What point of view is being expressed?

• When was the information written?

• What evidence is presented to support the ideas?

• All of the above.

Making predictions, inferring, visualizing, asking and answering questions, and attending to text structure are all examples of comprehension strategies. (p. 249)

• True

• False

Pick 3 things you should do as you read. (p. 250)

• Note important vocabulary

• Allow distractions to hinder your focus

• Make connections

• Compare text to others with similar themes and style

You can make a ______ to help you hold the various strands of a story plot together as you read. (p. 251)

• Summary of the whole story

• Sketch of the main character

• Story map

• Rough draft of your own story

There are three main ways to make a connection with the text. Pick the one that involves connecting the text to your own experience. (p. 253)

• Text-to-Self

• Text-to-Text

• Text-to-World

• Text-to-Class

Realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, and biography are all examples of genres. (p. 254)

• True

• False

Which text structure is used to tell events in the order in which they happen? (p. 255)

• Sequence

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

"A list at the back of a book that gives definitions for new or difficult words." (p. 257)

• Index

• Table of Contents

• Caption

• Glossary

"A list of chapters and the pages on which they start." (p. 257)

• Caption

• Table of Contents

• Text box

• Index

"Drawings that are created to explain or clarify what is written in a book." (p. 257)

• Picture

• Title

• Diagram

• Caption