Reading and Viewing strategies

Which of these strategies can be only be done BEFORE we read and view?

• Set goals

• Search

• Predict

• Respond

Which of these skills is suited for quickly finding an answer to a simple question?

• Skimming

• Predicting

• Inferring

• Responding

Which of these skills involves thinking about how one part of the text is related to another part?

• Connecting

• Predicting

• Looking for links

• Integrating

Integration involves...

• Understanding how a text is organised and how each part has a different function

• Using what you know with what you observed in order to guess what the writer is trying to say indirectly

• Thinking about how you feel when you read something

• Combining ideas from different parts of the text to come to a conclusion

Which of these 2 skills are useful for figuring out the meaning of new words?

• Guess word meanings

• Predict

• Scan

• Boost vocabulary

• Look for links

A student has only read the first half of a short story, but believes that based on the information given in the text, the story will have a happy ending. What reading skill is he using?

• Inference

• Setting goals

• Prediction

• Responding

Your friend who has not read the chapter assigned for homework wants to know what the chapter is about. You have read it. What skill would you need to use to help your friend?

• Predicting

• Responding

• Inferring

• Retelling

During which reading strategy would you try to find out how the word is pronounced?

• Boost vocabulary

• Integrate

• Connect

• Check your goals

After you have finished reading a story, your teacher asks: "How did you feel about the protagonist's actions?" What skill would you need to answer her question?

• Predict

• Knowing things

• Respond

• Retell

Why might it be important to use the strategy of setting goals before you read a text?

• It enables me to read the text faster.

• It is what the teacher says I should do.

• It enables me to decide what I need to focus on to get the right answers.

• One should always set goals before doing anything.