Reading Strategies: Vocabulary

Front

Summarising involves identifying the most important points in a text.

Back

identify / express the most important points within the text

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Inferring involves using information to deduce meanings not explicitly stated in the text.

Back

Use the information given to figure certain things out or make meaning from something that the text does not clearly state.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

When you predict, you:

Back

make an educated guess about the text's content, future events, or word meanings.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

When you evaluate, you:

Back

form opinions, make judgments, and develop ideas from reading

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

When you justify, you:

Back

provide good reasoning and explanation.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

When you analyse, you:

Back

carefully examine information to understand, interpret, and explain the text.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

When you synthesise, you:

Back

grow as readers and change your thinking during and after reading a text.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

When engaging in questioning, you:

Back

ask yourself questions as you read a text, and seek answers.

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

When you compare, you:

Back

identify the similarities between two things

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

When you contrast, you:

Back

identify the differences between two things

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6