Reading Strategy Lesson

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about how readers make inferences?

• Readers use glossaries and answer keys.

• Readers use facts they already know about the topic.

• Readers use personal experience about the topic.

• Readers use clues in the text.

Readers use clues in the text.

• the author's background

• title and author

• main characters

• setting

• main and minor events

A student is most likely to record _____ in a dialectical journal.

• their reaction to a story

• a list of story characters

• their summary of an article

• a citation for an article

What is the primary purpose of asking questions while reading a text?

• to present challenges to claims made in the text

• to clarify any confusing or unclear parts of a text

• to find out what others think about the text

• to determine what will happen next in a text

Read this paragraph. Which of the following is an example of an inference made about the information in this paragraph?

[Stimulus] Monkeys are known to like bananas, and so are humans, but the two species eat them in different ways. Most humans break and pull a banana skin from the top at the stem, while monkeys pinch and pull from the bottom stump. Monkeys likely prefer this method because it is easier to do with one hand.

• Both humans and monkeys do not eat the skin of a banana.

• Monkeys do not peel their bananas; instead, they eat them whole.

• Monkeys pull from the bottom of the banana because they can do it with one hand.

• Monkeys have four times the hand strength than humans so it is easier for them to peel bananas.

Monkeys have four times the hand strength than humans so it is easier for them to peel bananas.

• to establish a point by presenting more than one piece of evidence

• to present a claim that cannot be proven or supported by evidence

• to create an idea or conclusion that is drawn from evidence or reasoning

• to form an opinion that opposes the evidence presented in an argument

What is the definition of annotate?

• to quickly skim a text and look for key points

• to highlight parts of a text for future review

• to reread a text while considering a different point of view

• to add comments to a text that give an explanation

Which of the following is most likely a summarized statement about the building of Mt. Rushmore?

• Mt. Rushmore should not be seen as a great monument to American leaders but as a representation of how humans trample on the pristine beauty of nature. The mountain should have been left in its natural state.

• Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota features the faces of four notable American Presidents. It took 14 years and the help of 400 workers for sculptor Gutzon Borglum to complete the monument, which was purposed as a “Shrine of Democracy.”

• Mt. Rushmore required the work of 400 laborers to remove 450,000 tons of rock. That means each laborer had to remove 1,125 tons of rock before the carving could begin.

• Mt. Rushmore is an impressive monument; however, it seems unfinished. The sculptor originally planned to portray the presidents from the waist up but ran out of funding to complete that section. The monument would have looked better with its original design.

What does it mean to summarize?

• to recap something in a shorter form

• to study something in depth

• to pass judgment on something

• to come to a decision about something

Which of the following is an example of a prediction?

• Tablets should not replace traditional textbooks.

• A one-pound tablet can hold 50 pounds worth of textbooks.

• Tablets will completely replace textbooks in 10 years.

• People should reconsider the drawbacks of tablet use.