Reading Comprehension Strategy

Establish your purpose for reading.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Speculate about the author’s purpose for writing

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Review what you already know and want to learn about the topic

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Preview the text to get an overview of its structure, looking at headings, figures,

tables, glossary, etc.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Predict the contents of the text and pose questions about it. If the authors have

provided discussion questions, read them and write them on a note-taking

sheet.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Annotate and mark (sparingly) sections of the text to easily recall important or

interesting ideas.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Check your predictions and find answers to posed questions.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Use headings and transition words to identify relationships in the text.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Try to infer unfamiliar words’ meanings by identifying their relationship to the main idea.

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Connect the text to what you already know about the topic

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading