Understanding Themes and Strategies in 'Illegal'

The video introduces the graphic novel 'Illegal' and discusses its relevance to social issues. The teacher explains various reading strategies, including predicting, visualizing, making connections, summarizing, inferring, questioning, and wordsmithing. These strategies are then applied to the book 'Illegal', encouraging students to engage with the text and make connections to other works and real-world events.

What is the main theme of the book 'Illegal' as introduced by the teacher?

• Adventure

• Social issues

• Science fiction

• Romance

Why does the teacher emphasize the use of reading strategies?

• To become smarter and gain more from each book

• To read faster

• To memorize books

• To write better

What does the predicting strategy involve?

• Ignoring the storyline

• Anticipating what happens next based on the story

• Using a crystal ball

• Guessing randomly

Which strategy is less applicable when reading graphic novels?

• Visualizing

• Questioning

• Predicting

• Summarizing

What is a key challenge in summarizing a chapter?

• Writing a long essay

• Listing every event

• Condensing information into one or two sentences

• Ignoring the main events

What does the wordsmithing strategy focus on?

• Understanding word meanings through context

• Creating new words

• Memorizing dictionary definitions

• Ignoring difficult words

Who are the authors of the book 'Illegal'?

• Suzanne Collins and Veronica Roth

• Owen Colfer and Andrew Duncan

• George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien

• J.K. Rowling and Stephen King

What is the main concern of the characters in the beginning of 'Illegal'?

• Finding treasure

• Surviving the sea journey

• Winning a competition

• Building a new home

What prediction does the teacher make about the characters' destination?

• They are visiting Australia

• They are heading to Europe

• They are going to America

• They are traveling to Asia