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Reading Strategies

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If you are trying to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word, the most useful strategy is to
a)
check its context
b)
say  it out loud
c)
visualize it
d)
look it up
2.
If a passage in one of your textbooks doesn't make sense when you first read it, what is the most likely explanation?
a)
The author made a mistake.
b)
The book is intended for someone with special knowledge.
c)
You skipped or misread a few words.
d)
The book is fiction.
3.

When you read the title and look at the picture before you start to read, you are ______________.

a)

planning

b)

determining importance

c)

giving up

d)

shaking with panic

4.

When you paint a picture in your head of what you are reading, this is called ________________.

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci-ing

b)

Visualizing

c)

Monitoring

d)

Asking Questions

5.

When you don't understand something you need to (a)   . This means, check the context for clues.

6.

When you read something, you don't need to remember every detail, just the important stuff. This is called _________ ____________?

a)

Visualizing

b)

Being Lazy

c)

Rock n Roll

d)

Determining Importance

7.

___________ helps us to decide our purpose for reading. In other words, we know WHY we're going to be reading it, and what it's about.

a)

Monitoring

b)

Planning

c)

Fishing

d)

Eating McDonalds

8.

It's easier to _____________ something, when the writer uses lots of descriptive language and describes it very well.

a)

imagine

b)

visualize

c)

paint a picture in our heads

d)

all of the above

9.

If you were talking about shoes, determine which one of these would be LEAST important.

a)

Nike

b)

How to tie laces

c)

Fruit

d)

Shoe prices

10.

Determine Importance: Which of these is the least important to the overall meaning of Hitching a Ride

a)

Greg Marshall saw a remora attached to a shark and thought of a good idea

b)

Before this, scientists had never seen footage of a whale diving underwater

c)

Greg Marshall usually wears glasses

d)

The invention was called Crittercam