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Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
How do you know a vocabulary word in a lesson is defined in the glossary?
the word is circled
the word is highlighted in yellow
Which is the best way to get an A in lit.?
Passively read and take good notes
Actively read, write, and use friends
Passively act as if you are paying
Actively read, write, and think
Which of the following is NOT a question to ask when reading?
Who's talking?
How many pages is this thing?
Who is the speaker talking to?
What is the message of this reading?
When you read, you should NOT...
react to the text by making notes
ask questions about the text & note it
highlight EVERYTHING
look for speaker, theme, audience, purpose, & literary & rhetorical devices
Which of the following are good tips for taking notes
circle unfamiliar words & keep reading
circle unfamiliar words& look them up
underline things that get your attention
notations to show confusion, excitement, disagreement, etc.
Reading an article to get some information important we do....
scanning
skimming
intensive reading
extensive reading
Reading an ads on newspaper to get the information that we need.
scanning
skimming
intensive reading
extensive reading
Reading magazine articles that interest you, we do...
scanning
skimming
intensive reading
extensive reading
To search some main idea on a texte , we do...
scanning
skimming
intensive reading
extensive reading
Looking for information as quickly as we can, we do
scanning
skimming
intensive reading
extensive reading
To obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes reading longer texts for pleasure, we do
scanning
skimming
intensive reading
extensive reading
Establish your purpose for reading.
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
Note any discussion questions that have been provided
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
Create a vocabulary list of other unfamiliar words to define later.
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
Take breaks (split the text into segments if necessary
Before Reading
During Reading
After Reading
Talk to someone about the author’s ideas to check your comprehension.
Before Reading
During Reading
After Reading
Identify and reread difficult parts of the text
Before Reading
During Reading
After Reading
Define words on your vocabulary list and practice using them.
Before Reading
During Reading
After Reading
What does it mean to predict?
pull from my five senses to create a movie in my mind
use the title, text, and illustrations to determine what I think will happen
find ways to relate the text to myself, other texts, and the world around me
put the pieces together to see them in a new way
Why are predictions important in the reading process?
It gives us a reason to read.
It tells us we understood what we just read.
It helps us find the main idea.
What can we use to help make predictions?
pictures, diagrams, or charts
section headings, or bold/highlighted words
The title, author, or summary
all of the above
Which of the following is true of predictions?
Predicting helps us think about the text, and that helps us remember what we read.
The only predictions that help are the ones that end up coming true.
Any kind of prediction is worth making, as long as you take a guess about the future.
How can we make quality, high-level predictions?
use prior knowledge or evidence to support predictions
skip ahead in the text to find out what happens first
make short-term predictions to quickly determine if they come true
When should we make predictions?
If we already know a lot about a subject.
Only before we start reading for the very first time.
Every time we read, and before, during, and after our reading.
If you're reading out of a textbook for class and see that the next few pages include pictures of different maps, what might you make a prediction about?
You might predict how the maps relate to the topic.
You might predict who added the maps to the book.
You might predict how the book will end.
