Active%20Reading%20Strategies

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Active Reading Strategies

• Improving Comprehension
• Mrs. Davis

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Active Reading Strategies

• Scholars please take notes

5 Reading Strategies
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Do you think about what you read? As you read
silently, think about the 5 Reading Strategies
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5 Active Reading Strategies

1. Question

2. Visualize
3. Predict
4. Connect
5. Respond
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1. Question what you read

• What are they talking about?
• Re-read for clarity
• Use Context Clues for unfamiliar words

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1. Question what you read

• What questions come to your mind?

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1. Question what you read

• Why do the characters act as they do?
• Antagonist
• Protagonist

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1. Question what you read

• Who tells the story?

• 1st Person
• 3rd Person
• Omniscient Point of View

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1. Question what you read

• What causes events to happen?

Cause Effect Relationships
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1. Question what you read

• When does the action peak or climax?

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2. Visualize
Hmmwhat do I see?
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2. Visualize

• Create a picture in your mind

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2. Visualize

• Make use of similes, metaphors, allusions

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3. Predict
I predict
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3. Predict

• What do you think will happen? Prove it!

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3. Predict

• Foreshadowing
• (clues/hints)

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3. Predict

• Red Herring (false clues)

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4. Connect
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4. Connect

• Text to Your Self
• Bring your own experiences to the story.

I remember when I..
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4. Connect

• Text to Text
• Make connections with other literature, movies,
  etc.

This reminds me of another book I read!
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4. Connect

• Text to Real
• World
• This reminds me of

I remember when I.
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5. Respond
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5. Respond

• What does the story say to you?

Strategy Use sticky notes to respond to
events in the story.
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5. Respond

• What is the mood of the story?

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5. Respond

• What is the theme of the story?

The BIG Picture
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5. Respond

• What are the internal and external conflicts?

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5. Respond

• What is the tone of the story?

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5. Respond

• What literal meanings are in the story?

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5. Respond

• What symbols are in the story?

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As you read silently, think about the 5 Reading
Strategies

1. Question

2. Visualize
3. Predict
4. Connect
5. Respond
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Your Turn

• Scholars your coach will pass out a short
  story..Please Read
• Amateur Athletic Gear and answer questions 8
  through 13.
• Remember to apply the 5 Reading Strategies
• Bring completed worksheet to reading class to
  discuss.