Reading Strategies 6

Question 1

predict

Answer 1

guess what will happen next

Question 2

summarize

Answer 2

explain what happens in the text

Question 3

tellback

Answer 3

explain what happens in one paragraph after you read it

Question 4

annotate

Answer 4

take notes in the margins of the text while you read

Question 5

make inferences

Answer 5

guess what is happening beneath the surface

Question 6

ask questions

Answer 6

identify what you need answers on

Question 7

chunk

Answer 7

break the text down in parts

Question 8

SOAPSTone

Answer 8

Identify the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone of the text

Question 9

dialectical journal and T-chart

Answer 9

a journal that includes a T-Chart with quotations on the left and your own reactions and thoughts on the right.

Question 10

Re-read

Answer 10

re-focus and try reading again

Question 11

Use Context Clues

Answer 11

guess the meaning of a word based on other words

Question 12

Use a Reference

Answer 12

look up confusing words in the dictionary

Question 13

Connect

Answer 13

link the story to your experiences

Question 14

Visualize

Answer 14

picture the scene in your mind

Question 15

Paraphrase

Answer 15

put a sentence in your own words