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What is the purpose for using active reading strategies?
to complete your homework
because teachers like when you take your time
to have deeper and more effective understanding of your reading
to keep you busy during class time
To find a word that’s new & predict the meaning of the word using clues from the words around it
questioning
visualizing
contextual clues
process of elimination
To create a picture in your mind based on facts and details from the text
predict
infer
main idea
visualize
To use facts from text, your own knowledge and experience to understand the text
inference
visualize
emphatise
predict
Readers engage with the text by asking questions about the text and the author's intentions, and then seek information to clarify and extend their thinking before, during and after reading.
questioning
main idea
infer
linking
The readers looks quickly through material to gain an overall view of text without reading everything.
scanning
emphatising
close reading
skimming
Who benefits from using active reading strategies?
struggling readers & people who don't usually like to read
middle school aged readers
adult readers who enjoy reading
all of the above
To use clues in text to decide what the text will be about, or what will happen next
predict
main idea
evaluate
infer
The readers looks through a text to locate specific information without reading everything, e.g. names, dates, illustrations, etc.
scanning
skimming
close reading
highlighting
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text
scanning
skimming
close reading
highlighting
The sharing of feeling and perspective-taking induced by reading, viewing, hearing, or imagining narratives of another’s situation and condition.
sympathising
empathising
inferring
visualising
Why do we use Active Reading Strategies?
It is the mental processes that we use when we sleep
It requires us to write critically by focusing on the material to understand it
It helps readers recognize when they don't understand parts of a song and take necessary steps to restore meaning.
It allow us to actively engage with the material by being aware of our own thought process when we are listening
We gain greater critical thinking skills that makes things easier to understand and enables us to retain information
How confident are you in using these Reading Strategies?
Easy Peasy!
It's so hard
I think I will get better
What are Reading Strategies?
Using clues around a "tricky" word to figure out what it means is called?
contextual clues
predicting
inferring
scanning
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