Reading StrategiesSpecific Objectives:Upon completion of these lessons the students will be able to:Identify the specific reading strategies that they are using.

Recognize when meaning has broken down and use a strategy to reconstruct meaning.Use the 7 reading strategies independently and across a variety of genres.

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• Predict• Use the information in the story to tell• what you think will happen next.• •Based on...I predict...• •I already know...• •I think the next part will be about...• •Based on...(a clue), I predict...• •Based on what______said/did, I• predict...

Foreshadowing

• Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.

• Writers use foreshadowing• to build their readers’ expectations and to

create suspense. • Example: A weapon found in a drawer early in

a story might foreshadow a future crime in the story.

• Infer• Use the clues in the story to decide• what someone is like, or what must• have happened. These are things the• author doesn’t tell you, but just hints• about.• •Use the clues• •Since...happened in the story, then...• •I think...because...

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Flashback

• An earlier event is inserted into the order of the story.

• Remembering something that happened from the past.

• Connect• Look for a connection to something• you already know about; in your life,• in another book, or in the world• around you.• •Text-to-self• •Text-to-text• •Text-to-world

• Visualize

• Make a picture in your mind to go with• what you read.• •When I read this, I imagine that...• •As I read, in my mind I see...

• Clarify

• When you get to the end of a page or• a paragraph, check to see if you• understand.• •I don’t really understand this part...• •A word or phrase I don’t understand• is...

• Question

• Ask teacher-like “hefty” questions:• •Use why, how, if, what do you think• about _______• •Ask yourself about parts you don’t• understand.

• Summarize

• Tell the important information and• leave out the details.• •This story is mostly about...• •The main idea of this paragraph/page• is...• •The author is saying...