Reading strategies

Read the title and think about what might happen in the story or what the story might be about. Does the title suggest any connections to your own life or raise any questions?

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As you read, ask questions about what is happening. Then, make predictions about what might happen next.

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Write down favourite quotations from the text. Then, share and compare them with a partner.

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Recall other selections you may have read by this author.

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Form opinions about what is going on. Think about your responses and reactions to what you are reading. Making notes can help you focus your thinking as you read.

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Create a visual interpretation of the text, such as a web, story map, or timeline, to show the relationships among the major characters and their feelings and attitudes.

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Create a visual interpretation of the text, such as a web, story map, or timeline, to show the relationships among the major characters and their feelings and attitudes.

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Look at any illustrations. What do they tell you about the story or subject?

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Picture the setting, events, or images in your mind. Sketch them. As you read, imagine how the words will be spoken and see the action.

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Create a sensory web of the setting. Use a graphic organizer to illustrate the story’s plot or sequence of events (situation, complications, climax, and resolution).

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