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Active Reading Strategies

Active Reading Strategies. Reading Strategies. 1) Preview 2) Set a Purpose 3) Connect 4) Use Prior Knowledge 5) Predict 6) Visualize 7) Monitor 8) Making Inferences. Preview. Look at the story before you begin reading Scan the title

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Active Reading Strategies

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  1. Active Reading Strategies

  2. Reading Strategies • 1) Preview • 2) Set a Purpose • 3) Connect • 4) Use Prior Knowledge • 5) Predict • 6) Visualize • 7) Monitor • 8) Making Inferences

  3. Preview • Look at the story before you begin reading • Scan the title - Skim the first paragraph to see what the text is about

  4. Set a Purpose • Ask yourself this: Why are you reading the text? • ...to learn, to be entertained, or another reason? • How does the purpose affect your reading?

  5. Connect • - Try to personally involve yourself in the text • - Think about the characters, situations, emotions in the text. Do they remind you of people, things, or experiences from your own life? • - Put yourself in the character's shoes

  6. Use Prior Knowledge • - Think about what you already know about a topic • - Write down some facts before you read • - Use the information you know to help understand and analyze what your reading

  7. Predict • - Try to guess what will happen in the story • What is the story about? What will happen next? • - Play detective...take note of details that seem to hint at where the story is going

  8. Visualize • - Try to picture what is being described • - Pay attention to character/setting descriptions • - Use details to help shape understanding

  9. Monitor • - Check for understanding as you read • - Question what is happening and why • - Reread for clarification • - Evaluate your reading

  10. Make Inferences • - Make guesses (draw conclusions) based on details from the text • - Draw from your own experiences

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