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Reading Strategies

The document outlines strategies for effective reading comprehension, including establishing a purpose for reading, annotating important ideas, and checking predictions. It emphasizes the importance of previewing the text, creating vocabulary lists, and connecting new information to prior knowledge. Additionally, it suggests discussing the author's ideas with others to enhance understanding.

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Reading Strategies

The document outlines strategies for effective reading comprehension, including establishing a purpose for reading, annotating important ideas, and checking predictions. It emphasizes the importance of previewing the text, creating vocabulary lists, and connecting new information to prior knowledge. Additionally, it suggests discussing the author's ideas with others to enhance understanding.

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Cherry Lane Lepura
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Summarize the text in your

Annotate and mark


own words (note what you
(sparingly) sections of the
learned, impressions, and
Establish your purpose for text to easily recall
reactions) in an outline,
reading important or interesting
concept map, or matrix (for
ideas
several texts)

Check your predictions Talk to someone about the


Speculate about the
and find answers to posed author’s ideas to check
author’s purpose for
questions your comprehension
writing

Use headings and


Review what you already know
transition words to Identify and reread difficult
and want to learn about the
topic identify relationships in parts of the text
the text

Preview the text to get an Create a vocabulary list of Define words on your
overview of its structure, other unfamiliar words to vocabulary list and practice
looking at headings, define later using them
figures, tables, glossary,
etc.

Predict the contents of the


text and pose questions Try to infer unfamiliar
about it. If the authors words’ meanings by Take breaks (split the text
have provided discussion identifying their into segments if necessary)
questions, read them and relationship to the main
write them on a note- idea
taking sheet.

Note any discussion Connect the text to what


questions that have been you already know about
provided (sometimes at the topic
the end of the text)

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