The topic of a reading is who or what it is about.
100
What is the main idea of a reading?
Main idea= most important point about the topic and is always expressed as a sentence.
100
What is a pattern or organization in a reading?
PoO refers to the author’s organization of supporting details in a reading.
100
What is a vocabulary context clue?
A vocabulary context clue is the information around the word in the sentence that allows the reader to deduce, or figure out, the meaning of an unknown word.
200
What are the steps to previewing?
Read the title, headings, first lines of body paragraphs, introduction and conclusion
200
What are the steps to finding the topic of a reading?
Look at the title and headings
Look for repeated words
Make sure your guess is not too general (too big) or specific (only about one part of the reading)
200
What are the steps to find the main idea of a reading?
Find the topic
Ask: what is the most important point about the topic?
Find a sentence that states this and keeps the topic and covers the whole reading
Check the details to make sure you are correct.
200
Name three types of list organization.
Simple list
Chronological order
Process
200
What are the three types of vocabulary context clues we discussed?
synonym, definition, inference
300
What should you do while you read?
Take notes, mark the text, make predictions, and monitor understanding
300
Is the topic of a reading a complete sentence?
A topic is not a complete sentence. It is a word or a phrase.
300
What are some keywords you can use to identify the main idea?
List words
Variety of
Ways
Reasons
Factors
Effects
Causes
Differences
300
Name three types of two-part patterns.
Problem/solution
Cause/effect
Compare/contrast
300
What are the steps to finding a vocabulary context clue?
Look at the unknown word.
Decide on its part of speech.
Look in the sentence before, in, and after for synonyms, definitions, examples or details.
Make a guess.
400
What should you do after you read?
Organize information
Rewrite notes
Write a summary
Predict test questions
400
What is the topic of passage A 1 on page 185?
One problem and solution for lack of ways to keep food fresh in developing countries: lack of electricity and coolers
400
Look at passage A 2 on page 159. What is the main idea?
One possible explanation for why people imagine Europe bigger and Africa smaller than they are is that many people grew up with maps that used the "Mercator projection."
400
Look at passage 3. on page 184. What is the pattern of organization?
Cause/effect
400
What does remarkable mean in the following sentence?
His memory is remarkable. With such an amazing memory, he should remember a lot of new words!
Amazing
Clue: synonym
500
Preview passage A. on page 180. What is the topic?
Differences between universities in the U.S. and Italy
500
What is the topic of passage A on page 205-206?
Different uses of money
500
What is the main idea of the passage on page 123?
Whether your income is $10 or $10 million, the price of something will strongly influence your decision to buy it - this is because of the law of demand.
500
Look at passage 5 on page 188. What is the pattern of organization?
compare/contrast
500
What is the meaning of abysmal in the following sentence?
My long-term memory was abysmal. I forgot the date, the details and the process of moving here.