Reading Strategies
Books
Text Structure
Summarizing
Star Trek
100
When you use the sentence starter "I wonder . . ."
What is questioning
100

This series follows Emily as she learns to become a Stonekeeper.

What is Amulet?

100
"All about Michael Jordan."
What is descriptive?
100

We used this format to summarize non-fiction.

What is a rhetorical precis?

100
He was the pointed eared first officer in the original series.
Who was Mr. Spock?
200
When you find an answer to a previously asked question.
What is clarifying.
200

This is the sequel to Hatchet.

What is The River?

200
"What will the Bulls do without Michael Jordan?"
What is problem and solution?
200

These are the three types of author's purpose.

What is informing, persuading, or entertaining?

200
He was the captain of the Enterprise in The Next Generation.
Who was Jean-Luc Picard?
300
When you make an educated guess about what will happen.
What is predicting?
300

Her books often feature a female character in danger of being killed, kidnapped, or a mystery.

Who is April Henry?

300
"Michael Jordan is a better ball player than Kobe Bryant."
What is compare/contrast?
300

What goes in the first sentence of a precis? Name three.

Author's credentials, author's name, title of the article, an action verb, and the thesis.

300
These were the main antagonists in the original series.
Who are the Klingons?
400
When you compare the book to your own life.
What is a text to self connection.
400

This graphic novel has three main characters - Jin Kee and the Monkey King are among them.

What is American Born Chinese?

400
"Michael Jordan Retires; the Bulls Flounder."
What is cause and effect?
400

How the author develops their thesis is in this sentence of the precis.

What is the second sentence?

400
These aliens known for their large ears and interest in profit above all else were intended to be the main antagonists in the Next Generation series, but ultimately were rarely featured.
Who are the Ferengi?
500
When you compare the text you are reading to another book, movie, magazine, or video game.
What is a text to text connection.
500

This series follows Greg as he deals with middle school life.

What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

500
"Michael Jordan Was Cut from his High School Basketball Team First."
What is sequence and order?
500

The third sentence of the precis deals with this.

What is the author's purpose?

500
List all the Star Trek series in order.
What is the original series, the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise.
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