Reading Strategies
When you use this reading strategy, you preview, set a purpose, and predict what you will find in the text before reading it more carefully.
Plan
I (am/is) from Russia.
am
When you are ___________, you are mad at someone or something.
angry
In America, Carmen has a magnolia tree in her yard. Find the sentence in the story that tells what kind of tree grows in Cuba.
"Some days I get homesick from Cuba, with its warm sea breezes and its mango trees." - page 18
This is a reason for doing something, also known as a __________.
purpose
When you use this reading strategy, you combine your knowledge and experiences with the author's ideas and information.
Make Connections
We (is/are) new students at this school.
are
If you are ___________, you want to know more about something.
curious
Carmen says she is not like ____________.
Americans
This means, to make an idea clear, so people can understand it.
explain
When you use this reading strategy, you imagine the sights, sounds, smells, taste, and touch of what the author is describing.
Visualize
You use "am" to tell about ___________
yourself
An ___________ is someone who moves from one place to another place.
immigrant
True or False: Carmen speaks English when she lives in Cuba.
FALSE
This means to break down information into parts to understand it.
analyze
When you use this reading strategy, you use what you know to figure out what the author means when the author does not say something directly.
Make inferences
You use "is" to tell about ________________
one other person, place, thing or idea
An ____________ thing is plain.
ordinary
Give two details from the text that show how Carmen's life in Georgia is different from her life in Cuba.
Possible answers:
- magnolia trees in Georgia, mango trees in Cuba
- small town in Georgia, tropical island in Cuba
- speak Spanish in Cuba, speak English in Georgia
to cover the main points briefly means to _________
summarize
When you use this reading strategy, you bring together ideas gained from texts and blend them into a new understanding.
Synthesize
You use "are" to tell about ___________
- yourself and another person or persons
- when you talk about one or more people
- other persons, places, things or ideas
Something that is __________ is not familiar.
strange
When Papi tells Carmen that the mango and magnolia tree grow together, he means that someday Carmen will ____________.
feel at home in America
parts near a word that help you understand the meaning of the word
context