Reading a section over again to improve your comprehension.
What is re-reading?
100
The main idea or life lesson.
What is theme?
100
The things that make the people or characters do what they do.
What is character motivation?
100
Stopping frequently when reading to make a prediction, summarize, ask a question, or make a comment.
What is "talking to the text"?
100
I just read that the main character walked out of his house with a suitcase and coat. I guess that he is traveling somewhere. What did I just do?
Make a prediction
200
Using other words and phrases to help you figure out a difficult section of the text.
What are context clues?
200
The overall feeling you get when you read something.
What is mood?
200
An inability or unwillingness to look at all sides of an issue
What is author bias?
200
Telling the difference between statements that can be proven and those that cannot.
What is distinguishing between fact and opinion?
200
After reading the first three paragraphs in my science textbook, I suddenly realize that I have no idea what I just read. What should I do?
Re-read
300
Putting the information in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
300
The way the narrator or speaker tells the story or poem.
What is tone?
300
A story written about something the author experienced or a lesson he or she learned.
What is a memoir?
300
Finding the links between things you read about and your own knowledge and experience
What is connecting?
300
While reading the poem "Wishing Well," I think about a time when I was really tired and stressed to help me relate to the speaker of the poem. What am I doing?
Connecting
400
Putting all the main ideas together.
What is summarizing?
400
A non-fiction piece of literature that focuses on a specific event, person, idea, or object instead of reporting a news event. This is the type of article that most magazines contain.
What is a feature article?
400
Arranging words to create a specific image, emotion, or sound.
What are literary devices?
400
Using the clues in the text to make a logical guess about what will happen next.
What is predicting?
400
After reading the article "PB&J Deconstructed," I write a paragraph that includes all of the main ideas from the article. What am I doing?
summarizing
500
Steps you take to make sure that you are comprehending what you are reading. Examples include summarizing, paraphrasing, using context clues, and re-reading.
What are self-monitoring strategies?
500
What writers use to draw the reader’s eyes to certain sections of the text. Examples include photographs, headings, colors, text, bullets, and tables.
What are text features?
500
Using specific details in a text to draw conclusions about what you think it means
What is analyzing?
500
Using the clues in the text to figure out what the author is not stating directly (reading between the lines).
What is making an inference?
500
After reading a story, I try to remember what happened in the same order that it occurred in the text. What am I doing?