Reading Strategies
Summarizing
ACT Now!
Plot Roller-Coaster
Wild Card
100
An inference
What is an educated guess, reading between the lines, when the author doesn't say something, but you can still kind of tell, etc?
100
Summarizing
What is briefly recapping/retelling a story in your own words?
100
True or false: students are allowed to choose books they want to read.
What is true?
100
Exposition
What is the beginning, the part that introduces the main characters and the basic situation?
100
Give the "somebody" in "Androcles & the Lion."
Who are Androcles and the Lion?
200
A prediction
What is a special inference when you make a guess about what's going to happen next?
200
The letters SWBST stand for these words.
What is somebody...wanted...but...so...then...?
200
In your own words, explain why you can't just read the same book over and over?
What is [answers will vary].
200
Resolution
What is the ending, the part when the conflict is finally solved?
200
True or false:You should have your independent book with you at all times.
What is true?
300
Questioning
What is asking yourself questions/noticing things you don't understand while you're reading?
300
The parts of a 5Ws+H statement.
What is who, what, when, where, why, how?
300
True or false: it is okay to lose the books, tear them up, etc. They're basically disposable.
What is false?
300
Rising action
What is events start to happen/things start to get exciting?
300
True or false: Reading something only once is enough.
What is false?
400
Making connections
What is finding things you have in common with characters in a story to help you relate to it/get interested in it?
400
DAILY DOUBLE! Write a SWBST statement for any book or movie of your choice.
What is [answers will vary]?
400
Give a one-minute book chat to the class explaining why they should read your favorite book so far.
What is [answers will vary.].
400
Falling action
What is things start settling down/end is in sight?
400
Give the climax of "I Need My Monster."
What is Gabe comes back?
500
Reflecting
What is thinking about what you read after you're finished, maybe going back to re-read if you didn't understand something.
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Write a 5Ws+H statement for any book or movie of your choice.
What is [answers will vary]?
500
In your own words, state why reading is important.
What is [answers will vary].
500
Climax
What is the main event/turning point in the story?
500
Explain the core value of empathy.
What is showing understanding, kindness, and feeling "with" another person?
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