Strategies 1
Restate the main idea and key details of the story
Summary
Visual charts and tools used to represent and organize your knowledge and ideas
Graphic Organizers
Five (5) senses for visualizing
Three (3) reasons an author writes a text / author's purpose
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
The grass on the school's front lawn is wet. What can you infer?
It rained, the sprinklers were on, or there is dew from the morning.
Hints that the author gives to help figure out the meaning of unknown words in the text
Context Clues
Important words in the text used to answer questions, conduct research, and draw meaning
Key Words
Graphic organizer used to compare and contrast
Venn Diagram
Strategy for fiction summary
SWBST (somebody, wanted, but, so, then)
Johnny's mom caught him sneaking back into the house after staying out late with his friends. What do you predict will happen next?
Johnny will get yelled at and/or be grounded by his mom and sent to bed
Connections to the text based on what you already know
Prior Knowledge
An educated guess about what is about to happen or what will happen next
Prediction
Four (4) types of context clues
Synonyms, Antonyms, Explanations, Examples
Strategy for non-fiction summary
Main Idea and Key Details
"I know Ms. Hart will want to help with the food drive because she is very compassionate." What does compassionate mean?
Caring and understanding; shows sympathy for others
An educated guess using your background knowledge and clues from the text to draw conclusions
Inference
A mental picture of characters, setting, and plot using your five senses
Visualizing
Three (3) ways author's highlight key words in a text
Bold, Italics, Underlined
Four (4) perspectives from which a text can be written / point of view
First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient
"You wake up feeling terrific! Then, you hop out of bed excited to start a new day." What point of view is this?
Second Person (you, your)
The writer's reason for writing a text and opinion about the topic
Author's Purpose and Perspective
The perspective from which a story is being told
Point of View
Difference between inference and prediction
Inference- drawing conclusions / Prediction- what will happen next
Difference between author's purpose and author's perspective
Purpose- reason for writing / Perspective- opinion about the topic
Imagine that you just read a speech by a well-known politician who spoke about the need for everyone to do his/her part to conserve water. What was the author's purpose?
Persuade