THIEVES – “Before You Read”
What does the T in THIEVES stand for?
What is Title?
In RACE, what does the R mean?
What is Restate the question?
What two things do you need to make an inference?
What are text clues and background knowledge?
What is a clue that gives a word with a similar meaning?
What is a synonym clue?
Which strategy helps you preview a text before reading?
What is THIEVES?
Looking at pictures before reading is part of which THIEVES step?
What is Visuals/Vocabulary?
What does “Cite” mean in RACE?
What is using evidence from the text?
If a character is shivering and rubbing their arms, what can you infer?
What is the character is cold?
“The trail was treacherous, or dangerous.” What does treacherous mean?
What is dangerous?
Which strategy helps you answer longer questions?
What is RACE?
Why do we read the first sentence of each paragraph before reading the whole text?
What is to predict what each paragraph will be about?
Which part of RACE tells why your answer is correct?
What is Explain?
“The cookie jar was open and crumbs were on the floor.” What can you infer happened?
What is someone ate the cookies?
“He felt reluctant to go, but he slowly walked toward the door.” What does reluctant mean?
What is hesitant / not wanting to do something?
Would “looking at the headings” belong to THIEVES, RACE, or inference?
What is THIEVES?
What THIEVES step helps you figure out important words before you read?
What is Visuals/Vocabulary?
Turn this question into a restated answer: “Why is recycling important?”
What is: Recycling is important because?
Read this line: “Athena stared at her shoes when Ms. Iony asked about the broken window.” What can you infer?
What is Athena feels guilty or knows something about the broken window?
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Read this: “The sky grew dark and the wind picked up. The family rushed to close the windows.” What can you infer?
What is a storm is coming?
If you only had 1 minute before reading, which TWO THIEVES steps would help you most, and why?
What are Title and Headings?
What are Summary and End-of-Chapter Questions?
A student wrote: “Dogs are loyal pets.” Improve it using all steps of RACE.
What is:
“Dogs are loyal pets because they stay by their owners. In the text it says dogs stay by their owner’s side. This shows they don’t abandon people, so they are loyal.”?
Create your own inference from this clue: “He hid the paper quickly when someone walked in.”
What is he’s hiding something or keeping a secret?
Create your own sentence that gives a clue to the meaning of generous.
What is: a sentence showing “generous” by someone giving extra or helping others?
Explain how you'd use BOTH THIEVES and RACE when answering questions about a nonfiction article.
What is Using THIEVES to preview and RACE to answer questions with text evidence?