Reading Strategies
What is the first step when a teacher hands you a reading passage with multiple choice questions?
Look at/ go to the questions.
Identify the literary element: The Christmas tree smelled incredibly fresh like the air after a new coating of snow.
Simile
Place the appropriate punctuation in the correct place: Dude, have you seen the sky today. The sky is an insanely bright blue
Question mark (?) after today
Period (.) after blue
How many colors are on our (American) flag?
Three! (Red, White, Blue)
the literal meaning of a word
denotation
What is the second (and most important ) step after your start looking at the multiple choice questions?
Identify/ box out important words/ phrases.
DAILY DOUBLE: Identify the literary element: "Baby you're a firework! Come on and let your colors burst!" -Katy Perry
Metaphor
Determine the placement of punctuation: Good morning! Im so excited to visit my friends this weekend. Hopefully we do something fun, like watch movies and eat popcorn.
An apostrophe...I'm <--
What is the mascot on Mrs. Trice's desk?
Baby Yoda, Blobfish, Angry UniBee, Octopus
Is this the denotative or connotative of the word?
harbour: a place of security and comfort
denotative
True or False: Circling the (unknown) words in the footnotes is a crucial step to complete while attempting a reading comprehension task.
TRUE!
Identify the literary element: The poster stared right into my soul.
Personification
Where and when should you place a question mark?
At the end of a question.
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone = The author's attitude towards a story/ subject.
Mood = How the reader feels.
Is this the denotative or connotative form of the word?
big heart: kind
connotative
DAILY DOUBLE: Marking up your reading passage is incredibly beneficial to understanding the text. What is the act of "marking up" the text called?
Annotating / Annotations / To annotate
Identify the literary element: When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected.
Irony
After citing a quote, where does the period go?
At the VERY end...(Line 1).
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration/ statement.
What is connotation (connotative meaning)?
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Why are we practicing reading comprehension?
Answers will vary:
1) Reading comprehension can be used (literally) every single day of our lives.
2) Reading comprehension is an important skill.
3) We need to "nail down" reading comprehension to pass our exams and get a good grade on the SAT
What is a common alliteration that you know but didn't know you knew?
Toung Twisters
*Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Hypothetically speaking, if you use a quote in your response, how should you quote the evidence?
1) Use quotation marks " "
2)Citation (line 1).
Name four literary elements you may have reviewed in your class.
Simile, Metaphor, Irony, Personification, Conflict, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Mood, Tone, Theme (Central Idea), hyperbole.
Is this the denotative or connotative form of the word comprehension:
the action or capability of understanding something
denotative