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)
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Shakespeare
What is the second (and most important ) step after your start looking at the multiple choice questions?
Reading the passage
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 does HEB share a name with?
Grocery store
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contrast
True or False: Circling the (unknown) words in the footnotes is a crucial step to complete while attempting a reading comprehension task.
TRUE!
Conflict (Man versus nature).
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.
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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
Correct the following sentence:
The dog jumped over the fence into the mans yard.
apostrophe "man's"
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration/ statement.
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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 for the 11th grade English Regents.
What is another name for theme?
1) Universal/life lesson
2) The message
When you use someone else's material & ideas in your own writing, you must do what?
Name four literary elements we have reviewed in our class.
Simile, Metaphor, Characterization, Personification, Conflict, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Mood, Tone, Theme (Central Idea).
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