What Strategy is it?
This reading strategy helps relate a text to your own life, another text or the world.
Making connections
What are the different types of connections?
text to text
text to self
text to world/media
What is the definition of schema?
background knowledge
True or False
Sensory details are used when visualizing to create mental images.
true
What state do Will and Father start their journey from?
Texas
This reading strategy uses schema and text evidence.
Making an inference
What is the difference between thin and thick questions?
Thin- Questions you can find in the text easily.
Thick- Questions you have to think about, not easily found in the text.
What is the inference equation?
Schema + text evidence = Inference
List the 5 senses used to visualize.
hear, see, touch, taste, and smell
What state is the land rush in and what river do they have to cross?
Oklahoma and the Red River
This reading strategy helps you make connections, prediction and understand what is going on in the story. You use this strategy before, during and after reading.
Asking questions
Is this a thick or thin question?
What is the name of Will's mule?
thin
True or False
Inferences are made based on what we already know in the story and what we think will happen next in the story.
False
inferences use text evidence and schema
True or False
Readrs change or revise their visualizations often while reading.
true
What is Will and his family planning to build for Mom in the spring?
a house
This reading strategy uses sensory and mental images to understand the story.
visualizing
What type of connection is this?
I connect Will's bravery when crossing the Red River to Auggie's bravery in Wonder when he has to stand up for himself on the class retreat. This helps me understand how Will is feeling and how brave he is.
Text to Text
What is the difference between predictions and inferences?
predictions are made based on what we already know in the story and what we think will happen next in the story.
inferences are made using the equation-
text evidence + schema = inference
What are the sensory details in the passage below that help you visualize?
"Cold, freezing. My skin constricts. I can't see through the thickened, muddy water. My eyes hurt. I swing one arm trying to feel for Belle."
cold, freezing, skin constricts, can't see, thickened, muddy water, eyes hurt, try to feel for Belle
touch, see,
How many acres could Will claim?
160 acres
This reading strategy makes you think about what you already know and what you think will happen next in the story.
Making predictions
Is this a thick or thin question?
Why does Pa tell Will to lay the knife in the fire?
thick
Is this a prediction or an inference?
Based on Will successfully crossing the Red River, I _______ that he will also be successful claiming his land.
predict
Fill in the blank with a word from the word bank.
smell descriptive language visualization
Sensory details and _____________________ help readers to create vivid images.
descriptive language
What is one thing they will not grow and what is the animal they want to raise on their farm/land?
Cotton and horses