Definitions
When you picture what you are reading, but in your mind.
Visualizing
Fill in the Blank:
When the wind blows you can ______ that the leaves are going to fall off.
Predict
When you ask yourself, what do you wonder? Is in example of...
Questioning
After the alarms went off after the robbery and the cops showed up, the robbers decided to....
Predicting
When the author is giving you information about the topic. This is an example of:
Author’s Purpose
Comparing and Contrasting
When you ask yourself: What is the same? What is different? These are examples of:
When Kara watched the movie Harry Potter, she was disappointed in the size of the castle. She imagined it to be a lot bigger.
Visualizing
When you ask yourself, who, what where, when, why, and how? You are....
Questioning
After calling her mom and hearing the sounds of waves and seagulls, Sarah guess that her mom went to the beach without her.
Inference
Someone who has written a book, article or other piece of writing.
An author.
When you associate what you're reading to what is going on in the world, is an example of:
Connecting: Text to world
Red Delicious apples are sweet, while Granny Smiths are tart and acidic.
Compare and Contrast
Random Question from Last Class
What University do I attend currently?
Utah Valley University
Fill in the Blank:
If I am going off of what I know, rather than the facts I am ____
Predicting
An easy way to remember Author's purpose is using the acronym of what word?
PIE
Define: Inference
When you use the clues in the text to discover what is not directly stated.
After Nemo was taken from his home, his father (with the help of a friend who had short term memory loss) traveled the ocean to find him and bring him home.
Summarize
Which one is the better question:
Is the sky blue?
or
What color is the sky?
What color is the sky?
Fill in the Blank:
A Fortune Teller uses the technique of ___ when telling you of your future.
Predicting
Fill in the Blank:
A News Article is an example of _____ when considering the Author's Purpose.
Inform
If I am an author what am I trying to do?
USE THE THREE WORDS!!
DOUBLE POINTS!!!!
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Bob was reminded of a vacation that he took to the jungle, just like the setting of the book he was reading.
Connecting
While Suzie was reading "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, she understood that the author was trying to teach the definition of a hero. She came to this conclusion by ....
What is the major difference between an inference and a prediction?
Who wrote the book: The Two Towers
Double Points
JRR Tolkien