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Reading Comprehension strategies
Vocabulary
Author's Purpose
Paragraph Writing
Grab Bag
100
When a reader uses the text to create a picture in his or her head
What is Visualization?
100
The definition of Consume
What is to eat?
100
The purpose of fiction is usually this.
What is to entertain?
100
The Main Idea of the essay.
What is the Theme?
100
What Ms. McCambridge calls it when you do not write in complete sentences (a subject and a verb).
What is Cave-Man Speak?
200
When a reader does not understand a paragraph so he or she looks back over it
What is Stop, Re-read
200
The definition of Saunter
What is to walk?
200
The purpose of A Biography.
What is to inform?
200
The Main Idea of an individual paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
200
The punctuation marks that go around Quotes.
What are Quotation Marks?
300
When a reader makes connections to help the process of remembering.
What is Relating it back to yourself or what you already know
300
The definition of Pinnacle.
What is the top?
300
The purpose of a cook book.
What is to inform?
300
The first paragraph or the "bun" on top of the cheeseburger.
What is the Introduction?
300
A graph the compares and contrasts two ideas.
What is a Venn Diagram?
400
When a reader pauses and writes a thoughtful inquiry next to the text
What is Asking a Question
400
The definition of parallel
What is "like"?
400
The purpose of "The Dragon of Pendor"
What is to entertain?
400
The three paragraphs in the middle of an essay or the "lettace", "Cheese", and "burger".
What is the body paragraphs?
400
When information is made up.
What is Fiction?
500
When a reader guess what happens next
What is Making a Prediction
500
The definition of diminutive.
What is small?
500
The purpose of an argumentative essay.
What is to persuade?
500
The two things needed in a conclusion.
What is restating your main idea and saying something else interesting.
500
When information is backed up with research and evidence.
What is Fact?