5 Step Reading Strategy
Read the topic and passage 3x.
What is step 1?
To make a decision or opinion based on facts and details
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is Conflict?
The methods used by an author to create a character
What is characterization?
The WHO
What are Characters?
Identify and Define the Reading Skill Question. Put C or T.
What is Step 3?
The reason an author writes
What is Author's Purpose?
A non-human subject is given human characteristics
What is Personification?
Putting events in order of occurrence
What is chronological?
The WHEN & WHERE
What is the SETTING?
What is step 4?
Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Sequence, Description
What is Text Structure
Writer’s attitude towards his or her subject.
What is tone
Taking someone else's work and passing them off as one's own
What is plagiarize?
The WHAT
What are Main Idea, Conflict, Goal
Read the Question. Underline important key words
What is step 2?
Computers, encyclopedias, dictionary
What are reference sources?
Specific dictionary definition of a word.
What is Denotation?
Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
What is resilient?
The WHY
What are Details, Events, & Plot
Check your work. Locate evidence. Underline evidence and put question # beside.
What is Step 5
Defining the meaning of a word using clue words
What is Context Clues
Emotions or associations a word normally arouses in people feeling, hearing, or reading the word.
What is Connotation?
a fictitious name, especially one used by an author
The HOW
What are Conclusion, Outcome, Solution, and Resolution