Before beginning reading:
- read the selection's title
- look at the pictures and other visuals
- read the background material that may be provided
- predict what you think the selection is goin gto be about
- ask yourself questions about the material
- Think about the predictions that you made before reading. Were you right?
- Make new predictions as you read
- Read the notes in teh side columns (if provided).
- Think of people or events in your own life that are similar to those described.
- Reread sentences or paragraphs that you don't understand.
- Refer to a dictionary if you don't know words
- In a notebook or on notecards, record definitions of words that you do not know.
- Think about the quesitons that you asked yourself before you read. Were your answers to these questions right?
- Reread interesting or difficult parts of the selection
- Paraphrase what you read
- use graphic organizers to help you organize and remember information
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