Becoming an Active Becoming an Active Reader Reader by by Mrs. Sample Mrs. Sample
Becoming an Active Becoming an Active ReaderReader
Becoming an Active Becoming an Active ReaderReader
by by Mrs. SampleMrs. Sample
Reading is Fun!• Reading is one of the most
fascinating forms of entertainment.• People used to rely on reading for
entertainment.• Everyone can read well.• Be positive about reading.
Reading Strategies • Predict• Visualize• Connect• Question• Clarify• Evaluate
Predict• Look at the cover.
• Study the title.
• What does the back of the book say?
Visualize• Can you picture in your mind the
people, places, and events that are happening when you read?
Try it!
Try This!
Close your eyes.
We tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against the Camaro. Rain lashed the wind-shield. I didn’t know how my mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas.
Every time there was a flash of lightning, I looked at Grover sitting next to me in the backseat and I wondered if I’d gone insane, or if he was wearing some kind of shag-carpet pants.
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Connect• Have you ever read something
that you personally know about?
Let me tell you a story:Harry Potter
Three Types of Connections
• Text to text• Text to self• Text to world• Internal vs. External
Question• Ask questions about what is
happening in the story. • What happened?• Why?• How do the people involved feel
about the events?
Clarify• Reviewing is a part of life. You must
review.• Summarize the story and main idea. • Make inferences.• Draw conclusions• Reread the parts that are not clear.• Use outside sources.
Evaluate• What do you think about what
you’ve read?• Did you like the characters?• What would you change about the
ending or the literature in general?