Active Reading Strategies for a students
- 1. Active Reading Strategies Improving Comprehension Improving Comprehension
- 2. Do you think about what you read? As you read silently, think about the 5 Reading Strategies:
- 3. 5 Active Reading Strategies: 2. Visualize Visualize 3. Predict Predict 4. Connect Connect 5. Respond Respond 1. 1.Question Question
- 4. 1. Question what you read Resources: Comprehension Strategy Poster Good Reader Strategy Poster ERT (Everyone Reads To) created by Greg Byers from Teaching
- 5. 1. Question what you read • What questions come to What questions come to your mind? your mind?
- 6. 1. Question what you read • Why do the characters Why do the characters act as they do? act as they do?
- 7. 1. Question what you read • Who tells the story? Who tells the story?
- 8. 1. Question what you read • What causes events to What causes events to happen? happen?
- 9. 1. Question what you read • When does the action When does the action peak or climax? peak or climax?
- 10. 2. Visualize Hmm…what do I see?
- 11. 2. Visualize • Create a picture in your Create a picture in your mind mind
- 12. 2. Visualize • Make use of similes, Make use of similes, metaphors, allusions metaphors, allusions
- 14. 3. Predict • What do you think will What do you think will happen? Prove it! happen? Prove it! Resources: Anticipation Guides, Anticipation Template
- 15. 3. Predict • Foreshadowing (clues) Foreshadowing (clues)
- 16. 3. Predict • Red Herring (false clues) Red Herring (false clues)
- 17. 4. Connect
- 18. 4. Connect • Text to Self Text to Self • Bring your own Bring your own experiences to the story. experiences to the story. Resources: Text to Self Worksheet
- 19. 4. Connect • Text to Text Text to Text • Make Make connections connections with other with other literature, literature, movies, etc. movies, etc. Resources: Text to Text Worksheet
- 20. 4. Connect • Text to Real Text to Real World World This reminds This reminds me of… me of… Resource: Text to Real World Worksheet
- 21. 5. Respond
- 22. 5. Respond • What does the story say What does the story say to you? to you? Resources: Response Journal Strategy: Use sticky notes to respond
- 23. 5. Respond • What is the mood of the What is the mood of the story? story?
- 24. 5. Respond • What is the theme of What is the theme of the story? the story? The BIG Picture
- 25. 5. Respond • What are What are the internal the internal and and external external conflicts? conflicts?
- 26. 5. Respond • What is the What is the tone of the tone of the story? story?
- 27. 5. Respond • What literal meanings are What literal meanings are in the story? in the story?
- 28. 5. Respond • What symbols are in the What symbols are in the story? story?
- 29. As you read silently, think about the 5 Reading Strategies: 2. Visualize . Visualize 3. Predict Predict 4. Connect Connect 5. Respond Respond 1. 1.Question Question