While reading a text, you will
confirm or
correct your predictions. You can also make new predictions about what will come next in the passage, based on its
text structure.
Before reading, ask questions that will help you predict the type of text and topic.
While reading an
informational text, ask questions like—
What is the main idea?
What details are most important?
How is the information organized? |
While reading a
story,
poem, or
play, ask questions like—
- Who are the main characters?
- What is the setting?
- What sensory language does the author use?
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After reading any text, you can still ask yourself questions like—
- What did I learn from reading the passage?
- How does what I learned matter to my own life?
- What didn’t I understand? How can I make it clearer?
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