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The
Reading Rowboats
Jump
onto the reading rowboat and navigate the wonderful sea of
reading.
THE
READING PROCESS 
Background/Text
Structure Knowledge
Learn to use background knowledge of a subject and text structure
knowledge to make complex preditions of content, purpose,
and organization of a reading selection.
Reading
Strategies
Learn to use a variety of strategies to analyze words and
text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues,
and recognize organizational patterns.
Clarify
Meaning
Learn to use strategies to clarify meaning, such as rereading,
note taking, summarizing, outlining and writing a grade level-appropriate
report.
CONSTRUCTING
MEANING
Main
Idea
Determine the main idea or essential message in a text and
identifiy relevant details and facts and patterns of organization.
Author's
Purpose
Learn to identify the author's purpose and/or point of view
in a variey of texts and use the information to construct
meaning.
Appeals
Learn to recognize logical, theical and emotional appeals
in text.
Personal
Preferences
Learn to use a variety of reading materials to develop personal
preferences in reading.
Locate,
Organize and Interpret Information
Learn to locate, organize and interpret written information
for a variety of purposes, including classroom research, collaborative
decision making and performing a school or real-work task.
Reference
Materials
Learn to use a variety of reference materials, including indexes,
magazines, newspapers and journals; and tools, including card
catalogs and computer catalogs, to gather information and
research topics.
Synthesize
Information
Learn to synthesize and separate collected information into
useful componenets using a variety of techniques, such as
source cards, note cards, spreadsheets and outlines.
Validity
and Accuracy
Learn to check the validity and accuracy of information obtained
from research in such ways as differentiating fact and opinion,
identifying strong vs. weak arguments, recognizing that personal
values influence the conclusions an author draws.
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