Different reading strategies work for different people with different levels of reading.

Predictions
Predicting allows readers to get a sense of what the text is about and how it is organized before reading it closely.

Organizing Information
When you read a book or story, try to put yourself in one of the character's place. Then decide the genere of the text, is it mystery, action, or historical?

Ask Questions
When you need to understand and use new information, it is beneficial to write down any questions you may have as you read through the book. Try to focus your questions on the main idea, as opposed to details in the story.

Thinking About Your Personal Responses
Any reading you do for a class may challenge your attitudes, beliefs, or even your personal issues and conflicts. Mark an x in the margin by any text that changes your attitude, after you have finished the book, look back at any x's you placed, do you notice a pattern?

Identifying the Main Ideas
Summarizing is an especially helpful strategy for understanding the content and structure of a book.When summarizing, try to keep it brief, and focus in on the main points of the story. What is the major conflict in the story? How does the character overcome it? What is the outcome?

Comparing and Relating
After completing the book, try to remember any other book you've read with a similar plot. Many authors we read are all concerned about the same issues, but approach it in different ways.

Language Arts/Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively (LA.A.1.3).

Objective 2: Uses a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues, and recognize organizational structure.

Amusement Park
Activity

Go to the library and find a book that youwould not normally read. Compare it to one you have.

Nearly 50% of young adults, ages 21-
25 years old have difficulty with
fundamental processes such as
scanning for and interpreting
information or generating ordinary
ideas.

Vocabulary

Compare- Relating to things to each
other; finding likenesses and
differences

Main Idea - The author's purpose for
writing the book or story.

Genre- Different classifications of
literature.

Summarize - Writing a shorter version
of a book capturing the main ideas.

Links

This web site offers a list of writing
strategies that benefit your
comprehending skills.