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Reading Strategies English 9 Honors

Standard ELA8R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that: a. Analyzes and evaluates common textual features (e.g., paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, introduction, conclusion, footnotes, index, bibliography). b. Applies, analyzes, and evaluates common organizational structures (e.g., graphic organizers, logical order, cause and effect relationships, comparison and contrast). c. Recognizes and traces the development of an author’s argument, point of view, or perspective in text. d. Understands and explains the use of a complex mechanical device by following technical directions. e. Uses information from a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents (e.g., job applications) to explain a situation or decision and to solve a problem.

Forms: Stories, plays, poems, memoirs, biographies, some nonfiction Reading Literature Forms: Stories, plays, poems, memoirs, biographies, some nonfiction Purpose for reading: for pleasure, for increased understanding Strategies for Reading: Predict Visualize Connect Question Clarify Evaluate

Reading for Information Forms: newspapers, magazines, reference works, on-line information, textbooks Purpose for reading: to be informed Strategies for Reading: Look for titles, subheadings, graphics, and other devices Notice the organization of the text Look for the connections to something you already know Read, reread, and answer questions to increase your understanding

Critical Reading Forms: newspaper editorials, advertisements, political ads, letters, opinion statements Purpose for reading: to be informed, to make a decision Strategies for Reading: Find the main ideas Evaluate the supporting details Determine the author’s purpose Decide how well the author achieved that purpose

Functional Reading Forms: instruction manuals, applications, schedules, product information, technical directions, and others. Purpose for reading: to make decisions and solve problems. Strategies for Reading: -Skim the whole piece. -Read the information in the order presented. -Look carefully at any drawings or pictures. -Reread when the meaning is unclear.

Methods of Reading When you read something for the first time, review material for a test, or search for specific information, you use a different methods of reading. The following techniques are useful with all kinds of reading materials.

Skimming When you run your eyes quickly over a text, looking at the headings, graphic features, and highlighted words. Skimming is useful in previewing textbook material that you must read for an assignment.

Scanning To find a specific piece of information in a text, such as the date of a battle, use scanning. Place a card under the first line of a page and move it down slowly. Look for key words and phrases.

In-Depth Reading In-Depth reading involves asking questions, taking notes, looking for main ideas, and drawing conclusions as you read slowly and carefully. Use this type of reading for literary works and textbooks.

Patterns of Organization Main Idea and Supporting Details Chronological Order Comparison and Contrast Cause and Effect Proposition and Support Spatial Order

Main Idea and Supporting Details The main idea of a paragraph or a longer piece of writing is its most important point. Supporting details give more information about the main idea. Look for: explanations, facts, examples, statistics, quotations used as support Supporting Detail Supporting Detail Signal Words

now, before, next, first, second, then, after that Chronological Order Writing that is organized in chronological order presents events in the order in which they occur. now, before, next, first, second, then, after that Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Signal Words

Comparison and Contrast Subject Both Subject 1 2 Comparison and Contrast writing explains how two or more subjects are similar and how they are different. Compare: similar, same, like, both, also Contrast: unlike, but, however, on the contrary Signal Words

Cause and Effect Cause and Effect writing explains the relationship between events. The cause is the first event. The effect happens as a result of the cause. A cause may have more than one effect, and an effect may have more than one cause. so, because, as a result, caused, resulted due to, that is why, for that reason, since, consequently Effect (Risk of cancer) Cause (Smoking) Effect (bad breath) Signal Words

Proposition and Support A proposition, or a proposal, is a plan offered for acceptance. The need for a plan itself, and a description of how the plan would work are the usual parts of a proposal. Ex: Bell Schedule Proposition or Proposal Support Support Support

Spatial Order Items are arranged according to their physical position or relationships. just to the right; a little further on; to the south of Memphis; turning left on the pathway Signal Words