Welcome Back! Bell Ringer: How do you read best? Do you have to have music on? Do you need a comfortable chair? Does it have to be silent in the room? List all things you like to have when reading for pleasure.

Active Reading Strategies Please get out your notebook and something to write with, you will take notes over these strategies.

What does it mean to read actively? Reading actively is more than just reading and re- reading. Active reading is working with the text to gain more details, more information, and a deeper comprehension of the writing. Good readers read actively using 6 skills that should be used before, during, and after reading:  Predict  Question  Visualize  Connect  Clarify  Evaluate

1) Predict This can be done during pre-reading and during reading. Before you start reading, predict what the text may be about. During reading, predict what may happen, or how it may end. This skill requires you to use inference techniques from context clues and textual evidence that will make you a better reader.

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school buses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum... Predict what happened next. How do you know?

2) Ask Questions A good reader asks questions before and while they are reading. This helps a reader consider the writing more deeply in order to comprehend more. Before reading, ask yourself what this text could be about, have you read something like this before? While reading, stop periodically to ask questions. Why doesn’t the character just do this? What did the author use that particular word for? How does a character feel about this event? What does this word mean?

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school buses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum… Create three questions you have about this text.

3) Visualize Authors use rich visual language called imagery to create images in the reader’s mind. A good reader is able to see these images while reading. Describe the images you see as the author describes them. Use the details from the text to create the “movie in your mind.”

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school buses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum… What language does this text use to make you see an image in your head? List 4 examples of images and draw a picture of one of them.

4) Connect Good readers make connections between the text and something else while they read. There are 4 types of connections.  Text to text: This piece reminds you of something else you read.  Text to self: This piece reminds you of something you’ve experienced.  Text to world: This piece reminds you of something that’s happened in the world.  Text to media: This piece reminds you of a song, movie, picture, or other type of media you’ve seen.

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school buses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum… Explain two types of connections you can make with this text.

5) Clarify During and after reading, good readers self- monitor and make sure they understand what they have read. They may stop periodically, like after every paragraph, chapter, or section to summarize what they just read. This is the point where you find the answers to the questions you had. If at this point, you don’t recall what you read, you go back and re-read the text.

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school buses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum… Find the answers to the three questions you created in the “ask questions” section.

6) Evaluate While reading and after reading, good readers evaluate what they read. They form opinions about the text, come to conclusions, and develop ideas about the characters or events. This is the point when you decide if you enjoyed reading the text or not, when you decide if it was a good conclusion or if the author could have ended it in a better way, or when you decide on your favorite character. This skill is based on your beliefs.

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school buses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum… How do you feel about Vince Thunder? Support this with a quote from the text.