1. Reading Strategies! Look out! M. Bargerstock

2. What are reading strategies? Reading strategies are tools to be used when looking at a text. For example, let’s say someone gives you a locked chest without a key. There’s no way of knowing what’s in the chest unless you break it open. You’ve tried smashing it, but it won’t budge. However! If you use a couple of tools to take off the hinges or remove the lock, there’s nothing getting in your way from that treasure! Over the next week and a half, we will be using reading strategies to break into texts!

3. Why are these important? Reading strategies help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of a text. These same strategies can be used to gain a deeper understanding of movies, magazines, and even other people around you!

4. Why are these important?? Reading strategies help the reader to gain what again? These same strategies can be used to gain a deeper understanding of movies, magazines, and even other people around you!

5. Why are these important??? Reading strategies help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of a text. But what can these same strategies be used to gain a deeper understanding of??

6. So these reading strategies… I know they’re tools, but exactly what are they?? Great question! The reading strategies that we will be using throughout this course include the following: Questioning Predicting Clarifying Evaluating Connecting Visualizing

7. Questioning! Ask questions while you read! Searching for reasons behind events and characters’ actions can get you more involved in what you’re reading. Example: Why is there a family of vampires that attend high school? Why is one of them interested in Bella?

8. Questioning (cont.) Take note of any confusing words or statements. Don’t worry if you feel some confusion, further reading will probably make things more clear. Example: Capitulate. What does that mean??? It’s okay, I’ll write this one down and look it up! Capitulate: To give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way.

9. Hold on! Why are reading strategies important?

10. Predicting! Try to figure out what will happen next and how the selection might end. Then read on to see if you made a good guess! Example: As I was reading To Kill a Mockingbird, I just knew Tom Robinson would be found guilty. After all, he had nobody who could relate to him on the jury.

11. Visualizing! Try to imagine what these people, places, and events you’re reading about might look like in real life. Has there ever been a character that you’ve read about in a book that didn’t look at all like how you thought they should in a movie? Example: Before seeing The Hunger Games, I thought Peeta would be a lot buffer based on the way the book describes his strength. I figured the character would be played by someone who was a little more built.

12. Clarifying! Pause occasionally to review what you’ve read. Be prepared to have your understanding change and develop as you read on. Example: Before the trial I thought that almost every single white person in town was a racist. After the trial, I realized that only most of the white people in town are racist.

13. Evaluating! Form opinions both while you’re reading and after you’ve finished. Develop your own judgments about the characters and your own ideas about the events! Example: Not only is Atticus Finch a really stand-up guy and a loving father, but he’s also a very good lawyer. (Now why is he a very good lawyer again?)

14. Connecting! Connect personally with what you’re reading. Try to find similarities between the descriptions in the selection and what you’ve experienced, heard about, or read about in your own life. Example: Thor and I have a lot in common. We’re both guardians of planet Earth, we use giant hammers from time to time, and we love to play video games.

15. Volunteer Time! Using your notes, think about the following questions and prepare to share: How do you clarify your thoughts and ideas while reading? Pause occasionally to review what you’ve read Out of all of these strategies, which one would you use to draw a picture of a character, place, or event? Visualization What is one reading strategy that helped you form opinions of the characters in the comic? Evaluating Which strategy are you using when you try to figure out what will happen next? Predicting Great Job Team!

16. Think about it! Of the following iconic movie characters, who can you connect with the most and why? What are some actual traits that you share with one of these characters? Try to avoid saying “Because I’m awesome!” Write your response on a separate sheet of paper and prepare to share. Hermione Chris Rock (from Grown Ups) Peter Parker Forrest Gump Nick Fury Katniss Everdeen Captain America Napoleon Dynamite Will Smith (from I Am Legend ) Juno Donkey (from Shrek) Dr. Bruce Banner (The Hulk) Catwoman Bane Django Alan (Zack Galafianakis from The Hangover) Princess Fiona

17. Now let’s do some work!