1. October 5
Glue all of the sheets into your spiral notebook.

2. Inferential and Literal Questions in NonFiction and FIction
LITERAL questions/thinking: Questions where the answers will be stated directly in the text. The reader simply needs to read closely to answer this type of question. . INFERENTIAL questions/thinking: Questions where the answers are NOT stated directly in the text. The reader needs to use the stated and implied information/clues from the text to draw a conclusion and infer the answer.

3. Types of Inferential Questions
Main/central idea
Author’s message/purpose
Supporting details
Vocabulary
Organizational patterns, text structure, text features
Cause/effect
Fact/opinion
Prediction
Author’s writing style /choices and decisions as a writer

4. Tips for Answering Reading Comprehension Questions
Always highlight AFTER you have read the passage and are going back into the text to answer the questions. Highlight the literal answers that you find in the text. Highlight information/clues that help you to infer an answer.
When reading answer choices, cross off the ones that you immediately know are incorrect (the distractors). Typically, you will be left with two solid choices. Then go back into the text find information or evidence for your answer.
When reading the question, highlight or underline the main points of the question. What is it really asking? Rewrite it in simple terms if you need. 
Read all text including titles, charts, graphs, tables, headings, captions, documents, etc

5. Copy the following chart into your notebook
Copy the following chart into your notebook. In the left column, make a list of strategies that you can use to help you when you are reading a difficult book or passage. In the right column, write how it can help you.
Strategy
Reason
“Chunk” the text.
Break it into chunks to read in smaller amounts so I can understand it one line or paragraph at a time.