1. Before, During, and After Reading Skills
The Dive
By René Saldaña, Jr.
Before, During, and After Reading Skills

2. Preparing to Read
Identify the text features seen throughout this story.
Identify and define the Literary Focus elements of this text.
Identify and define the Reading Focus skills used in this text.
What is the Writing Focus assignment and what are you asked to look for as you read the beginning of the text?
Which Vocabulary words did you not recognize? How does this text help you learn new words?

3. Author Information Read the “Meet the Writer” section on page 180.
Make a list of at least three important facts you learn about the author.
Circle the detail you think is the most important.

4. Quick Write
Adventure
Think of a time when you or someone you know did something adventurous.
Think about the positive outcomes of having an adventure and the possible risks of being too adventurous.

5. Construct a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast these two pictures.

6. Vocabulary Crinkling Stubble Caressed Wafting Aqui Tan Locos Mi’jita
For each of the English terms below, please write the definition, construct an original sentence to demonstrate your understanding of the word, and construct an illustration to prove you understand the term.
For each of the Spanish words/phrases, please copy the sentence from the text, give your best definition guess, construct a small illustration.
Crinkling
Stubble
Caressed
Wafting
Aqui
Tan Locos
Mi’jita

7. Conflicts Internal and External Character Internal Conflict
As you are reading, complete the chart below to help examine the conflicts the characters face. Be specific and remember that some characters might have more than one conflict to deal with.
Character
Internal Conflict
External Conflict
Melly
Mama Tochi
Papi

8. Build Background and Preview the Selection
Read the “Build Background” and “Preview the Selection” sections on page 180.
Make a list of at least three important facts you learn about the text.
Circle the detail you think is the most important.

9. Why do you think people are tempted by danger?
Literary Response
“The Dive”
Read the text carefully and ponder the question below.
Why do you think people are tempted by danger?
Use this story as a means to examine the question below as it might relate to you personally.

10. Preview and Predictions
Before Reading Skills
Preview and Predictions
Make a list of the things you “know” or “think you know” based only on the text features.
Make a list of at least 3 things you want to know, but you need to read in order to find out.
What genre or type of text do you think we are reading? Why?

11. During Reading Skills Setting Purposes What’s Your Purpose?
Why are you reading this?
What will you learn from this text?
Why did the writer share this story?
What’s Your Purpose?
Based on what you have previewed so far and learned about the author and the background of the story, what are three purposes for reading this story.

12. Comprehension/Discussion Questions
Note all of the comprehension/discussion questions that appear at the bottom of most of the columns of the text.
Be sure to stop, read, and answer (to yourself) each question A-O.

13. Stop and Think!!! What type of conflicts do the characters encounter?
How do the various characters deal with those conflicts? Do the conflicts get resolved?