1. Active Reading Strategies

2. Reading Strategies 1) Preview 2) Set a Purpose 3) Connect
4) Use Prior Knowledge
5) Predict
6) Visualize
7) Monitor
8) Making Inferences

3. Preview Look at the story before you begin reading Scan the title
- Skim the first paragraph to see what the text is about

4. Set a Purpose Ask yourself this: Why are you reading the text?
...to learn, to be entertained, or another reason?
How does the purpose affect your reading?

5. Connect - Try to personally involve yourself in the text
- Think about the characters, situations, emotions in the text. Do they remind you of people, things, or experiences from your own life?
- Put yourself in the character's shoes

6. Use Prior Knowledge - Think about what you already know about a topic
- Write down some facts before you read
- Use the information you know to help understand and analyze what your reading

7. Predict - Try to guess what will happen in the story
What is the story about? What will happen next?
- Play detective...take note of details that seem to hint at where the story is going

8. Visualize - Try to picture what is being described
- Pay attention to character/setting descriptions
- Use details to help shape understanding

9. Monitor - Check for understanding as you read
- Question what is happening and why
- Reread for clarification
- Evaluate your reading

10. Make Inferences
- Make guesses (draw conclusions) based on details from the text
- Draw from your own experiences