Becoming an Active Becoming an Active ReaderReader

Becoming an Active Becoming an Active ReaderReader

by by Mrs. SampleMrs. Sample

Reading is Fun!• Reading is one of the most

fascinating forms of entertainment.• People used to rely on reading for

entertainment.• Everyone can read well.• Be positive about reading.

Reading Strategies • Predict• Visualize• Connect• Question• Clarify• Evaluate

Predict• Look at the cover.

• Study the title.

• What does the back of the book say?

Visualize• Can you picture in your mind the

people, places, and events that are happening when you read?

Try it!

Try This!

Close your eyes.

We tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against the Camaro. Rain lashed the wind-shield. I didn’t know how my mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas.

Every time there was a flash of lightning, I looked at Grover sitting next to me in the backseat and I wondered if I’d gone insane, or if he was wearing some kind of shag-carpet pants.

- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Connect• Have you ever read something

that you personally know about?

Let me tell you a story:Harry Potter

Three Types of Connections

• Text to text• Text to self• Text to world• Internal vs. External

Question• Ask questions about what is

happening in the story. • What happened?• Why?• How do the people involved feel

about the events?

Clarify• Reviewing is a part of life. You must

review.• Summarize the story and main idea. • Make inferences.• Draw conclusions• Reread the parts that are not clear.• Use outside sources.

Evaluate• What do you think about what

you’ve read?• Did you like the characters?• What would you change about the

ending or the literature in general?