PREDICTINGWhat do you think

the text is going to be about?

Look for clues, such as headings,

diagrams, pictures and words in bold

type.

READING SILENTLYCould everyone

please read to the end of

………………(this paragraph,

this section of text)?

CLARIFYING

Are there any words that

you would like clarified or explained?

READING ALOUDWould anyone like to read aloud?

QUESTIONINGAre there any

questions that you would like to ask

about what we have just read?Remember that the

answers can be HERE, HIDDEN or in

my HEAD.

SUMMARISING

(Briefly) summarise

the passage.

UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READ.

Where do I find the answer to the question?

HEREHERE

Is it HERE in one sentence in the text?

HIDDENHIDDENIs it found by joining

together information from two or more places in the

text, or from information in the text and what I already

know?

HEADHEAD

Is the answer in my background knowledge: what I already know?

The Titanic sank in 1912.

A “Here” question is ….

In which year did the Titanic sink?

The answer is 1912, which can be found by simply reading the

sentence.

A Hidden question is ….

What was the Titanic?

Even though we are not directly told, the word “sink”

tells us that it was a ship.

A Head question is ….

Why did the Titanic sink?

The sentence doesn’t tell us, but we can use our prior

knowledge to tell us that it struck an iceberg.

This is called the This is called the 3H strategy for 3H strategy for finding answers finding answers

to questions to questions about text.about text.

BY THE WAY …………….

These are two of the last photos

ever taken of the Titanic before it left

Queenstown in Ireland on its

maiden voyage.

We can remember these three levels by thinking:

*Reading on the lines

*Reading

between the lines

*Reading

beyond the lines