Active Reading Strategiesa.k.a. ARS

  

 BASIC ENGLISH 3/4  

ACTIVE reading strategies

Active         You have got to get involved!

Passive         Don’t just sit by and watch.

active READING strategies

  "An apple ate my appendage!"   Think to yourself : “Well, what is an appendage?”

Wait a minute, did you just think about that sentence?

You were actively reading!

active reading STRATEGIESA bunch of curious scientists wondered - "Hey, why is reading easy for some and hard for others?"   These scientists did their little experiments and observations and learned that there are about 8 things that good readers seemed to do that helped them comprehend the text.  "Eureeka!"  They had found an answer to their question!   

What are these Active Reading Strategies?  Inquiring minds

want to know.

 

Preview• Before reading, look over the cover of the book,

the titles, the pictures, and key words.

• Decide WHY you are reading what you are about to read.

Studies find that babies are starting to tire of their parents texting rather than reading bed time stories!

Baby BluesBy: Arthur Donald

Predict

Use given clues and what you know about life to make a guess about what might happen in the future.    Guess "I think that ...might happen because...."  

Visualizeto picture what that would look likemake a movie in your head

Question:  "How will I ever remember all of these strategies?"        

 

Question:  Create who, where, when, why questions about what is happening.        

If there is something you don’t understand, create a question. 

Clarify    To clear up confusing parts. Go back, explain or re-read something you didn’t understand.

Connect

Find similarities between the text and •  other books• your life• classwork• movies

  "Oh, that's just like when..." "I had an uncle like that, too."

Infer

Make an educated guess or conclusion about something that happened using clues from the text and your own knowledge.

People can't eat carrots very quietly.

Remember...

Evaluateto make a judgement or to give an opinion For example: "Twilight was the best book ever written!  It was so realistic I felt like I knew Bella and Edward." "That was dumb.  He should have just ignored his coach and suited up anyway."