reciprocal reading
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RECIPROCAL READING. PREDICTING. What do you think the text is going to be about? Look for clues, such as headings, diagrams, pictures and words in bold type. READING SILENTLY. Could everyone please read to the end of ……………… (this paragraph, this section of text)?. CLARIFYING. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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)?
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.
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?
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.