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| to be able to adjust the way you read |
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| to be able to adjust your spead when reading * for harder material read slower. easier material should be read faster. |
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P. ersuasive
E. xpository
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| Monitoring Your Comprehension |
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| Asking yourself questions on the material you read and what you have obtained from the reading. |
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| Activating Prior Knowledge |
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| asking yourself what you already know on a subject before reading about it. |
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| making a guess about the topic of which you are reading; guessing what it will be like/about |
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| to determine the reason behing reading the material. asking yourself if it was by choice or was it just homework |
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| do more with your reading, go above and beyond be looking up terms and seraching up the topic on the internet. The more knowledge you know the better. |
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| Be Alert, Attentive and Interested |
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| being alert - aware of what your doing/ reading. be attentive - on point (writing marginal notes and making note of key facts ect.) Interested- sometimes the material can be very boring but making connections and silencing anything that distracts you from being interested can help you stay focused and more entertained by the piece. |
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| trying new ways to help yourself read. Experiment with new ways to read and find what works for you. |
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| Connect new Knowledge to Previous Knowledge |
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| what you already know is expanded by what you just learned. make connections to understand where your previous understanding meets your new understanding. |
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| Select facts/ concepts you need to know |
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| when you don't something well enough remember to look it up and study it. Select the ones you think need to the most all around help and go seraching for what you need to know |
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| Use the material you have selected |
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| the best way to keep somthing fresh and stuck in your mind is by using them in conversation or in work. Try doing homework and speaking about it or with it amoung friends and family |
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| test yourself on what you learned and keep up with what you already know |
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| Examine yourself by reviewing |
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| an easy way to self test is by reviewing what you have read it refreshes the material and allows you to see what you didn't the first time as well as proves how well you read it the first time. |
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| infering the meaning of an unfamiliar word by analyzing the text surrounding it |
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| words that deffine an unknown term or hints at it through examples, dashes and commas |
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| splitting a word or words into parts to discover the meaning |
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| the beginning of the word that helps identify the meaning behind the term |
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| the middle part of the word that pulls the prefix and suffix together in menaing |
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| the ending of the word that that holds a deffinition on what the word means |
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P.reviewing
R. eading actively
R. eflecting
O. rganizing information |
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| what a text/conversation etc. is about |
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| a simplified or indentifiable sentence of that sums up the topic of the paragraph etc. |
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| a main idea that is vague or in general but never really pulled togteher in one sentence btu the text generally adds up to the main idea |
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| name of a main idea that is usually used in writing classes |
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| a statement that sums up the entire writing idea of an essay |
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| a writers idea that sums up his or her own writing |
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| things such as stories and examples are minor supporting details that help pull together a point. |
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| points that are made, defined and expressed through out the reading |
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| hilighting repetion and the main ideas of a reading to help summarize what you have read |
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| summary or notes in addition to the books text |
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| personal notes that helps to remember what you have read |
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| Restating The Authors Main Idea |
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| rewriting in your own words what you understood as th eauthors main idea or a piece |
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| a few words ( not a full sentence ) that gives the main idea in your own words |
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| Scanning the pages of a textbook to find out what the book has to offer and what you will gain from reading it |
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| preparing to go through the chapter scanning it and understanding what you will learn |
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