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Reading the EESci Text

What do good readers do?  They think about the way they think (metacognition) by using 7 strategies.

Strategies: 7 Keys to Comprehension

1. Using background knowledge/Connecting Good readers find something in their reading that relates to their life, to another text, to things in the world.
2. Creating mental images Good readers close their eyes and think about what the reading causes them to see, smell, feel, taste
3. Questioning Good readers bring questions to mind such as "What is being asked?" "What is  a reasonable answer?" "Why was this fact included?" "What is the author's purpose?"
4. Inferring Good readers make inferences from what they read. They ask themselves "What does the text mean?" "What does it matter?"  "What critical or analytical judgment can be made about the text?"
5. Determine importance Good readers identify what is important and what is not important in the text by asking  "What is the readers purpose?" "What clues (headings, bold text) are in the format of the text?" "How does the title relate to the reading?" "What are the reading's key words, sentences, concepts?"
6. Synthesize/Summerize Good readers ask themselves "How does this learning fit into the system under study?" "What generalizations can the reader make?" "How does this reading fit with previous material?"
7. Monitor for meaning Good readers ask "Is there something not understood?" "Which part of the reading is confusing?" They know possible fix-ups: reread, identify what is not understood, for a single word predict what it means and check against the content later, for a concept try to summarize or build background knowledge.

 

 

 

 

1. Using background knowledge/ Connecting
2. Creating mental images
3. Questioning
4. Inferring
5. Determine importance
6. Synthesize/ Summarize
7. Monitor for meaning