Reading strategies

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-3

Reading Strategies

What do you read most often?

a book?

the paper?

online?

emails?

letters?

messages?

What genre do you

like the most?

Reading Strategies

What strategies do you already know?

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text

• Scan a text

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text

• Scan a text

• Read intensively

Skim a text?

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text: look at Title - sub title - pictures and to read something quickly and not very carefully

Scan a text?

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text: look at Title - sub title - pictures and to read something quickly and not very carefully
• Scan a text: to read something very quickly, in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information

read intensively

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text: look at Title - sub title - pictures and to read something quickly and not very carefully
• Scan a text: to read something very quickly, in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information
  
• Read intensively: to read every word to make sure you understand the whole text.
  
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1. Read the title and scan the text.

First, you read the title and scan the passage to gather information about the text before you read. We look for headings, pictures, diagrams, etc. This activates you background knowledge, preparing you to make predictions.

2. Predict the genre and topic.

Next, you use the information you gathered from the title and scanning the text to make predictions about the genre and topic.

3. Read and analyze the questions.

Knowing what you are looking for as you read helps you read the text closer and with purpose. 

4. Read the text.

Now that we have set our purpose we are ready to read. As students are reading the text they are on the lookout for any parts that are asked about in the questions. 

5. Answer the questions using text evidence and the process of elimination.

Before reading the answer choices you determine if you need to go back and reread any portions addressed by the question. For instance, if the question asks the main idea of a specific paragraph, we need to reread that paragraph first. As we read each answer choice we determine if it is a possibility. If you can say without a shadow of a doubt that the answer choice is incorrect, we put an X beside it. If, however, we can’t prove that it is incorrect, it receives either a question mark or a checkmark. You then assess the remaining possibilities and choose the answer choice that is supported by the best text evidence.