The document discusses reading strategies that good readers use to improve comprehension. It describes seven main strategies: making connections, asking questions, determining importance, inferring and predicting, visualizing, synthesizing, and using "fix-up" strategies when having difficulties. The strategies help readers understand, connect with, and determine the significance of what they read. Good readers use these strategies purposefully and consciously to think more deeply about what they read.

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Mechanical Sem-1
Jani Yash(160210119057)

2. Thinking About How You Read
READING STRATEGIES

3. Metacognition:
Thinking About How You Think
Before you can truly improve your reading
skills, you need to understand what
happens in good readers’ minds while they
read. You may even do these things
already. You just don’t know it…yet.

4. More About Metacognition
Good readers have developed good habits when
they read. We call these habits strategies.
Strategies help readers understand, connect to,
and determine the importance of what they are
reading. They also visualize, ask questions about,
and read between the lines of what they read.

5. The Reading Strategies
There are seven reading strategies.There are seven reading strategies.
Make ConnectionsMake Connections
Ask QuestionsAsk Questions
Determine ImportanceDetermine Importance
Infer and PredictInfer and Predict
VisualizeVisualize
SynthesizeSynthesize
Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies

6. Make Connections
Text to Self (similar events in your life)Text to Self (similar events in your life)
Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., etc.)Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., etc.)
Text to Life (real world events)Text to Life (real world events)

7. Make Connections
Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:
What do I already know about this?What do I already know about this?
Has anything similar ever happenedHas anything similar ever happened
to me?to me?
How would IHow would I feelfeel if this happened toif this happened to
me?me?
Can I relate to the characters?Can I relate to the characters?
Does this story remind me ofDoes this story remind me of
something?something?

8. Make Connections
CONNECT yourself to the text!CONNECT yourself to the text!
Go passed theGo passed the OBVIOUS!OBVIOUS!

9. Ask Questions
What don’t you get?What don’t you get?
What do you get?What do you get?
What words don’t youWhat words don’t you
understand?understand?
What other questions doWhat other questions do
you have?you have?
What do you wonderWhat do you wonder
about as you read?about as you read?

10. Why Ask Questions?
Asking questions helps keep youAsking questions helps keep you
focused on the text.focused on the text.
If your mind wanders, you will notIf your mind wanders, you will not
understand. Then you will be bored.understand. Then you will be bored.
If you run into problems, things youIf you run into problems, things you
just don’t understand, then you canjust don’t understand, then you can
check yourself with a question.check yourself with a question.

11. Determine Importance
Pick and choose which detailsPick and choose which details
are the most important toare the most important to
remember.remember.
•Think about what a teacherThink about what a teacher
might ask on a test.might ask on a test.
•Think about what the authorThink about what the author
hints might be important later on.hints might be important later on.

12. Why Determine Importance?
Anything you read contains a lot ofAnything you read contains a lot of
information. You cannot rememberinformation. You cannot remember
everything. By deciding what iseverything. By deciding what is
important, you don’t have toimportant, you don’t have to
remember everything. You canremember everything. You can
prioritize the information you needprioritize the information you need
in order to understand.in order to understand.

13. Infer and Predict
Good readers are likeGood readers are like
detectives.detectives.
They use clues to determineThey use clues to determine
what is happening in a story.what is happening in a story.
This is called INFERENCE!This is called INFERENCE!

14. Infer and Predict
Good readers also makeGood readers also make
educated guesses about whateducated guesses about what
may happen later in themay happen later in the
story.story.
They use the author’s hints toThey use the author’s hints to
PREDICT what will mostPREDICT what will most
likely occur.likely occur.

15. Infer and Predict
Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:
What isn’t stated that I haveWhat isn’t stated that I have
figured out?figured out?
What do I predict will happen?What do I predict will happen?
Why do I think so?Why do I think so?

16. Infer and Predict
REMEMBER:REMEMBER:
KNOWLEDGE + TEXT = INFERENCEKNOWLEDGE + TEXT = INFERENCE

17. Visualize
 Picture in your mind the images thePicture in your mind the images the
author creates with his/her words.author creates with his/her words.
 Pay close attention to sensory details.Pay close attention to sensory details.
For example, if you were there, whatFor example, if you were there, what
would you SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE,would you SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE,
TOUCH, FEEL?TOUCH, FEEL?

18. Why Visualize?
 If you don’t picture theIf you don’t picture the
events of the story, you willevents of the story, you will
get bored.get bored.
 The author’s job is to paintThe author’s job is to paint
pictures in the reader’s mind.pictures in the reader’s mind.
The reader’s job is to visualizeThe reader’s job is to visualize
what the author describes.what the author describes.
 Why not?Why not?

19. Synthesize
Synthesize is a fancy way of sayingSynthesize is a fancy way of saying
that you must bring everythingthat you must bring everything
together in the end. In other words,together in the end. In other words,
what is the meaning of what you arewhat is the meaning of what you are
reading?reading?

20. Synthesize
Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:
o What does it all mean?What does it all mean?
oWhat’s the big idea?What’s the big idea?
o Are there questions still leftAre there questions still left
unanswered?unanswered?
o What are the lessons I should learn?What are the lessons I should learn?
o What do I think about this book?What do I think about this book?

21. Use Fix Up Strategies
Make sure you are understandingMake sure you are understanding
what you are reading. When you runwhat you are reading. When you run
into trouble, (you just don’t get it), useinto trouble, (you just don’t get it), use
little correction strategies to help youlittle correction strategies to help you
figure out what went wrong. We callfigure out what went wrong. We call
these methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.these methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.

22. Use Fix Up Strategies
Here are some examples of Fix UpHere are some examples of Fix Up
Strategies:Strategies:
☻ Re-readRe-read
☻UnderlineUnderline
☻Use a DictionaryUse a Dictionary
☻Read AloudRead Aloud
☻Ask for HelpAsk for Help

23. Why Use Strategies?
Strategies create a plan of attack. Then
you can solve any reading problems
yourself.
Strategies help you learn HOW to
understand. If you know HOW to
understand, then you are more likely
TO understand.
Strategies help you realize HOW you
are thinking so that you can think more
deeply and more consciously.

24. Why Use Strategies?
REMEMBER:REMEMBER:
You may be using some or all ofYou may be using some or all of
these strategies already. You justthese strategies already. You just
may not know it. However, as youmay not know it. However, as you
learn to read more complicatedlearn to read more complicated
materials, you WILL NEED to usematerials, you WILL NEED to use
these strategies purposefully.these strategies purposefully.
SO PRACTICE!SO PRACTICE!

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