The document provides strategies for becoming an active reader. It recommends predicting what will happen based on clues from the title, cover or back of the book. Readers should also visualize the people, places and events by picturing them in their mind. The document encourages connecting what is read to either other texts, one's own life experiences, or events in the wider world. It advises asking questions about what is happening in the story and clarifying any unclear parts by reviewing, summarizing or using outside sources. Finally, the document suggests evaluating what was read by considering thoughts on the characters and whether anything about the ending or work in general could be changed.

1. Becoming an Active Reader by Mrs. Sample

2. Reading is Fun! Reading is one of the most fascinating forms of entertainment. People used to rely on reading for entertainment. Everyone can read well. Be positive about reading.

3. Reading Strategies Predict Visualize Connect Question Clarify Evaluate

4. Predict Look at the cover. Study the title. What does the back of the book say?

6. Visualize Can you picture in your mind the people, places, and events that are happening when you read? Try it!

7. Try This!

8. Close your eyes.

9. We tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against the Camaro. Rain lashed the wind-shield. I didn’t know how my mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas. Every time there was a flash of lightning, I looked at Grover sitting next to me in the backseat and I wondered if I’d gone insane, or if he was wearing some kind of shag-carpet pants. - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

10. Connect Have you ever read something that you personally know about? Let me tell you a story: Harry Potter

11. Three Types of Connections Text to text Text to self Text to world Internal vs. External

12. Question Ask questions about what is happening in the story. What happened? Why? How do the people involved feel about the events?

13. Clarify Reviewing is a part of life. You must review. Summarize the story and main idea. Make inferences. Draw conclusions Reread the parts that are not clear. Use outside sources.

14. Evaluate What do you think about what you’ve read? Did you like the characters? What would you change about the ending or the literature in general?

15. The End!