2nd and 3rd FORMS - Strategies to read and write

STRATEGY	EXPLANATION
1. Having a purpose	It is important for students to have a clear purpose and to know what they want to gain from the text
2. Previewing	Conducting a quick survey of the text to identify the topic, the main idea, and the organization of the text
3. Skimming	Looking quickly through a text to get a general idea of what it is about
4. Scanning	Looking quickly through a text to locate specific information
5. Clustering	Reading clusters of words as a unit
6. Avoiding bad habits	Avoiding habits such as reading word-by-word
7. Predicting	Anticipating what is to come
8. Reading actively	Asking questions and then reading for answers
9. Inferring	Identifying ideas that are not explicitly stated
10. Identifying genres	Identifying the overall organizational pattern of a text
11. Identifying paragraph structure	Identifying the organizational structure of a paragraph (for example, whether it follows an inductive or deductive pattern)
12. Identifying sentence structure	Identifying the subject and main verb in complex sentences
13. Noticing cohesive devices	Assigning correct referents to proforms and identifying the function of conjunctions
14. Inferring unknown vocabulary	Using context as well as parts of words (prefixes, suffixes, and stems) to work out the meaning of unknown words
15. Identifying figurative language	Understanding the use of figurative language and metaphors
16. Using background knowledge	Using what one already knows to understand new ideas
17. Evaluating	Reading critically and assessing the true value of textual information
18. Integrating information	Tracking ideas that are developed across the text through techniques such as highlighting and note-taking
19. Reviewing	Looking back over a text and summarizing it
20. Reading to present	Understanding the text fully and then presenting it to others