Strategic Reading
reading with purpose, thought, and critical thinking to actively understand.
Literal level of comprehension
what did the author say?
giving basic facts and details
Interpretive level of comprehension
what did the author mean?
makes guesses and draw conclusions
Applied level of comprehension
how does the article/text relate to other situations?
requires reaction, reflection and critical
thinking
Metacognition
thinking about thinking, awareness and understanding of one's
thinking processes
Schema
the framework of your understanding and what you already know
Stages of reading (what you do?)
before reading-preview
during reading-building meaning
after reading-recall and react
Thesis
the central message the author is saying, the main point
Supportive evidence/details
points that illuminate (prove and explain) the thesis such as;
facts, statistics and/or reasons
Purpose
reason for writing
Major purposes (reasons)
for writing
persuade
inform
entertain
Synthesis
bringing together all parts to figure out how
the parts fit together
Analysis
breaking up all the parts to figure out how the
parts fit together
Reflection
critically thinking and
contemplating what you learned
Context clues
hints (words around a word) provided in the text that suggest a
word's definition
Denotation
dictionary definition of word, literal meaning
Connotation
suggested meaning of a word that might arouse emotion or
association with the word
Structural Analysis
using word parts, prefixes, suffixes, root-word to determine meaning
Glossary
a list of specialized terms and their definitions usually at the
back of a book
Annotation
highlighting main ideas, significant supporting details, and key
terms, adding notes to the text
Summary Writing
writing a brief, concise statement of the main idea of a piece of
writing and significant supporting details
Point of view (bias)
an author's or reader's opinion or position on a subject
Tone
author's attitude towards topic