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Strategies for Effective Reading - Before You Read ??right01?????Before you begin to read, you need to gear yourself up. You need to get motivated. Make yourself want to read the assignment. There are several ways to do this.?2?????First, anticipate what you are about to read. Read the title. Then, begin making predictions about the article. Activate the knowledge you already have about the subject.?3?????For example, let's say you are reading about how crayons are made. You have used crayons before. You know that they are made of wax. So you predict that the process has something to do with melting wax. You also know that crayons come in different colors. You can predict that during the process, color is somehow added to the wax. You can make more predictions based on how much you already know about crayons. Write these predictions down.?4?????Another way to activate your knowledge is to make a KWL chart. This is a three column chart on a piece of paper. The "K" stands for what you already KNOW. Write your statements down in the "K" column. Now you will be motivated to read the passage to find out more information about this topic.?5?????Another strategy for getting geared up to read is questioning. Questioning is sort of the opposite of anticipating. Questioning focuses on what you don't know about the subject, but would like to learn.?6?????If you are reading about types of precipitation, you might have questions. For example, you might want to know the difference between freezing rain and sleet. You might be curious about how snowflakes are formed.?7?????You can write your questions down on the KWL chart. They will go in the second column under the "W." "W" stands for "WANT to learn." In other words, what do you want to learn about the subject? You will be motivated to read on to find the answers to your questions. (The "L" is a during-reading strategy to be dealt with in another article.)?8?????Connecting to the text is another strategy for motivation. There are several ways to connect to the text. They all involve getting in touch with what you already know about the topic.?9?????Let's say you are going to read Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." First, try to connect this topic to your life. Have you ever been in the woods while it was snowing? If so, close your eyes and try to remember what is was like. Use your senses to "feel" yourself there.?10?????If you've never actually been in the snowy woods, perhaps you've experienced it another way. Have you read about it before? Have you seen a movie scene where the characters were in the woods when it was snowing? What were they doing? How were they feeling? Try to recall the scenes in your mind to help you connect to what you are about to read.?11?????Does the title remind you of something that has happened recently in the real world? Perhaps you saw an avalanche on the news. Maybe you read an article in the newspaper about the rescue of a skier or other winter sportsman. Connecting the poem to what you already know about being in the snowy woods will make you more curious. You will want to read the poem to find out what happened to the character while he was in the woods.?12?????These strategies all rely on your prior knowledge. But what if you have absolutely no clue about the topic? You must build some ideas from scratch. One way to do this is to view a short video about the subject. The Internet is a great source for these. Another solution is to ask your librarian for a book or an article on the subject written at a lower reading level. Reading a kids' book or article will help give you some basic knowledge without having to deal with difficult vocabulary.?13?????Using these pre-reading strategies will help you to activate and organize what you already know about a topic. They will help give you a purpose for reading. They will gear you up to read on and find out more about the topic.Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: Strategies for Effective Reading - Before You Read1.??Before reading, you should make predictions based on:??Information in kids' books??Questions you have about the topic??Knowledge you already have about the topic2.??What information should you write in the "K" column of a KWL chart?3.??What does the "W" stand for on a KWL chart???What you have learned??What you want to know??What you already know4.??Name three ways you can connect to the text.5.??If you have no prior knowledge about a topic, you can:??Connect to the text??Use a KWL chart??Read a kids' book on the subject6.??Why should you use pre-reading strategies??Strategies for Effective Reading - Before You Read - Answer Key1????Knowledge you already have about the topic2??anything you already know about the topic3????What you want to know4??relate it to your life, to something you read or saw in a movie, to something in the real world5????Read a kids' book on the subject6??to get you motivated to read the text ................
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