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English as a Second Language
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Remember to...make connections: Think "What does the text remind you of?". T-S(text to self) T-T(text to text) T-W(text to world)visualize: Create pictures and images in your mind. infer: Look for hints the author has left about the text. question: Ask questions about the text. determine importance: Think of your purpose for reading, "What are you trying to find out?" Read for key information. analysis: Look closely at the text, "How is it written? What is it about?" synthesize: Build new ideas. Think of what you already knew and how this knowledge fits with what you have just read. predic: Ask, "What will the text be about?" confirm: Ask, "Does this match my predictions?" monitor: Think, "How is my reading? Is the text too difficult?" self-correct: Use a fix-up strategy when you get stuck (reread, read on, ask for help, use contect clues). word solve: Use variety of strategies to figure out unfamiliar words (look for smaller words in the word, common rimes, consider word meanings). sample/gather: Pay attention to parts of the text that are helpful. Maintain fluency: Read smoothly with expression. Remember to follow the punctuation cues.
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