Unit 3

Survivors!

Reader's Notebook

Reading Strategies

You have been practising using the ask questions, pause and check, summarize reading strategy.


  • Think about this strategy.
    • How has it helped you read and understand the selections in this unit?
    • How does asking yourself questions before you start to read help you focus on the words in the selection?
    • How does pausing to think about what you have read so far help you understand what the author is saying?
    • What does summarizing make you think about?

  • Write your answer to the question (How has it helped you read and understand the selections in the unit?) in your Reader’s Notebook: Reading Strategies.




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  1. Download the document Reader's Notebook: Reading Strategies.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:

The last part of the strategy is summarize. You have had lots of practise summarizing.


Here’s an important question about it: What is important to remember when you are summarizing?

  • Write an answer to that question (What is important to remember when summarizing?) in your Reader's Notebook: Reading Strategies and save it.

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How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Reading Strategies file in this format: jsmith_readingstrategies and save the file to your Documents folder
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.