7th Grade Reading - Identify Reading Strategies

Make Connections

Make connections between the text, graphic representation of textual concepts, and other situations

Apply Genre Criteria

Determine the characteristics of types of literature (i.e., poetry, prose, and drama)

Quilting Literature - lesson plan (How to change from one genre to another using quilts)

What? You Want Me To Read and Enjoy It? (lesson plan) - Enhance the students knowledge of authors, genre and enjoyment that independent reading can provide. Promote a lifetime interest in reading.

The Other Tall Tales - lesson plan (uses "other" tall tales found online to teach several reading skills)

Utilize Structure

Vocabulary Strategies

Derive word meaning using structural or context clues as the word is used in a sentence

Once Upon A Time.... (lesson plan) - The student will able to use context clues to determine what came before, and after.

Self Monitor

Check understanding of a selection while reading by questioning, predicting, clarifying, etc.

Summarize

Construct a brief statement that contains the main idea of a passage using own words

Synthesize Across Text

Graphic Strategies

Formulate Questions

Engage in a thinking process while reading in an effort to understand characters and events
Recognize a question that could be asked to find out more about the topic