Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies:
Identify Writers Style (CCSS R4)
Find instances of figurative language and other literary devices to provide evidence of the
authors unique style.
Identify Symbolism (CCSS R4)
Record symbols from the text and explain their significance to the plot.
Synthesize Evidence (CCSS R3)
Use details and evidence from the text to identify characters personality traits or to make
inferences regarding the plot.
Make Predictions (CCSS R1)
Identify details from the chapter to predict what might happen next.
Ask Questions (CCSS R8)
Create five questions and answers about the chapter.

Identify with a Character (CCSS R6)

Attempt to understand the motives and feelings of a character. Explain your analysis.
Respond to Themes (CCSS R2)
Identify a theme. Make a real world application of the theme.
Make Connections (CCSS R7,9)
How does the novel connect to you, history, science, other literature, or the real world?
Make Connections (CCSS R7,9)
Analyze how a particular sentence, scene or chapter fits into the overall structure of the text
(exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) and contributes to the
development of the theme, setting, or plot.