CONNECTING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY

PREDICTING - Readers may make predictions about what is going to happen next, or what ideas
or evidence the author will present to support an argument.

RETELLING - It is a strategy of readers to pull together or synthesize information in a text so as to

explain in their own words what the text is about.

OUTLINING - It allows the reader or the writer to understand how he or she will connect the
information.
As you can see in the outline above (slide), the writer chose to separate the outline by topics, but
could have utilized a different structure, organizing the outline by separate paragraphs, indicating
what each paragraph will do or say.
The 1st example outline above illustrates the structure of an outline, but it’s not clearly expressed.
Your outline should be as specific as possible.
Outlines can look quite different. You might use Roman numerals to indicate the main point or
function of that section, and then letters to indicate separate sub-points, and then even bullet
points or numbers to indicate specific information, like using certain quotes, sources, evidence, or
examples, just like the example 2.

DETERMINING THE IMPORTANCE - This strategy enables students to distinguish between the
most and least important information presented in textbooks.

VISUALIZING - In other words, according to Into the Book (2015), visualizing is when students
create a movie in their mind as they read.

INFERRING - A conclusion that has been reached by way of evidence and reasoning. Writers
often tell you more than they say directly. They give you hints or clues that help you “read between
the lines”. Using these clues to give you a deeper understanding of your reading is called inferring.

PARAPHRASING – To include ideas or information from an original source in your paper by

rephrasing those ideas or information in your own words.

QUESTIONING - It helps the reader to clarify and comprehend what he or she is reading.

SYNTHESIZING – the process of pulling together background knowledge, newly learned ideas,
connections, inferences, and summaries into a complete and original understanding of the text.