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READING INTERVENTION WEEK 4 (QUARTER 3)

Focus: Reading for Details
Reading for Details
Reading for details means reading to connect details in the text to the main ideas you've already identified.
The notetaking technique you choose to use should help you remember details.
In some rare situations it is enough to know the general idea of what you've read. In most situations, though,
you'll need to know more. You'll need to know the facts, names, or figures that support or explain the
generalization you've read or stated.
When you read, you look for the details after you've already identified the main ideas because you then have a
context for them, something you can relate to them so they have meaning.
Skimming
•Used to get the main ideas of a text quickly (the ‘gist’).
•Look for titles, headings and illustrations of interest.
Scanning
•Used to locate information quickly.
•It is utilized when you want information about a specific topic.
•Know the key words you are looking for.
Reading for Detail
•Sometimes you need to read every word to find the information in the text.

ACTIVITY: Read the passage, then encircle the answers to the questions provided below.
ITEMS 1-3

1. What is this whole story mostly about?

a. Alex takes a train ride. b. Alex rides the elevator c. Alex and his grandpa’s windows.
2. Which of these is a small piece of information from the story that makes the story more
interesting?
a. Grandpa’s apartment is on the 18th floor.
b. The train station is a busy place.
c. There is an elevator in Alex’s grandpa’s building.
3. What is not included in the view of Grandpa’s Window?
a. train station b. park c. grocery store

ITEMS 4-5
 4. When did the Roman Empire exist?
a. 8th century BC to the 5th century BC c. 7th century BC to the 5th century BC
b. 8th century BC to the 5th century AD c. 9th century BC to the 7th century AD

5. What were the Romans NOT known for?

a. military prowess c. agriculture
b. impressive architecture d. advances in engineering and law

ITEMS 6-8
Going On a Picnic
Savannah and Charlotte worked real hard all summer to prepare for the end of summer.
picnic. Savannah grew tomatoes and green peppers in her garden. Charlotte lives on a farm.
and since the spring has been growing corn, lettuce, and grapes.
A week before the picnic both girls harvested and packed their produce. They decided that all
of their hard work deserved a reward. They charged others for their produce. Savannah charged one
dollar for one tomato or green pepper. Charlotte charged one dollar for a head of lettuce, fifty cents
for an ear of corn, and five cents for a grape.
6. Savannah grew ________ for the end of summer picnic.
a. tomatoes b. corn c. lettuce d. apples
7. Charlotte grew ________ for the end of summer picnic.
a. tomatoes b. corn c. lettuce d. both b & c
8. Where does Charlotte live?
a. Mattydale b. on a farm c. in the circus d. on a boat

ITEMS 9-10
The Big Run
Mary likes to run. Ever since she was in third grade, she has been training to run long
distances. Now that she was in eighth grade, her parents agreed to let her run in the Banana
Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten-kilometer race. It takes place every year in Mattydale. The
winners get a lifetime supply of peanuts and fruit juice from Paul's Peanut Stand. Mary practiced by
running ten kilometers, twice per day. On the average run, she would finish in thirty minutes. Last
year's winner finished the race in twenty-six minutes and ten seconds.
On the day of the race, Mary ran faster than she ever had in the past. As she came across
the last kilometer of the race, she was in fourth place. She picked up the pace and quickly reached
second place, just as she could see the finish line. She ran fast as should in a mad dash to the
finish line, but she just wasn't fast enough to get ahead of the leader.

9. About how many years have passed since Mary began training for long runs and when she
ran in the Banana Classic?
a. one year b. three years c. five years d. eight years

10. How long of a run is the Banana Classic?

a. one kilometer b. five kilometers c. seven kilometers d. ten kilometers

KEY TO CORRECTION
1. C 7. D
2. A 8. D
3 C 9. C
4. A 10. D
5C
6. A