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Reading Strategies
Skimming
Reading the text quickly to get the gist of what it is about
Reading the text quickly to get the gist of what it is about
Scanning
Looking at the text to kind keywords
Looking at the text to kind keywords
Close reading
Reading each word of the text
Reading each word of the text
Predicting
Based on what has already happened, making assumptions about what will happen next
Based on what has already happened, making assumptions about what will happen next
Retrospection
Looking back at what has already happened
Looking back at what has already happened
Looking for evidence
To back up your ideas about a text
To back up your ideas about a text
Inferring
Interpretation which goes beyond the literal
Interpretation which goes beyond the literal
Deduction
Understanding based on the evidence in the text
Understanding based on the evidence in the text
Visualising
Making mental pictures of what happens and the characters
Making mental pictures of what happens and the characters
Empathising
Putting yourself into the shoes of a character and understanding them
Putting yourself into the shoes of a character and understanding them
Asking questions of a text
Page Last Updated: 22 October 2003
