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1. Develop reading strategies before, during, and after reading
Set a Purpose, Read with a Purpose, Pause and Reflect

2. Develop reading strategies for Comprehension
Learn Vocabulary, Visualize, Ask Questions, Make Connections,
Make Predictions, Summarize, Give Opinion

3. Determine the main purpose of a text
To persuade, describe, inform, compare, explain, create interest,
amuse, inspire, display information

4. Determine the main idea of a text

5. Determine how a paragraph is organized
Cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological or time order,
geographic or spatial order, comparison and contrast, order of 
importance, process order, question and answer

6. Learn the elements of literature
Setting, plot, characters, point of view, conflict, theme, tone and
mood, dialogue, symbolism, foreshadowing, irony

7. Learn the kinds of literature in the oral tradition
Folktale, legend, myth, fable

8. Practice reading many kinds of texts
Article, story, chapter of a novel, passage from a non-fiction book,
weather page from a newspaper, map, brochure, set of instructions,
news article, travel guide, pamphlet, chart, graph, diagram, website,
package labeling, directory

9. Become familiar with reference sources
Dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, internet sites,
Dewey Decimal System

10. Learn terms
Venn diagram, sequence of events, memo, journal, memoirs, formal
letter, graphic organizers

11. Practice fluency using Great Leaps or similar program

12. Learn elements of textbooks
Headings, subheadings, captions, maps, timelines, Table of Contents,
glossary, index, appendix

13. Learn to analyze a text and to evaluate informational text. 

14. Practice reading non-fiction texts such as Reading A-Z booklets

15. Read drama

16. Read poetry and learn the elements of poetry and figurative language
Alliteration, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification,
rhythm, rhyme, stanza, allusion, repetition

17. Practice the skills for taking tests
English, Writing, Standardized, History, Math, Science