Treaty of Versailles Reading Strategies Model

Reading Strategies Lesson

Here are the 4 Reading Strategies we practiced today in CWI and the model we did in class together.

• Annotating- Taking notes in the margins (or on a separate paper) to summarize a difficult section of reading so its easier to remember later.
• Use this strategy when you really need to know and remember the details of a reading, for example when you will have to use that information later on a test, essay or assignment.

• Slow Down and Reread-  Going over a difficult section more than once, slowly to get all the ideas.
• Use this strategy when you come to a section that uses complex grammar or advanced vocabulary or one that presents a large number of ideas in a short space.

• Numbering Lists-  Putting numbers to long lists to help identify them in a reading as a set to be taken together.
• Use this strategy any time you come across a list of items.

• Connecting to Prior Knowledge-  Making a link to something you already know so its easier to remember and makes more sense with more information.
• Use this strategy especially with primary source documents and novels.  Information may have a different meaning when considered with some background.