Reading Process
ONE Pre-reading:
Readers set a purpose for reading.
Readers use knowledge about the topic and reading strategies.
Readers' expectations are cued by previous experiences, format of the text, purposes, and audience for reading.
Readers monitor the reading strategies they use as appropriate for the kind of text.
Readers make predictions.
TWO Reading
Readers create meaning.
Readers use comprehension strategies to understand text they read.
THREE Responding
Readers interpret reading.
Readers clarify misunderstandings by rereading, reflecting and revising meaning.
Readers expand ideas.
FOUR Exploring
Readers examine the impact of words and literary language.
Readers explore structural elements.
FIVE Applying
Readers make connections to life and literature.
Readers reflect on the reading process.
Readers feel success.
