6 Traits of Effective Readers: Reading the Lines

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Reading the lines:

1.  Decoding Conventions:  Genre, Mode, Organizational Patterns, Text Conventions "Landmarks"
 

Information Text                                                  Literary Text

 

Genre Conventions:                                          Genre Conventions:

                Nonfiction                                             poetry, drama, fiction,

 

Modes:                                                                  Modes:

newspapers, magazines                         narratives, autobiographical

                textbooks, brochures,                            persuasive, ironic, etc.

                instructions, essays,

                biography, autobiography

 

Patterns:                                                               Patterns:

                cause/effect, comparison                       foreshadowing, flash back

                sequential (chronological),                     point of view (1st, 3rd),

                spatial, etc.                                           figurative language, etc.

 

"Landmarks":

Organizational Conventions:                           Organizational Conventions:

                framework                                             author, title, characters,

                features of text                                       theme, conflict, resolution

 

Writing Conventions/Landmarks:                    Writing Conventions/Landmarks:

grammar, punctuation                            grammar, punctuation

word recognition,                                   word recognition,

sentence structure                                  sentence structure

 

Decoding Strategies

2.  Comprehension:  Understanding what you read
 
Informational text :                   Literary Text:

Identify & explain key                                   “Squeeze” out meaning

vocabulary

 

Main idea, key points                                       Plot, characters, setting,      

          supporting details,                                  plot line, main themes

          facts, credible sources

 

Significant Vs. supporting                             Significant Vs. supporting

          details                                                         details and events for

                                                                                 plot, characters, main

                                                                               ideas, main themes

 

Summarize purpose                                                     Summarize purpose

Comprehension Strategies

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