Reading a passage quickly to grasp the main idea

Reading a passage quickly to find specific information

Making guesses about the meaning of words by looking at the surrounding words or situation.

Fill-in-the-blank exercise, in which some words are omitted, designed to measure how well the reader understands how a text is linked together.

The ability to say or write ideas in other words; measures the reader's understanding of the main ideas of a text.

Note-taking technique designed to help the reader see the overall organisation of a text.

stories separated into parts and jumbled; students read the stories and put them back in order

Moving information from one source to another e.g. reading an explanation then completing a diagram with key words from the explanation.

using clues from the story to figure out something that the author doesn't tell you. You use them to figure out what the author wants to communicate. Combined with your prior knowledge, author's suggestions, clues, facts, language and tone.

Reading longer pieces of text without pausing and worrying too much about details, usually for pleasure.

learners read text in detail with specific learning aims and tasks

Finishing a reading passage (orally or in writing); involves predicting a logical and suitable conclusion based on a thorough understanding of the text.

Each group is assigned part of a reading passage which further requires them to work with other students to combine their respective parts to make sense of the whole reading passage.