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A guided program through six reading practices, from finding the main idea to developing an interpretation.
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Your path
Read the method, then put it to work.
Find the main idea
Identify the central idea before looking closely at the details.
Method and practice
Read the passage for its overall point. Answer the main-idea question, then return to the text to check your choice.
PracticeReflection (optional)
Which detail helped you see the main idea?Find a comfortable pace
Find a reading pace that lets you follow the ideas.
Method and practice
Follow the highlighted phrases with the full passage in view. Pause, adjust the pace, or move phrase by phrase, then answer the meaning questions.
PracticeReflection (optional)
When did you choose to pause or change your pace?Support your reading with evidence
Ground your answers in words from the passage.
Method and practice
Read the passage and answer each question. Choose the paragraph that supports your answer, then review the explanation.
PracticeReflection (optional)
Which words in the passage made you keep or change an answer?Recall the important ideas
Put the important ideas into your own words.
Method and practice
Read the passage, hide it, and write what you remember. Reopen the text, compare the ideas, and revise your response.
PracticeReflection (optional)
Which idea did you add or change after rereading?Compare perspectives
Distinguish what two accounts share and where they differ.
Method and practice
Read both texts and answer the comparison questions. Revisit the accounts before reflecting on what they support together.
PracticeReflection (optional)
What does one account reveal that the other leaves out?Develop your interpretation
Explore an interpretation and the details that support it.
Method and practice
Read the story and consider its reflection questions. Use details from the text to develop your response and consider another perspective.
PracticeReflection (optional)
Which detail made you reconsider your first interpretation?