SKILLS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL READER 

 Predicting
What is involved?
-Looking at the heading and layout of a text
-Using knowledge of the topic and text type to guess content of a text
-Look carefully at the instructions and the questions

 Skimming for main ideas

What is involved?
-reading a text quickly for main ideas
-to get general ideas

 Scanning
What is involved?
-reading a text quickly to locate information
-focus on information

 Intensive Reading
What is involved?
-Careful study of a text or part of the text
-Understand exactly wht the writer is saying
-read carefully to understand exactly what is being said

 Deducing the meaning of words

What is involved?
-Using context to guess unknown words
-Use your knowledge of the world to guess what the word means
-Deducing from context

 Understanding opinion and attitude

What is involved?
-Understanding what the writer is thinking or feeling, even when not directly shared

 Recognising text structure and cohesion

 What is involved?
-Understanding how texts are constructed, how ideas are linked together.