KEY WORD STRATEGY

A READING STRATEGY A READING STRATEGY THAT WORKSTHAT WORKS

WHAT IS THE KEY WORD STRATEGY?

• The process of The process of reading a reading a paragraph and paragraph and then going back then going back and highlighting and highlighting the main points of the main points of the paragraph.the paragraph.

WHY WASTE YOUR TIME?• ALLOWS YOU NOT ALLOWS YOU NOT

TO GO BACK AND TO GO BACK AND HAVE TO RE-READ HAVE TO RE-READ THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE PASSAGE.PASSAGE.

• HELPS KEEP THE HELPS KEEP THE MESSAGE IN YOUR MESSAGE IN YOUR HEAD LONGERHEAD LONGER

• HELPS YOU HELPS YOU REMEMBER DETAILS REMEMBER DETAILS IN THE PASSAGEIN THE PASSAGE

AND ……..• If done correctly, If done correctly,

you will be able to you will be able to find the answers find the answers and the clues and the clues given in the given in the passage when passage when answering answering questionsquestions..

How To Do the Process• After setting up your After setting up your passage and questions, passage and questions, begin reading the begin reading the passage.passage.

• At the end of each At the end of each paragraph, stop, and go paragraph, stop, and go back and highlight the back and highlight the important words. important words.

• Read your highlighted Read your highlighted words to see if it is words to see if it is making sense.making sense.

• Be careful not to over Be careful not to over highlight passagehighlight passage..

Example

• p. 58 Literature Bookp. 58 Literature Book• Gary Paulsen is a highly Gary Paulsen is a highly acclaimed writer of novels, acclaimed writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction short stories, and non-fiction books for young people. In many books for young people. In many of his works, the teenage of his works, the teenage characters have parents who are characters have parents who are less than perfect. These less than perfect. These troubled young people often find troubled young people often find self-awareness through self-awareness through challenging tests of survival.challenging tests of survival.

Key Word applied to example

• p. 58 Literature Bookp. 58 Literature Book• Gary PaulsenGary Paulsen is a highly acclaimed is a highly acclaimed

writerwriter of novels, short stories, and non- of novels, short stories, and non-fiction books fiction books forfor young young people. people. InIn many many of his of his worksworks, the teenage characters , the teenage characters have have parentsparents who are who are lessless than than perfect.perfect. These These troubled youngtroubled young people often people often find find self-awarenessself-awareness throughthrough challenging challenging teststests of survival of survival..

ONCE YOU GET THE HANG OF IT,

YOU WILL BE ON YOUR WAY TO….

SUCCESS