‘THINK ABOUT IT’  READING STRATEGIES – Investigative Reading Strategies

Readers take on the role of reviewer and connector. They use reasoning and background knowledge to:

• Form judgements about the text, its construction, purpose and content
• Explore ideas about fact and opinion
• Understand the meaning of a word within a given context
• Draw inferences from a passage about its contents
• Ability to recognize literary devices
• Link up ideas within a text enabling readers to get meaning from passages and entire texts