RECIPROCAL READING

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RECIPROCAL READING
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PREDICTING

• What do you think the text is going to be about?
• Look for clues, such as headings, diagrams,
  pictures and words in bold type.

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READING SILENTLY

• Could everyone please read to the end of
• (this paragraph, this section of text)?

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CLARIFYING

• Are there any words that you would like clarified
  or explained?

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READING ALOUD
Would anyone like to read aloud?
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QUESTIONING

• Are there any questions that you would like to
  ask about what we have just read?

Remember that the answers can be HERE, HIDDEN or
in my HEAD.
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SUMMARISING
(Briefly) summarise the passage.
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UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READ.
Where do I find the answer to the question?
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HERE
Is it HERE in one sentence in the text?
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HIDDEN
Is it found by joining together information from
two or more places in the text, or from
information in the text and what I already know?
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HEAD
Is the answer in my background knowledge what I
already know?
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The Titanic sank in 1912.
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A Here question is .
In which year did the Titanic sink?
The answer is 1912, which can be found by simply
reading the sentence.
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A Hidden question is .
What was the Titanic?
Even though we are not directly told, the word
sink tells us that it was a ship.
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A Head question is .
Why did the Titanic sink?
The sentence doesnt tell us, but we can use our
prior knowledge to tell us that it struck an
iceberg.
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This is called the 3H strategy for finding
answers to questions about text.
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BY THE WAY .
These are two of the last photos ever taken of
the Titanic before it left Queenstown in Ireland
on its maiden voyage.
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We can remember these three levels by
thinking Reading on the lines Reading between
the lines Reading beyond the lines