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SUMMARISING
The ability to summarise while reading is only possible if the reader learns to focus on the essence and decide which information is of importance. The reader who summarises while reading builds in short periods of rest in order to digest what has been read, select what is necessary in order to understand the text and can recount the essence in his or her own words.
MAKING PREDICTIONS
Experienced readers who are consciously engaged in the text learn from experience to use their pre-knowledge, as well as possible textual clues, in order to anticipate the context of the text while reading or even before reading it. Prior knowledge includes:
vocabulary and language associated with a speci ed topic or concept knowledge of text organisation and structure
possible knowledge of the author’s style
or any other connections which could assist in making sensible predictions.
Young, developing readers have to be taught to spot the more subtle clues within the text and to combine these with their own background knowledge in order to make meaningful predictions.
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SERIES C
THE STORIES OF THE LARGE ANIMALS
