"I don't believe in prom."

"He actually didn't look like the guy on M*A*S*H at all."

The children DID NOT RECOMMEND Biology, Chemistry, or Physics to their friends.

To relate what you have read to something already know.

It helps students learn to determine essential ideas and consolidate important details that support them.
Choices: Main idea, details, facts, opinions, quotes, irrelevant detail

"...an old guy living in a broken-down house in Hot Coffee, Mississippi, taught Margo how to play the guitar."

"Margo Roth Spiegelman, whose stories of epic adventures would blow through school like a summer storm"

The E.O. Smith students SPEAK well of C.A.R.

To wonder what happens next.

not relating to the subject
Choices: Main idea, details, facts, opinions, quotes, irrelevant detail

"I thought of everything I knew about: Jase was Margo Roth Spiegelman's first and only serious boyfriend. They began dating at the tail end of last year. They were both going to University of Florida next year."

"I will head straight for the hallowed halls of Winter Park High School, where a day has been known to last a thousand years."

The young adults SPOKE FAVORABLY of Content Area Reading.

Who, what, when, where, why... you use this strategy to give you a purpose while reading.

help to tell a story and enhance the credibility of a press release, news story or speech. Words that are crafted well can leave a lasting impact on the world.
Choices: Main idea, details, facts, opinions, quotes, irrelevant detail

"I head Radar say 'the world's largest collection of black Santas' perhaps a thousand times in my life, and it never became any less funny to me. But he wasn't kidding."

"The Peppermint [smell] bit my nose"

The E.O. Smith students PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR C.A.R.

To research a topic or a question relating the text in an outside source.

supporting facts, details, and examples.
Choices: Main idea, details, facts, opinions, quotes, irrelevant detail

"I didn't even have to think about it for a full second before I nodded, scrambled up onto the back bumper, and then leaned over, quickly spraying a gigantic M all across the roof."

"As if handling a priceless gem, the Keeper handed the feather carefully to Cole."

The TEENAGERS VOUCH FOR the C.A.R. class.

To make educated an educated guess based on information in the text.

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
Choices: Main idea, details, facts, opinions, quotes, irrelevant detail