Skills and
Strategies to Help
You Read Fiction
What is Fiction
• Made up stories that are
productions of the imagination
• Types of Fiction:
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Myths
Folk tales
Short stories
Novels
Plays
What is comprehension
• Have you ever finished reading
something, only to realize you can’t
say much about it?
• You read the words, but you didn’t
really get any meaning.
• Comprehensions means
understanding
Before Reading: Preview
the story and set a purpose
for reading
• Look at the titles and
picture
• Skim through and read a
few words on each page
The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
pg657
• Preview the story by looking at:
• The title
• Pictures
• Scan a few of the words on each page
• Discuss with group what you think
the story will be about
During Reading: Connect
• Do the characters share
thoughts or experiences that
you have read?
• Does the story remind you of an
event or a person you’ve hear
or read about?
Connect: The Sneetches by Dr.
Seuss pg 657
But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches
Would brag, “We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.”
With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort
“We’ll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!”
And, whenever they met some, when they were out walking,
They’d hike right on past them without even talking.
When the Star-Belly children went out to play ball,
Could a Plain Belly get in the game? Not at all.
You only could play if your bellies had stars
And the Plain-Belly children had none upon thars.
Connect:
• Have you ever felt left out for any
reason?
• Have your read about another
character who went through this
same problem?
During Reading: Question
• Ask questions as the story unfolds.
• The events characters and ideas in
the story should make sense to you.
I wonder when the
character will tell the
truth.
Question: The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
When the Star Belly
And that’s how they
Sneetches had frankfurter treated them year after
roasts
year.
Or picnics or parties or
Then ONE day, it seems
marshmallow toasts,
while the Plain-Belly
Sneetches
They never invited the
Plain-Belly Sneetches
Were moping and doping
They left them out cold, in alone on the beaches,
the dark of the beaches. Just sitting there wishing
their bellies had stars,
They kept them away.
Never let them come near. A stranger zipped up in the
strangest of cars!
Question:
• I wonder….
• What going to happen to…
During Reading Predict:
• As you become more involved in the
story, try to predict what happen next In
the story.
• Look for clues that hint at events to
come
Predict: The Sneetches by
Dr. Seuss
• Read the next 4 paragraphs
• Predict what you think is going to
happen in the story.
• Explain your answer
During Reading:
Visualize
• As you read about a character, place
or event pay attention to the
descriptive details.
• Try to imagine how something might
look, sound, feels, taste or smell.
• Can you picture the setting in your
mind?
Visualize: The Sneetches
by Dr. Seuss
• Read the rest of the story
• As you read turn the story into a
movie in your mind.
• Create a picture with the words you
read.
After Reading: Clarify
• Reread when necessary to make
sure you understood what you’ve
read or to answer any questions
you still might have about the
characters.
After Reading: Evaluate and
Summarize
Think about the characters and
their actions
Do they seem realistic?
Summarize the text. Give the
main idea or basic plot