Final Post

Strategy 1-predicting: Throughout this novel many would expect a different outcome in the end. My classmates and I had discussions of what we thought would happen in the novel. This would help us understand what really happened in the novel. After figuring out the answer to a certain mystery, we’d think “Oh, so that was what they were doing” or “That person did know.” It would make us understand more because it would be clear what we were reading because we cared to make the prediction and we wanted to know what would happen.
Strategy 2-questioning: Before predicting we’d question what was going to happen, or what choice a certain character was going to make. When we question, we usually make sure we find the answer to our question. So, once we did in the book we’d understand it more because we’d discuss that certain part a lot because we had a question about it.
Strategy 3-visualizing: Most people visualize the characters and objects in a book that they read. As I did this it helped me understand what was going on and who was doing what, and where people were instead of just reading what people said and hearing their voices.
Strategy 4- summarizing: I usually summarize what has happened in a book up to the point that I’ve read after reading a few chapters. This helps me keep track of the characters and not get confused with who said what, or forget what happened.
Strategy 5-reflecting: Reflecting helps me develop more of my created opinions created while reading the book so I can decide whether I like certain characters (if I hadn’t already decided so), and also change past opinions after discussing the novel with classmates.