The document provides guidance for effectively reading texts by suggesting strategies to use before, during, and after reading. It recommends making predictions about the text before reading based on visual clues and one's purpose. While reading, it advises regularly checking predictions against the actual text and discussing comprehension with a partner. It also offers questions to consider about characters, setting, understanding, and unknown words or sentences. Finally, it prompts imagining how a character might feel at different points in the story based on what is happening.

1. Before reading:
Look at the title, blurb and
pictures.
What type of text is it?
What is the author’s purpose for
writing the text?
Predict what might happen in the
text.
Predict words and phrases you
might find in the text.
Predict questions it might answer.

2. While reading the text:
Stop and review your
predictions.
Do you need to change
them?
Tell a partner what has
happened so far.
Tell a partner what you
think might happen next.

3. Questions to ask when reading a text:
What have I learnt about the
characters?
What have I learnt about the setting?
Have I understood what is happening?
Do I need to re-read?
Are there any words I don’t
understand?
Are there any sentences I don’t
understand?
Why did the characters do what they
did?

4. Imagine you are a character in
the text:
How do you feel at
different times in the story?
Why do you feel that way?
(Think about what is
happening in the story that
might make you feel like
that.)