Indiana University
Iu: Providing Students With a Purpose for Reading
Discussion of providing students with a purpose for reading from a college class site entitled "Advanced Study of the Teaching of Secondary School Reading." Along with discussion and background on the topic, some specific strategies are...
Other
City College: Skills for Life: Reading for a Purpose
This resource offers 11 exercises with variety of everyday reading passages such as letters, recipes, classified ads, etc. Students read the passage and answer multiple choice questions about its purpose.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Reading Strategies: Tutorial
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review different types of reading strategies to promote comprehension of text. The strategies included are the following: making predictions, visualizing, questioning the text, retelling,...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Scanning for Specifics
Self-scoring interactive lesson for improving skills in scanning informational texts and charts for keywords and specific details.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Test Skill Builders for Reading: Making Judgments [Pdf]
Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...
English Zone
English Zone: American Presidents: Reading for a Specific Purpose
In this activity, information about American presidents is provided in chart format on the left and asks students to use the chart to answer the questions on the right. Note: the last president listed is George W. Bush. Java is required.
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Nsw Department of Education: Reading for a Purpose
Short discussion of teaching students the importance of why they are reading a particular text. Also provides some commentary from a teacher who used this method and an example of some questions students wanted to answer from a...