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Reading Strategies and

Skills
Unit 5 Week 3
Comprehension Strategy:
Reread
- When you read expository text, you may
come across explanations of unfamiliar
scientific processes. You can reread to clarify
the steps in a process to understand the
relationship among ideas or steps.
- When a text is dense with complex
information or it is difficult to read, stop and
think about what you have read. Reread to
check you understanding. You can reread
more than one time if needed. Scientific text
is often complicated. You should adjust your
reading rate as you reread to give yourself

Genre: Expository Text

The following are key characteristics of
expository text:
-It explains a topic. It may explain a
scientific process that developed over
time.
-It presents factual details. it often
includes headings, photographs,
diagrams, or maps.
-Diagrams illustrate concepts
described in the text.
-Maps can show a visual
representation of ideas in the text
that relate to geography.

Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues
- Context clues can help readers figure

out the meaning of an unfamiliar word or

a word with multiple meanings. One
type of context clues suggests a
relationship that shows cause and effect.
-You need to look for signal words such
as: because, as a result, since, when,
consequently, and therefore.
-Some cause and effect relationships are
not indicated by signal words. In those
cases, you should look for context clues
that address why an action occurred to
find causes.
-For extra practice, refer to Practice

Comprehension Skill: Cause and

Effect
-Expository text can use cause-and-effect, authors

arrange ideas by presenting a cause, or reason, that

something happens and then connecting that cause
to an effect, what happens as a result.
-You should look for an event or action that makes
something else happen. Look for what happens
because of the event or action. Cause and effects
frequently are important parts of expository text that
describe a scientific process.
Authors may use signal words such as: because, due
to, so, and as a result.
-For extra practice, refer to Practice Workbook pages

Vocabulary Menu Homework

industrial inefficient manipulation
modification mutated
nutrients
sparse
surplus
To get an A, complete 3 of the following,
To get a B, complete 2 of the following;
To get a C, complete 1 of the following;
To get a F, complete 0 of the following
1. Write a sentence using each of the
vocabulary words.
2. Make a word search puzzle using all of
the vocabulary words (list the words at
the bottom).
3. Define all the words.
4. Make a crossword puzzle using all of
the vocabulary words (with clues for
each word).
5. Create some type of review game with
the vocabulary words.
6. Create a vocabulary quiz (and answer
key) with the vocabulary words.
7. Create vocabulary flashcards.
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