PAS before reading! /football_-_ball_1.gif)
Preview the text* and critical vocabulary
Access and build background knowledge
set a purpose for reading
Related strategies:
KWL
Anticipation guides
Quickwrites
Semantic maps
graphic organizers
* Text Structure and Signal Words
Description ................ such as, looks like, for example, for instance
Problem/solution..........caused, this led to, resulting in
Sequence ................. before, now, first, after, when, next
Comparison/contrast...however, but, unless, like, as well as, not only
Cause/effect ............ because, therefore, since, so that