Predict

* Underline title and all subtitles

* Circle the pictures, graphs and illustrations

* Write a prediction sentence: "I think this story will be about..."

Identify

* Identify and circle underlined words

* Underline the sentence they're in, the sentence before, and the sentence after

Read the Questions

* Circle the key words in questions

Attack the Passage

* Read the story carefully, working out difficult words and getting the gist of the meaning

Tag the Paragraphs (Headline)

* Reread the passage, paragraph by paragraph

* Write the main idea of the paragraph directly beside it

Eliminate, Evaluate, and Explain

* Delete the answers you know are obviously wrong

* Put a question mark beside those that could be correct

* Evaluate which of the answer choices is best

* Explain where you got the answer, and write the paragraph number. Bubble your answer