WA5ELYA2

Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies, such as skimming, scanning and confirming

WA5ELYA2

For example:

  • knowing the purpose for reading and adjusting the reading strategy to suit, such as scanning a text to evaluate its suitability for a project or skimming to find specific information
  • setting questions before reading and reading to confirm predictions or find information
  • discussing reading with others to monitor and confirm meaning, such as when discussing the motives of a character
  • using topic sentences, subheadings and other text structures to read efficiently for a purpose
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