TAKS Reading Strategy

Teacher must model strategy repeatedly until students achieve automaticity. This is a very effective strategy for the reading TAKS test if executed correctly.


P.L.O.R.E.

1. Predict three things from the title about the story and underline it.

2. Locate and star all the underlined vocab. words in the story (context clues)

3. Organize and write main ideas of each paragraph as you read the story. (Paragraph at a time)

4. Read and reread the passage to find the answers to the questions.

5. Evaluate and prove your answers in the story.