CLARIFY hard parts when:
• you don't understand
• you can't follow the text
• you don't know what a word means

Clarifying stems:
• I don't really understand...
• A question I have is...
• A question I'd like answered by the author is...
• One word/phrase I do not understand is...

VISUALIZE a picture in your mind:
• When I read this, I imagine that...
• As I read, in my mind I see...
How to do a SUMMARY:
• Look for the topic sentence.
• Look for who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• Omit unnecessary information.

Summary Stems
• This story/paragraph is mostly about...
• The topic sentence is...
• The author is trying to tell me...

A framed summary sentence:
This story/passage about ___ begins with ___, discusses (or develops) the idea that ___, and ends with ___.