Written Language - Reading
Inferential Questions
What can you do with a ball?
Play ball games such as American football and basketball; play with a ball in highschool; 


Why might you bring a coat to a game?
Because games such as ice hockey are played in cold environments; to identify to which team you belong

Why would you use a world map during a game?
Many players come from different countries
Skimming
Scanning
General
Intensive
Characteristics
Examples (what you read and when you read it)
Patrick Ewing Questions
1) What sport did Patrick Ewing play? 
2) What did the fans think of him? 
3) What does the author think of him? 
4) What has happened since he retired (stopped playing)? 
5) What, specifically, happened to his team when he couldn't play?
Challenges
Not reading the title makes recognizing key words more difficult
Reading topic and concludings sentences slowly
Small words
Slow
Slowest
Fast
Fastest
Storybook
Newspaper
Textbook
Bus schedule
Text Type
Speed
Definitions
Examples
Synonyms (same word)
Antonyms (opposite)
Surrounding Sentences (related key words)
Contextual Clues