1. Before, During, and After Reading Skills
“Being Prey”
By Val Plumwood
Before, During, and After Reading Skills

2. How does the setting play an important role in the main conflict?
Literary Response
“Being Prey”
Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the setting to advance the main conflict in the story.
How does the setting play an important role in the main conflict?
Explain your thoughts and ideas and use evidence from the text to support your response.

3. Pre-Reading Skills
What skills and techniques have we used BEFORE reading a text?
Which skills and techniques do you think could help you the most?
Use a few of them now!!!
2:00 Minutes

4. Pre-Reading Skills Preparing to Read Page
Literary & Reading Focus Terms & Skills
Writing Focus’
Vocabulary
Author Biography
Build Background
Preview the Selection
Read with a Purpose
Preview: Artwork, illustrations, maps, charts, graphs, headings & subheadings, bold/color/highlighted/underlined/italicized font
Applying Your Skills – the questions/activities at the end of a selection

5. During Reading Skills
What skills and techniques have we used DURING the reading of a text?
Which skills and techniques do you think could help you the most?

6. During Reading Skills Taking Notes Answering Questions
Asking Questions
Illustrations
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7. Complete the reading chart as you read the text.
During Reading Skills
Complete the reading chart as you read the text.
Apply the “tricks” that will best help you to understand the text completely.
Good Luck!!!

8. After Reading Skills
What do you predict we will do after reading this text selection?
What information did you use to draw that conclusion?
What would you prefer we do, if the choice were yours?

9. After Reading Skills
Identify the LITERARY ELEMENTS that connect “A Sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey”.
Explain the significance of the connection between these two texts for EACH literary term used.
***BONUS CHALLENGE***
Connect the LITERARY ELEMENTS of all texts we have read this year.

10. Which LITERARY ELEMENTS have we encountered so far this year?
After Reading Skills
Which LITERARY ELEMENTS have we encountered so far this year?

11. Applying Your Skills – Page 96
Respond to the following questions using text details to fully explain your answers.
Vocabulary Check 5-6
Literary Focus 7, 8, 10, and 12