Prabhashi's+Reading+Page

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 * //"Hi my name is Prabhashi, i hope my reading page helps you with your learning, Thank-you!" //**[[image:Reading_from_Ducks.jpg width="369" height="249" align="right"]]

1.How would I describe myself as a reader? Umm.. well, i usually read in the weekdays and holidays because in the weekdays i have way too much homework to do or I'm at my friends house doing homework. I read books that are mostly fantasy, adventure and mystery, that's why my favourite author is Emily Rodda. I very rarely read manga books and that's if the front cover looks really really interesting. Before i pick a book to read, i usually read the blurb at the back to see if i think the book would be boring or something i would like. My favourite books are 'Rowan of Rin' which is part of a series of five books, and 'Key to Rondo' which is part of a three book collection. Both of those books are written by Emily Rodda.I like to read in my bedroom because it's actually quiet there, and i like to read in the library so that i can pick a new book anytime i want. 2.What happens in my head as you read? When i read, my mind just wonders away like I start to think about homework or something really random but i keep reading even though I'm not taking any of the stuff that I'm reading in. Well that happens to me a lot i don't really have any idea why, but it's probably because there is so much stuff I want to know about or because I've been reading too long and getting bored. Most of the time when that happens, I just look for where i last remember what happened in the book that I'm reading and re-read from there. If my mind keeps wondering off again, i just like to stop reading because then i get the feeling that I have read too much and am now getting bored.  3.What are some of the strategies I use when meaning breaks down? If i get stuck somewhere like i have a question, i cant understand something or i don't know what a word means, well, usually i have sticky notes next to me with a pen so if it's a question i want to ask, i would write it down and stick on the page that my question is from. If i don't understand a sentence or a paragraph then i would re-read a few times and that most of the time helps me to understand what it it trying to tell me. If i don't know the meaning of a word, then i just keep reading so hopefully i would work out what it means by using the words around it. If i still can't figure out what that word means, then i just ask a friend or adult or look in the dictionary.

4. Include examples of the strategies that work. To be honest i don't really use a dictionary because i just hate looking up words, and looking at the words around the word i don't understand usually works for me, if i still don't understand it then i just leave it out, but if that word it used a lot, then i ask someone else what it means or use a dictionary. But other than that all the stuff i included in number 3 works just fine for me.

5. Tips Sections. When using the sticky notes, i usually write down i though i had or a question or if i got distracted, when i tell myself I'm done reading for the day or i will read later, then i look back at the noted i wrote and try answer some of the questions or look up the meaning of words if i still don't know what it means. I think that if you start to think about something while you are reading and you have been reading for quite a long time, then you should stop because its probably because you are getting bored. I recommend that if you are choosing a new book, then you should read its blurb because that's they way I find a book that i know i will be interested in and won't get bored of it. 

"Thank-You again for checking out my reading page, i hope now this will help you with your reading and will develop."