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=Welcome to Your Personal Article Library!= One of the keys to reading is being interested in what you have in front of you. What better way than to choose the material yourself? We're going to work together to create a catalog of articles and questions so that your classmates can improve their reading skills in preparation for the PSSA and SAT.

Questions:
Four main types of questions will help you best understand an article or story. You have the opportunity to come up with those questions for your article. 1. "Right There" (literal question): The answer is right there in the story; you can point to it. There's no interpretation needed. Examples include
 * Define the meaning of ....
 * Where was ...
 * Name as many ...
 * What happened when ...

2. "Think and Search" (inferential question): The answer is in the story, but it needs to be put together with different pieces of information.
 * Why did ...
 * What is the difference between ... and ...
 * What is the main idea of ...
 * How did ... effect ...

3. "Author and Me" (interpretative question): Think of what you know and what the author has said in the article/story. The answer won't be obvious on the page, but the information to answer the questions exists.
 * Why did the author include ...
 * What was the author's purpose in ...
 * Why was the information presented ...

4. "On My Own" (relational question): The question asks us to connect the text to our lives, to relate or judge what's happening.
 * How would you improve ...
 * How did you feel when ...
 * Why do you think ...
 * Was it fair when ...

Getting Started

 * Log in to the site using either your existing Wikispaces username and password or one that I have created for you: your last name, your first initial, and Fee (e.g. Jimmy Smith's username is smithjfee). The password is your id #.
 * Click "Join this Wiki" to receive access for editing.
 * Open a new window or tab and search for an article that might interest you, either using Google or going directly to a site (ESPN.com, CNN.com, Values.com, ManyThings.org, etc.).
 * Click on the category (see sidebar on left) and follow the directions.