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Review Unit 3
Fluency Strategy: Dealing with Unknown Words
If you stop to learn every new word you read; you will read less fluently. It is often possible to
skip unknown words when you read.
Unknown Words·
A Read the first letter of the passage Help Me Train My Pet on the next page. Underline any
words you do not know. After you underline the words, don't stop-keep reading!
B Look at the words that you underlined in the paragraphs above. Complete the chart below.
r Unknown word Line number Unknown word Line number
Did you underline any word more than once? If a new word comes up many times, then it may
be important to learn that word. For example, the word naughty appears twice in the first
paragraph. Do you already know what naughty means? If not, can you guess its meaning?
C Now answer this comprehension question about the paragraphs you just read:
1 What does Joan want to know?
a where to buy a new cat
b why her cat is being bad
c why her dog hates her cat
d what she should name her cat
Were you able to answer this question without looking up the meaning of the unknown
word(s)? Remember, you don't always need to understand every word to understand the
meaning of the passage.
D Now read the whole passage on the next page, without using a dictionary. Underline any
words you don't know, but don't worry about their meaning. How many words did you skip?
Write the words you underlined here:
r Unknown word Line number Unknown word Line number
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