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Verify Strategies

T o build your reading fluency, think about how you use strategies to read, and how successfully you are
using them. Use the questions in the Self Check on the next page to think about your use of reading
strategies.

Evaluate Progress

Evaluating your progress means thinking about how much you understood from the passage. Also, think
about how fluently you were able to read the passage to get the information you needed.

Reading Comprehension

Choose the correct answers.

1 What is this passage about?
a fashion at American high schools
b a girl who learned about fashion in school
c a high school student with a fashion blog
d a high school that teaches fashion
2 How is T a vi different from other high school girls?
a She dresses differently.
b She has her own ideas about fashion.
c She writes the blog Style Rookie.
d She is interested in clothes.

3 Why did designers contact Tavi?
a They wanted to be like her;
b They liked her blog.
c They wanted to work for her.
d They wanted to meet Tavi's parents.
4 According to the passage, which newspaper did T a vi do an interview for?
a Style Rookie
b Vogue
c The New York Times
d her high school newspaper

5 Which is NOT true about Tavi?
a She has written articles for fashion magazines.
b She was a special guest at a few fashion shows.
c Her mother is an artist and her father is a teacher.
d She wants to be a flight attendant when she grows up.

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