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Review Unit 2 .

Fluency Strategy: SQ3R

SQ3R is a simple way to help you be a better, more fluent reader and to increase your reading
comprehension. SQ3R stands for Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite.

Survey

Survey is similar to the A in the ACTIVE approach to reading: Activate prior knowledge. When you
survey, you prepare yourself by skimming quickly through the text you will read. You read the title, the
headings, and the first sentence in each section of the passage. You look for and read words that are
written in bold or italics. Look at any pictures and read any captions.
Look below at extracts from the passage on the next page, titled Special Guests.

S ecial Guests At the Coronado Bay Resort, dogs
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Sixteen-year-old Amy Martin is on holiday

with her family in San Diego, California,
in the United States. They're staying at the
Coronado Bay Resort Hotel. After lunch, Today, there are many animal­
Amy and her parents are going swimming in friendly hotels around the world.

the hotel pool. The fourth member of their
family, Martha, is going to the beach to take Staying at these pet-friendly
a surfing class. But here's the unusual thing: .. hotels costs extra money.
Martha is a dog.

Question

After the survey, but before you read, ask yourself questions such as What do I want to learn as I read?
Based on your survey of Special Guests, write two or three questions that you hope to answer as you read.

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Read

After the Survey and Question stages of SQ3R, read the whole passage, Special Guests. Before you read,
think about the 12 tips on pages 8 and 9 again.

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