WORD LEVEL FIX-UP STRATEGIES

1. Skipping over the word. The word may not be central to the overall story.
   
   
2. Reading further into the story. The author may explain or give cues about what the word means in the next few sentences.
   
   
3. Going back in the story a bit and retreading the part just before the word.
   
   
4. Looking at the title, the pictures and the headings.
   
   
5. Substituting a word that you think means the same.
   
   
6. Looking up the word in the dictionary, or
   
   
7. Asking someone for help.

(Adapted from Davey and Porter, 1982)

IDEA LEVEL FIX-UP STRATEGIES

1. Read on to make it clearer.
   
   
2. Reread carefully to make it clearer.
   
   
3. Look again at the title, pictures and headings.
   
   
4. Ask yourself questions.
   
   
5. Put ideas into your own words as you go along.
   
   
6. Picture the ideas while you read.
   
   
7. Relate ideas to your personal experience.
   
   
8. Ask someone to clarify things.

(Adapted from Davey and Porter, 1982)