Necessary Reading Skills for a Meaningful Experience with a Novel

First we need to understand this title.
---What is a novel?  

---What are some famous novels?  What novels have you read in English for your first language?


---How can you have an experience with a book? Let’s think of an example.  Do you know a really good story-teller among your family or friends?  This person can probably make you laugh and cry at the same time. Speak with the person next to you, and Write about this person here.


---What makes a really good story teller?  What happens to you when you hear a really good story?


1.) Making Predictions

2.) Visualizing (making mental pictures)

a.) Setting

b.) Characters

i.) appearance

ii.) plot

3.) Fluency (Reading quickly, accurately, and with expression)

4.) Comprehension

a.) Plot

i.) Sequence

ii.) Cause & Effect

iii.) Background

iv.) Conflict

b.) Setting

i.) Setting (Visualization)

ii.) Culture

c.) Characters

i.) Beliefs

ii.) History (Background)

iii.) Motivations

iv.) Conflict

v.) Relationships (to other Characters)

5.) Making Connections
a.) Relating Book to Personal Experience
b.) Relating Book to Events in the World
c.) Relating Book to Other Stories