To use the “Say Something” engagement, employ the following skills. (A PDF version is also available.)

Make a prediction

• I predict that…
• I bet that…
• I think that…
• Since this happened (fill in detail) then I bet the next thing that is going to happen is…
• Reading this part makes me think that this (fill in detail) is about to happen.
• I wonder if…

Ask a Question

• Why did…
• What’s this part about…
• How is this (fill in detail) like this (fill in detail)What would happen if…
• Why…
• Who is…
• What does this section (fill in detail) mean…
• Do you think that …
• I don’t get this part here…

Clarify something you had misunderstood

• Oh, I get it…
• Now I understand…
• This makes sense now…
• No, I think it means…
• I agree with you, This means…
• At first I thought (fill in detail), but now I think…
• This part is really saying…

Make a comment

• This is good because…
• This is hard because…
• This is confusing because…
• I like the part where…
• I don’t like this part because…
• My favorite part so far is…
• I think that…

Make a connection

• This reminds me of …
• This part is like…
• The character (fill in name) is like (fill in name) because…
• This is similar to…
• The differences are…
• I also (name something in the text that has also happened to you)…
• I never (name something in the text that has never happened to you)…
• This character makes me think of…
• This setting reminds me of…

If you can’t do one of those five things, then you need to reread.