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Purposes of Reading
Brainstormed by Grade 6
- To increase our vocabulary / word knowledge
- To be informed about a product or service
- To improve our grades for academic achievement
- To function safely in our society / community
- To understand a new language
- To understand a person’s text/email/blog message
- To understand how to do something (e.g. instructions).
- To create strong visualizations
- To experience things vicariously
- For enjoyment and entertainment
- For referencing information
- To become better writers (grammar, phrasing, word choice)
- To improve reading skills (e.g. fluency, comprehension, expression)
- For potential employment
- To make connections with others through the book (e.g. book clubs, sharing ideas about a book).
- Find information / to build knowledge
- To influence our mood (relaxing, motivating, self-help).
- To understand subtitles when a movie is in a foreign language
- To use information more readily
- Get a break from technology
- To inform ourselves about what is occurring in our community and the world (informed)
- To learn about the past / history
- To keep our knowledge current/up to date
- To increase our intelligence on topics
- To know other people’s perspectives on a topic/issue
- To gather knowledge in order to be able to contribute to problem solving and brainstorming
- To assist us with our goal setting
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