Comprehension Lesson

Comprehension Lesson

What are the 13 Reading Skill

Learning Target

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Activate Back Ground Knowledge

Good readers  activate their background knowledge  and use that knowledge to help them understand what they are reading.

Background Knowledge

Background knowledge is made up of a person's experiences with the world (including what he or she has read)

Word Meaning

Find Word Meaning in Context (Word Meaning )

These questions will ask you to find the meaning of a word that

may not be similar to you. You can tell the meaning by the way

the word is used in the sentence where the word appears in the

passage. Choose the answer that makes the most sense.

2. Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences (DCMI)

The author doesn’t always tell you everything. You must figure outsome things on your own.

Example: The moon cast an eerie glow in Jake’s room. Suddenly, he saw a shadow by the window. Jake sat up in bed, frozen with fear.

You can tell that is probably night time, because the moon is out and

Jake is in bed.

Key Words: you can tell or probably.

Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion (FO)

These questions ask you to find which statements are facts something that is true and can be proven and which statements are opinions; tells how a person feels about something, but cannot be proven.

Key Words: most, best, nicest, or greatest.

4. Identifying Author’s Purpose (AP)

4. Identifying Author’s Purpose (AP)

 

 These questions ask you why the author wrote the passage.  You can remember the four

reasons by remembering P.I.D.E.

P-for persuade

I-information (inform)

D-describe

E-entertain

5. Interpreting figurative Language (FL)

The writer uses words in such a way that their meaning is different from their usual meaning.

Example: someone who told a secret might say, “I spilled the beans”, meaning, I didn’t mean to tell a secret.

6. (SM) Summarizing

The questions about the best summary of a passage, ask you about the main points of the passage. 

First ask yourself, what is the main idea of the passage?

 A good summary is closer to the main idea than to any single detail found in the passage.

7. Main Idea  (MI)

This sentence tells what the passage is mostly

about.  The question might ask you to choose the best title.

8. Recalling Facts and Details (FD)

This tells more about the main idea. The question might ask you about something that was stated in the passage. Look back to find the answer.

9. Understanding Sequence  (US)

The question will ask you to remember and put events or details in order (sequence).

Example: beginning, middle, ending.

Key Words: first, then, last, after,

before, or finally.

10. Recognizing Cause and Effect (CE)

A cause is something that happens (an action). An effect is the result of what happened. 

Ex: “I forgot to set my alarm clock (cause), so I was late for school (effect).”

Key Words: why, what happened, or because.

Comparing and Contrasting   (CC)

*These questions ask you to find out how two things are alike or different.

Key Words: most like, different, alike or similar.

12. Making Predictions (MP)

This is something you think will happen in the future (next). You will not find the answer to these questions in the passage. Use clues from the passage to make a good guess.

13.Theme (Th)

Theme is the moral or lesson the character learns.