Comprehension Strategies Flashcards
(25 cards)
Before Reading:
What are some benefits of asking who, what, why, where and how questions before reading expository texts?
It ignites reader’s imagination, connects prior knowledge, and encourages students to set a purpose for reading.
What tools are essential for students to effectively evaluate expository text?
Access and instruction.
Students should have early exposure to a wide variety of texts. Students should learn comprehension strategies to build an understanding of informational texts.
Before reading: What is the purpose of the following question?
What do I already know?
Eliciting prior knowledge engages the mind and enables a student to make connections with new topics and materials.
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What do I want to know?
Sets a purpose for reading and will help then identify new ideas and develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to identify the purpose of different types of writing.
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What do I think I’ll learn?
Actively engages students which makes them more likely to revise predictions as they discover new facts and information.
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What types of texts will be useful?
Encourages students to make connections across content areas and identify resources that might be useful for a given subject.
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What is the best reading strategy?
Helps students think about using various strategies for critical reading such as skimming and scanning.
During reading, what are some benefits of asking proving questions?
Enables students to compare and generalize the info presented, identify main ideas and supporting details in text, revise predictions, and continually clarify meaning as they read.
After reading, what are some benefits of asking critical thinking questions?
It helps students assimilate new info and incorporate it into their lives. Students should summarize new ideas into their own words and analyze interpretations by pointing to specific details.
Cause and effect structures
Describe events and identify or imply causal factors.
Problem and solution structures
Introduce and describe a problem and presents solution to that problem
Compare and contrast structures
Often use similes and metaphors to describe ideas
Sequencing
Reveals events in chronological order
Classification
Author presents a variety of info about a subject
Generalization
Author presents a variety of info and makes a generalization about particular subject. Reader gets a wide view of subject
Inferences
Conclusions drawn from facts within the text
Point if view
Author’s perspective or a device he or she employs to garner a particular response in a reader
Author’s intent
Inform, persuade, or entertain
True or false:
Informational texts rarely use visual elements, such as charts and graphs
False.
Persuasive techniques
Bandwagon
Attempts to convince you to do or believe something because everyone else does
Ex. The smarted shoppers motor on over to Big Tire
Persuasive techniques
Testimonial
Attempts to convince you if worth because someone famous endorses a product or idea.
Ex. Aldous Huxley for Soma
Persuasive techniques
Emotive
Uses words or images that appeal to the viewer’s emotions such as pride and fear.
Ex. Would your family be protected in an emergency?
Persuasive techniques
Everyday people
Ordinary people convince you they can be trusted because they are just like you.
Ex. As a teacher, I use a lot if chalk. I use Super-chalk
Persuasive techniques
Rich and famous
This technique suggests that you too can be like the attractive, wealthy people who use the product.
Ex. Brad Pitt drinks Mr. Coffee
