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ASPECT OF COMPREHENSION - THREADS K-6

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1.Retelling &main ideasVisualisingSummarisingMeaningmaking

Textanalysing

Gives a sequencedretell of a story whenprompted.

Gives an unpromptedsequenced retell of astory that includes thebeginning, middle andend.

Responds to overallmeaning in narrativeand factual texts bytalking about thecentral themes.

Retells and respondsto incidents from astory book or film withattention to plotelements such assetting, character,conflict and resolution.

Articulates the mainidea and provides asynthesised retell thatcaptures key events intexts.

Identifies andinterprets main ideasand importantinformation in a text toprovide an accurateretell of a text.

Analyses andevaluates the relativeimportance of keyideas and informationin a text to constructan overview.

Critically analyses andinterprets a text tocreate an accurate,unbiased summarythat demonstrates anunderstanding of thedifferent views andvalues presented.

Interprets andanalyses severaldifferent texts on onetopic to present asummary ofinformation and ideasthat show anunderstanding of the

topic.

2.Locatinginformation

VisualisingSummarising

TextparticipatingText using

Talks aboutinformation in factualtexts.

Builds meaning infactual texts by usingillustrations.

Builds understandingsof a topic byidentifying key facts intexts in print and onscreen.

Interprets informationin factual texts byusing title page,contents page, andcomputer softwaremenu to locate

specific information.

Shows awareness thatinformation about onetopic can be soughtfrom a number ofsources, e.g. graphs,posters, reference

texts, websites

3.Characters& events

Predicting

TextanalysingTextparticipating

Predicts a plausiblenext event in a story

Analyses andevaluates a

characters actions or

events in a storythrough discussion

Responds toquestions about a

characters actions,

qualities,characteristics andmotives by expressing

an opinion about thecharacter.

Analyses andevaluates a

characters

actions/motives in astory.

Interprets texts bydrawing on genreknowledge from other

contexts andcomparing plot,characterisation and

language.

4.Interpretingtexts

PredictingMeaningMaking

Recalls some detailsfrom illustrations in astory book.

Provides a literalexplanation whenasked an inferential

question.

Interprets meaning byanswering aninferential question

correctly.

Builds understandingby interpreting anddiscussing inferred

meanings.

Interprets andresponds to texts byskimming and

scanning to confirmpredictions andanswer questionsposed by self andothers while reading.

Justifies predictionsabout sections of atext.

Draws conclusions byusing clues in a text

Interprets texts byrecognising anddiscussing the

difference betweenliteral and inferredmeaning in relation tofacts, qualities,characteristics,events.

Responds to andinterprets texts bydiscussing the

differences betweenliteral and inferredmeanings.

Analyses andevaluates the waysthat inference is used

in a text to buildunderstanding.

Interprets and criticallyanalyses texts byresponding to inferred

meaning within a textand justifyinginterpretations usingevidence.

5.Analysingtexts.

Makingconnections

Visualising

Textanalysing

Recalls some detailsfrom illustrations in astory book (same as

thread 2).

Recalls many detailsfrom illustrations in astory book.

Constructs meaningfrom texts by makingconnections between

print, illustrations anddiagrams.

Analyses andevaluates how visualimages support print

to create meaning intexts.

Exemplifiesdescriptive words orsequences of

information and ideasin texts by creating

mental images.

Analyses a text bydiscussing visual,aural and written

techniques used in thetext.

Responds to andinterprets texts byintegrating the use of

print and visualinformation in texts.

Analyses andcompares howinformation and ideas

are presented in texts.

Analyses & evaluateshow writteninformation & visual

images shapemeaning by comparing

texts on same topic.

Responds to imageryand symbolism inverbal and visual

forms to innovate on atext using a different

medium.

Analyses and

evaluates the impactof visual images ontexts by describinghow image choicecomplements,contrasts or adds tothe text.

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2nd cluster

TES1.1 RES1.5 RES1.6

RES1.7

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Level 1

3rd cluster

RES1.5 RES1.6 RES1.7

Best Start

Level 2

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RES1.5 RES1.6 RES1.7

RES1.8

Best Start

Level 3

5th cluster

TS1.1 RS1.5 RS1.6

RS1.7

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RS1.5 RS1.6 RS1.7

7th cluster

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6. Point ofView

Makingconnections

Predicting

Summarising

TextparticipatingTextanalysing

Is beginning to

analyse and evaluatestories read andviewed by providingand justifying apersonal opinion.

Responds to overall

meaning in narrativeand factual texts bytalking about thecentral themes (sameas thread 1 )

Builds understanding

of media texts bydiscussing differentinterpretations of theone text.

Refers to prior

knowledge andexperiences to buildunderstanding of atext.

Responds to texts byreferring to priorexperiences.

Responds to andanalyses a text by

discussing a point ofview presented in thetext.

Identifies more than

one perspective orpoint of view whenresponding toquestions about text.

Refers to priorknowledge andexperiences to build

understanding of atext.

Builds understanding

during reading bydiscussing possibleconsequences ofactions and events.

Shows an awarenessthrough discussionthat texts can present

different perspectives.

Interprets text

(meanings) byinferring connections,motives, causes andconsequences duringreading.

Analyses texts bydiscussing the ways

texts present differentperspectives.

Re-examines sections

of texts for evidence tosupport interpretationsand opinions.

Evaluates a personalinterpretation of a textby critically re-examining evidence

within the text.

Responds to themes

and issues evident intexts that presentdifferent perspectiveson a given topic or

different points of viewin a text.

Reinterprets ideas and

issues by creatinginnovative personalresponses to ideasand issues in literarytexts though oral,dramatic, written andmultimodalpresentations.

Explains how textscan be interpreted

from a variety ofperspectives bydiscussing the waysthat different views

and values arepresented.

Interprets and

responds to points ofview in a text throughcritical analysis of atexts; underlyingsocial, cultural and/orhistoric values.

7.Organisationandfeatures oftext

Monitoring

Predicting

Summarising

Makingmeaning

Builds understandingof a text by usingknowledge of textorganisation andfeatures, e.g. referringto headings to locateinformation.

Builds understandingabout the meaning ofa text by activelyseeking informationfrom different parts ofa text.

Builds understandingabout the meaning of

a text by identifyingand discussing textorganisation &features, includingcohesive links.

Interprets the meaningof a text by seekingfurther information inother sections of a textor in different texts

Responds to andanalyses texts bydiscussing the ways

language structuresand features, includingliterary devices, helpbuild textmeaning/buildunderstanding..

Analyses andresponds to languageand grammaticaltechniques used toinfluence an audience

Interprets texts byidentifying anddiscussing multiplepurposes within thesame text.

Analyses texts tocompare how linguisticstructures and

features are used toposition readers andviewers.

Analyses andevaluates theeffectiveness of textsby discussing andcomparing possibleinterpretations usingthe forms and featuresof languageappropriate for

discussion.

Explores and criticallyanalyses ideas,characters andthemes in imaginative,

informative andpersuasive texts toconstruct responsesusing the forms andfeatures of languageappropriate foranalysis.

8. Purposeand

Audience

Making

Connections

Questioning

Summarising

TextparticipatingTextanalysing

Analyses the ways

ideas and informationare presented bymaking comparisonsbetween texts.

Evaluates text

accuracy andcredibility bycomparing texts on asimilar topic.

Analyses texts to

explain and comparehow audience,purpose and contextinfluence texts.

Critically analyses a

wide range ofimaginative,informative andpersuasive texts inoral, written andmultimodal forms to

compare how ideasare presented.

Analyses and

evaluates how textpurpose and audienceimpact on textcomposition by linkingideas, information,perspectives and

backgroundexperience.

Analyses a text toidentify the differentinterpretations andperspectivespresented byevaluating credibilityand reliability of itssources.