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Purpose for Today’s Workshop
To gain a better understanding and knowledge of comprehension instruction
so that you are able to make good teaching decisions in response to what you see students doing in your current
interventions: LLI, Comprehension Toolkit, Making
Connections, etc.
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“Comprehension is not just one more thing. In fact,
when it comes to reading, it’s the most important thing. If the purpose for
reading is anything other than understanding, why
read at all?”(Harvey and Goudvis, Strategies that Work, 2007)
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An automatic procedure that readers use unconsciously.
Do not require thought, interpretation or choice. Are observable behaviors, easily tested behaviors or
answers to questions. Instruction focuses on repeated use until it becomes
habitual.
Conscious plan under the control of the reader. Requires thought about which plan to use and when to
use them. Are process-oriented, cognitive procedures the reader
uses, generally unobservable in nature. Instruction focuses on the reasoning process readers
use as they interact with text
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Comprehension Strategies
Monitor and Adjust/Clarify Activate and Connect Ask Questions Infer and Visualize Determine Importance Summarize and Synthesize (arrive at
big ideas and create new ideas)
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TAKE A BREAK
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How does the text work? Good readers understand how stories work.
Knowing how fiction works enables students to make predictions about story characters and events and to determine an author’s purpose.
Awareness of the purposes, types, features and structures of non-fiction texts increases students ability to gain factual information from printed material and enables good readers to set and monitor their purpose for reading.
Knowing how author’s craft their writing helps readers to gain a deeper understanding of what they read.
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Looking at Literature and Informational text
INFORMATIONAL Text features Point of
view/Author’s Purpose
Main Idea Key Details Vocabulary
LITERATURE Story ElementsAnalyzing characters, setting and plot
Understanding Literary Devices/Figurative Language and Vocabulary
Theme Point of view/Author’s
Purpose
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Text Structures
Description Chronology, temporal/sequential Procedure Cause-effect Compare/contrast Proposition-support Problem-solution Critique
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Genre Theme Non-Fiction Fiction Mystery Biography Autobiography Folktale Fantasy Historical Fiction Narrative (fiction/non-fiction) Poetry Horror Science Fiction Graphic novels Adventure
Kindness Friendship Perseverance Cooperation Honesty Acceptance Courage Responsibility Family Survival Respect Discovery Persistence Believe in yourself
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Author’s Point of View
First PersonI, me, my, mine, we, our, ours
Second Personyou, yours
Third Person (Objective, Omniscient)he, she, it, they