All You Need To Teach Comprehension 10+
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C o n n ect<br />
Strategy<br />
description<br />
<strong>Teach</strong>er prompts<br />
@ Occurs when readers make connections to and from the text to:<br />
—themselves<br />
—other texts<br />
—the world.<br />
Does this remind you of anything that has happened to you?<br />
How does your connection help you to better understand this text?<br />
Does this remind you of anything you’ve read or viewed?<br />
How does it help you to use what you know about one text to understand another?<br />
Does this remind you of anything in your community or world?<br />
How does your knowledge of the world help you to understand what you are<br />
reading or viewing?<br />
Student thinks<br />
What do I already know about this?<br />
Does this remind me of something?<br />
Has this happened to me or anyone I know?<br />
Have I read or viewed anything like this before?<br />
Do I know anyone like this character?<br />
Do I know of other things like this in the world?<br />
I n f e r<br />
Strategy<br />
description<br />
<strong>Teach</strong>er prompts<br />
Student thinks<br />
@ Occurs when readers use what they know and have read to draw conclusions.<br />
@ Assisted inferences are those made when authors imply or leave clues for readers.<br />
@ Unassisted inferences are those made when there are no clues from the author.<br />
What does the author want you to understand?<br />
Can you take an idea from this and add to it?<br />
Can you infer more than what is written?<br />
Is the author implying something, but not stating it?<br />
What are the possible consequences of this?<br />
What could this word/phrase/sentence mean?<br />
Read that part again and think about it.<br />
How else could this be solved?<br />
<strong>To</strong> understand some ideas, you need to read between the lines. That means to read<br />
what the author has written, and then use what you know to think more about it.<br />
I can locate the clues left by the author.<br />
I think the author wants me to understand . . .<br />
I can add to this idea.<br />
I can understand more than what has been stated.<br />
I think the author is implying . . .<br />
I think the author means . . .<br />
I think the consequences of this might be . . .<br />
I think this word/phrase/sentence could mean . . . I’ll read that part again and<br />
think about it.<br />
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