Reading Comprehension Lesson 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Reading Comprehension

In Class Today

1. What do "good" readers do?
   
2. Signs you have read it but you don't get it.
3. What to do when you've lost it.
4. Practice: prediction and asking questions when reading

What do good readers do?

"Good" readers.

• Activate and use their existing knowledge, either from previous study or from their personal experience, to make sense of new information. 
• Ask questions about the text before, during and after reading. 
• Draw inferences from the text .

"Good" readers.

• Monitor their own comprehension.
• Use “fix-up” strategies when meaning breaks down 
• Determine what is important, separating main ideas from details (keywords)
• Create images (in their heads) to “illustrate” their reading.  

What happens when you don't get it?

Signs you have read it but you don't get it.

1. The voice inside your head isn’t interacting with the text. 
2. Your mind begins to wander. 
   
3. You can’t remember what has been read. 

What can you do when you've lost it?

What to do when you've lost it.

1. Make a prediction.
   
2. Stop and think about what you have already read.
3. Ask yourself a question and attempt to answer it.
4. Find important words (keywords) or the examples to figure out what is going on
5. Write / draw/ doodle  about what you have read.
6. Visualize.
7. Reread.
   
8. Adjust your speed: slow down or speed up.

Pre-reading

Complete these writing prompts on a post it about the text before reading:

• I think this is about...
• I already know things about this, so I predict...

Skim the text

Quickly go through the text. 

Look at the title, sub-headings, illustrations, graphs, text conventions, etc

Post-skimming conversation

• What does the heading for this section suggest about what will come?
• What does this picture (graph, diagram, etc.) suggest about this reading topic?

Now skim

Text: 4 - 2017 - I (Can changing what you eat save the planet)

Predict. Quickly go through the text. 

Look at the title, sub-headings, illustrations, graphs, text conventions, etc

Write down: I expect this will be about.... I think the writer wants to convince us that...

Write down on a post-it and post it on the whiteboard

Text 5

Now read the text. For each paragraph, write down one question. the answer should be in the paragraph. Write down on your post-it and put it on the whiteboard