Drawing conclusions Comprehension Toolkit

Comprehension means understanding. The answers to some questions are easy to find, while the answers to others are more difficult to work out. The best way to understand a text is to ask yourself questions as you read it.

Comprehension Toolkit In many texts, information is suggested rather than stated. We use clues in the text to help us find what we want to know.

Comprehension Toolkit Let’s read about Snowball … Snowball found the warmest spot in the room, which just happened to be Gran’s favourite chair! She curled up on Gran’s blanket, the one Gran used to keep her legs warm, and was soon purring contentedly. Who or what is Snowball? From the clues in the text, we can conclude that Snowball is a cat. What clues tell us this?

Comprehension Toolkit In this text, the writer does not tell us where the narrator is walking, but we can work it out by looking for clues … I walked along the pathway, which wound through beautifully manicured lawns. On either side were beds of colourful flowers, ponds, fountains and occasionally a large tree, which spread like an umbrella over the benches beneath it. The clues in the text tell us that the narrator is walking through a park. What clues tell us this?

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