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Reading Comprehension Do we understand what we read?

Reading Comprehension What can I do to understand what I’m reading better? With your table group, brainstorm a list of 5 answers to the question above. For 5 minutes, “trade” answers with other table groups, so that in the end, you have a much longer list of many ideas

Reading Comprehension How do I show that I comprehend (understand) everything I’ve read? Description: Reader describes what they have read fully. The reader provides rich and significant details, and also explores some of the subtopics in the story. Quotes: Reader includes well-chosen quotes from the text to support their description. Reader embeds the quotes into writing skillfully, without pauses. Deep Thinking: Writer is reflective about the story and shows an in-depth understanding of complex issues. A few lines show strikingly deep thoughts that “wow” the reader.

Reading Comprehension – Description How do I show that I comprehend (understand) everything I’ve read? Description: Reader describes what they have read fully. The reader provides rich and significant details, and also explores some of the subtopics in the story. Tips: Go back into the text! What happened? What were the major events? What were the MINOR events? Do I have all the names correct? What are some details I can add to show that I really understood?

Reading Comprehension – Quotes When you include quotes from the story to support your thoughts about what you read, a good writer embeds the quotes smoothly and skillfully into their writing! An embedded quote is a quote in the middle of one sentence. It looks like… My words “quote” my words. In the Squamish story, Mount Baker is formed when the people “fastened one end of a rope to a giant canoe and another end to a rock,” pulling until they created a mountain.

Reading Comprehension – Quotes When you include quotes from the story to support your thoughts about what you read, a good writer embeds the quotes smoothly and skillfully into their writing! The word “embed” means “to put something within a larger mass.” That means a quote should never stand alone. In needs to be “in bed” within a sentence! “ “ Not embedded – it’s all alone  Embedded – looks cozier! 

Reading Comprehension – Quotes When you include quotes from the story to support your thoughts about what you read, a good writer embeds the quotes smoothly and skillfully into their writing! Not embedded  I honestly want to know, did Lennie really get kicked in the head? Quote: “He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was little.” Embedded!  I wonder whether Lennie suffered brain injuries because in the story George says that Lennie was “kicked in the head by a horse when he was little.”

Reading Comprehension – Quotes When you include quotes from the story to support your thoughts about what you read, a good writer embeds the quotes smoothly and skillfully into their writing! Ways to EMBED quotes smoothly into your writing…put them in a middle of a sentence after a short INTRO! When [character] said that he “blah blah blah,” I was surprised because… On page 50 when the [blah] does “blah blah blah,” it made me predict that… In my opinion, [character] is [blah] because of when he said “blah blah blah.”

Reading Comprehension – Insights Deep Thinking: Writer is reflective about the story and shows an in-depth understanding of complex issues. A few lines show strikingly deep thoughts that “wow” the reader. Make predictions Visualize Ask questions Make connections Reflect on your opinion

Reading Comprehension – Insights SKILLS ASSIGNMENT! Write one page showing that you understand what you’ve read in the book so far. Due FRIDAY at the end of the period. Attach your rubric to the front and turn it in to the blue box.