1. Comprehension Toolkit
Literal comprehension 1
What is comprehension?

2. Comprehension means understanding.
Comprehension Toolkit
Literal comprehension 1
Comprehension means understanding.
The best way to understand a text is to ask yourself questions as you read it.
The answers to some questions are easy to find, while the answers to others are more difficult to work out.

3. Comprehension Toolkit
Literal comprehension 1
The facts in a text are usually easy to find because they jump out at us from the page.
What is happening?
Who is involved?
When does it happen?
Where is it happening?

4. Yesterday Miranda found a ring on the pathway.
Comprehension Toolkit
Literal comprehension 1
Yesterday Miranda found a ring on the pathway.
Who is involved in this sentence?
Miranda
What happened?
She found a ring.
Where did it happen?
on the pathway
When did it happen?
yesterday

5. Comprehension Toolkit
Literal comprehension 1
If a text has many characters, doing lots of different things at different times and in different places, it helps to keep track of them by keeping a journal. Your journal might look like this one.
Who What When Where
Friday New York
4 July
Monday Brisbane
7 July
Monday Jakarta
Ben arrived
Ali stayed home
Jade bought lunch

6. Comprehension Toolkit
Literal comprehension 1
The End