1. Demonstration of Understanding (Comprehension) and Interpretation
Traits of Reading
GOAL:
We will review
Demonstration of Understanding (Comprehension) and Interpretation

2. Three Levels of Thinking

3. Demonstration of Understanding “Getting the gist”
Analysis of text
Interpretation of text
Demonstration of Understanding

4. Demonstration of Understanding WHAT it is…
Identifying the main idea and supporting details.
Differentiating between fact and opinion.
Summarizing and paraphrasing with purpose.

5. Demonstration of Understanding is like…
….“getting the gist” because we are looking for information which is included in the text.

6. Demonstration of Understanding WHY it is important…
Comprehension skills help us build a foundation upon which we can build meaning!
Demonstration of Understanding

7. To summarize our review…
Why it is important
It builds a foundation for creating meaning
What it is like…
“Getting the gist”
What it is
Identifying
and summarizing
basic information from the text
Demonstration of Understanding
“Getting the gist”

8. Interpretation Reading Between the Lines
Analysis of text
Interpretation
Demonstration of Understanding:
“Getting the gist”

9. Interpretation WHAT it is…
Identify problems, gaps, and questions in the text
Analyze the text for clues to make a prediction
Use context to connect analytical explanations to a “bigger picture”

10. Interpretation is like…
…reading between the lines.
When we interpret, we “fill gaps” and blend what is said in the text + what is implied.
(Ooh—implied, good word!)
New Meaning

11. Interpretation WHY it is important…
Interpretation skills let us do things with the text beyond what is written on the page!
Interpretation allows us to take what the text says + what the text does not say +our own Demonstration of Understanding to make new meaning.

12. To summarize our review…
Why it is important
It lets us create new meaning from a text
What it is like…
Reading between the lines
What it is
Identifying gaps and questions in the text and analyzing them to create new meaning
Interpretation
Demonstration of Understanding:
Reading the Lines

13. Demonstration of Understanding Check
Are the following questions
examples of
Demonstration of Understanding OR Interpretation?

14. What is this essay about? Is this sentence fact or opinion?
When I apply my own background knowledge to the gaps in the text, what new meaning do I create?
Identify a supporting detail.
What missing information do I notice within the text?
Demonstration of Understanding! Why?
Demonstration of Understanding! Why?
Interpretation! Why?
Demonstration of Understanding! Why?
Interpretation! Why?

15. Describe the setting of this text. Predict what will happen next.
Demonstration of Understanding. Why?
Describe the setting of this text.
Predict what will happen next.
Distinguish between these two details…which one is a minor detail? Which is a main supporting detail?
Make an inference about the motivation of someone in a news article.
Summarize the main point of this article.
Make a connection of the article to a movie or a book you know.
Interpretation. Why?
Demonstration of Understanding. Why?
Interpretation. Why?
Demonstration of Understanding. Why?
Interpretation. Why?

16. Traits of Reading Part 2 GOAL:
We will define Analysis of text (also called Synthesis) and see what it looks like for a reader.

17. Author’s Purpose Remember ….. Authors Write To: P PERSUADE I INFORM E
ENTERTAIN
EXPRESS emotion

18. Analysis of text Reading Beyond the Lines

19. Analysis of text WHAT it is…
Analysis of text is integrating the text, our background knowledge, and other ideas to create something new,
something greater than the sum of its parts
Compare and contrast information from multiple sources (not just one!)
Outline important information in the text
Determine cause and effect

20. Analysis of text WHAT it is…
Order information to explain the text’s process or chronology
Compare and Contrast
Recognize and Describe cause-and-effect relationships
Integrate personal experience, background knowledge, and/or content-area knowledge with the text
Hypothesize and seek multiple sources to develop an answer whose whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

21. Analysis of text is like…Making a Cake!
Assemble the ingredients
Combine them in a bowl
Bake the cake mix at an appropriate temperature for an appropriate amount of time
Remove when cake is done baking! + + + =

22. Looking at the author’s craft
Our background and past experiences
Our Interpretation of the text + +
Author’s purpose, craft and style
The Text Itself +
= Analysis
Looking at the author’s craft

23. Analysis of text Why it is important…
Analysis of text is integrating the text, our own experience, and other ideas to create something new.
When we synthesize, we create something new that is greater than the sum of its individual parts
Analysis of text
Interpretation
Reading Between
the Lines

24. What Analysis of text Questions Look Like…
Compare and Contrast the author’s opinion with your own.
Order the events in a recognizable order.
Compare the news article with an event in history.
Using examples from the text, explain the author’s purpose.

25. To summarize our NEW learning…
Why it is important
It lets us create something beyond the text
What it is
Combining the text, our background knowledge, and other texts to create something greater than the sum of its parts!
What it is like
Making a cake OR
Reading Beyond the Lines

26. What makes this author’s style unique?
What is the author’s purpose in writing this article? Support your answer with language from the text.
What makes this author’s style unique?
Distinguish between these two details…which one is a minor detail? Which is a main supporting detail?
I wonder why….?
Journalists and other authors are supposed to be unbiased. Is this author completely objective or is he/she trying to promote a particular position? Give examples.
Analysis. Why?
Analysis. Why?
Demonstration of Understanding! Why?
Interpretation. Why?
Analysis. Why?

27. PEER FEEDBACK: Trade your Reading Work Samples
Give your margin notes to the person next to you.
Read their notes. Look for the following in the entire article—not just per page.
Two facts and two opinions identified.
Three or more notes on author’s craft (examples of how the author structured the article)
Three “I wonder” questions
Two or more personal reactions to something. (like: “Wow, I’m glad I’m not an Untouchable”)
A summary statement or the main idea for each page.