1. Determining Importance
Comprehension Strategy #3

2. Decisions about importance of text are made based on:
Reader’s Schema -- if an idea is closely related to background knowledge it will be deemed most important by reader
Purpose for reading text
Reader’s beliefs, opinions, and experiences related to the text

3. Determining importance (cont.)
Knowledge of text format (titles, headings, subheadings, graphs, pictures, and quotes) will give clues as to what is important.
Key words, sentences, concepts
Concepts mentioned by other readers

4. Determining importance (cont.)
Be able to explain importance of information & how their decision affects their overall understanding of the piece
Be able to defend a position about important information. “I think this is important because…”