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Comprehension Tips

1. GRADE 8 COMPREHENSION tips and tricks Prepared by: mrs. nikitha

2. Comprehension  “Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand what they are reading, they are not really reading. ”Bonnie B. Armbruster, B.B., Lehr, F., & Osborn, J. (Eds.). (2001).  

3. What is Comprehension? Comprehension is the "essence of reading" (Durkin, 1993). It is a complex thinking process that requires the reader to construct meaning from the text.  - Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. An individual's ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills, one of which is the ability to make inferences.   - Reading comprehension is the act of understanding what you are reading.   - Reading comprehension is an intentional, active, interactive process that occurs before, during and after a person reads a particular piece of writing.  

4. Introduction In our academic life , questions are asked frequently whether they are in the form of daily test or in exams’ paper. It seems that we “STUDENTS” are meant for answering the questions.

5. LET'S LEARN THE ART OF COMPREHENSION.

6. Papers are good agencies to check our ability of answering the questions. Our paper includes one part which serves for this purpose.

7. Definition In Oxford dictionary; “It consists of a passage upon which questions are set to test the students’ ability to understand the content of the given text and to infer information and meanings from it.” 

8. Read this passage and answer the question in the quiz link: As many as a thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North America were building with adobe-sun baked brick plastered with mud. Their homes looked remarkably like modern apartment houses. Some were four stories high and contained quarters for perhaps a thousand people, along with storerooms for grain and other goods. These building were usually put up against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defense against enemies. They were really villages in themselves, as later Spanish explorers must have realized, since they called them Pueblos, which is Spanish for towns. The people of the pueblos raised what are called the three sisters-corn, beans, and squash. They made excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could hold water. The Southwest has always been a dry country where water is scarce. The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water was so important that it played a major role in their religion. The way of life of less-settled groups was simpler. Small tribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They gathered seeds and hunted small animals such as rabbits and snakes. In the Far North the ancestors of today’s Inuit hunted seals, walruses, and the great whales. They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters called igloos built of blocks of packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordly caribou. https://forms.microsoft.com/r/RrGnvv0rHC

9. Scanning it is rapid reading assisted by key words to locate specific pieces of information

10. 2. skimming It is rapid reading focusing on TITLES, SUBTITLES AND HEADING.

11. 3. eXPLORATORY READING It aims to get a fairly accurate picture of whole presentation of ideas.

12. 4. close reading  Reader must get maximum understanding of main ideas and their relationship.

13. 5. critical thinking In it we Question, Analyze, and Evaluate the text.

14. ANALYTICAL READING We use Critical Thinking skills to aid comprehension by analyzing, evaluating, interpreting, inferring, problem-solving, fostering creativity, and self-regulating, enhancing understanding and engagement with complex information.

15. Factual vs discursive What is a factual passage for comprehension? A factual passage is around 300 and 350 words in length. It is a comprehensive description that contains some knowledge as well as a clear explanation of physical characteristics. A good factual paragraph teaches the reader how to make a comparison of relevant stuff like statistics, information, and so on.

16. What is discursive writing? This is the overall title for factual writing where you discuss ideas, express opinions and present evidence to justify your (or other peoples') view-point. Discursive Writing Includes: Argumentative- where you present a balanced viewon the topic. Persuasive- Where you take a side and persuade the reader of your opinion.

17. FACT VS OPINION

18. Distinguishing Between FACT AND OPINION What are the differences?

19. OPINIONS An opinion is a statement that cannot be proved or checked It tells what someone thinks, feels, or believes Clue words for opinion statements are: think, feel, believe, seem always, never, all, none, most, least, best, greatest, worst

20. FACTS Facts are statements that can be checked or proved We can check facts by conducting some sort of experiment, observation , or by verifying (checking) the fact with a source document Facts often contain numbers, dates, or ages Facts might include specific information about a person, place or thing

21. HINTS FOR DECIDING IF A STATEMENT IS FACT OR OPINION To recognize a FACT : Read each answer choice and ask yourself: “Can this statement be proved?” Example :  Which of these is a fact? https://forms.microsoft.com/r/c84x7EcrYW  

22. HINTS FOR DECIDING IF A STATEMENT IS A FACT OR OPINION To recognize an OPINION : Read each answer choice and ask yourself “Does this statement tell what someone thinks, feels, or believes?” Look in the answer choice for clue words that signal an opinion

23. OPINION EXAMPLES: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN OPINION STATEMENT? https://forms.microsoft.com/r/TMCBCRQEu2  

24. When you’re writing…. Remember: Facts are often used to support opinions Good opinions are based on facts, but they are still opinions