Developmental reading 1 lesson 8

1. Lesson 8: Comprehension
Strategies
•HOW TO IMPROVE READING
COMPREHENSION
•READING COMPREHENSION
STRATEGIES

2. LET’S HAVE A READING ACTIVITY

3. •Find me in the
story!
“The Foolish
Donkey”

4. Instruction
Read the story carefully , while you’ll reading you
will notice “bold” letters , try to arrange the letters
into a word.
Any strategies are allowed .
You will be given 1 minute and 15 seconds to form
the word by reading the text.

5. 15 seconds
left
Times
Up!

7. READING
COMPREHENSION
STRATEGIES
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INTENSIVE READING
Determining Important
Ideas
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8. SKIMMING
• It is used when you
want to see if an
article may be of
interest in your
research.
• It is used to quickly
gather the most
important
information, or ‘gist’.
•It is used to quickly
identify the main
idea of text.

9. SCANNING
•It is running your
eyes over the text
looking for the
specific piece of
information you
need.
Scanning involves
moving your eyes
quickly down the
page seeking
specific words and
phrase.
•It is used to find a
particular piece of
information.

10. Extensive
Reading
•It is used to
improve your
general
knowledge of
business
procedures.
•It is used to
obtain a general
understanding of
a subject and
includes reading
longer texts for
pleasure, as well
as business
books.

11. •It is used on
shorter texts in
order to extract
specific
information
Intensive
Reading
includes very
close accurate
reading for detail.

12. •It is used to able
to create sensory
images in the
readers minds so
they will be more
Visualizing
engaged with the
content of the text
and will better
understand what
they read.

13. •This means
being to aware of
whether or not
understand what
Monitoring&
Repairing
Understanding
you read. Being able to
stop and use strategies
to clarify what is
confusing, whether it is
due to unfamiliar
vocabulary or lack of
background knowledge
is important to
achieving
comprehension.

14. Wake up!
Stretching time!
Stretch your arm upward and
Jump twice and turn around

15. •This involves
evaluating, sorting
and sifting
through
information that is
known and new
Synthesizing
and reorganizing it
into a larger idea or
concept.

16. •This means
learning to
differentiate
between the
Determining
Important
Ideas
main or key in a
text and
information that
is less essential.
Or that serves as
supporting
details.

17. Inferring
•It is drawing upon
reader’s
background
knowledge and
connecting this
with new
information.
INFERRING carries
reader’s
comprehension of
the text to anew
level, encouraging
them to create a
deeper
understanding
between what is
stated and what they
know.

18. Using Background
Knowledge
•This refers to the
ability of readers
to relate what
they know to what
they read; they
make connections
with the text, foster
their comprehension
and develop their
knowledge as
readers.

19. Questioning
•The ability to
generate questions
that demonstrate
that students are
synthesizing,
evaluating and
attempting to clarify
what they read.
•This leads to greater
understanding of the
content and fosters
further research and
exploration.

20. Review…review….review…..
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
3. Intensive
4. Extensive
5. Visualizing
6. Monitoring, repairing
and understanding
7. Synthesis
8. Determining important
ideas
9. Inferring
10. Using background
knowledge
11. Questioning

21. HOW TO IMPROVE READING
COMPREHENSION

22. HOW TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION
• Reading Comprehension requires motivation ,
mental frameworks for holding ideas, a
concentration and good study techniques .
• Martin (1991) suggests the following good
study techniques that will guarantee improved
comprehension ability

23. • Develop a broad background.
• Know the structure of paragraphs .
• Identify the type of reasoning
• Anticipate and predict
• Look for the method and interest
• Create motivation and interest
• Pay attention to supporting cues.
• Highlight , summarize and review
• Build a good vocabulary
• Use a systematic reading technique
like SQR3.
• Monitor effectiveness
HOW TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION