Developmental reading Lesson 6 levels of comprehension

1. LEVELS OF READING COMPREHENSION

2. Reading Comprehension
- the ability to easily and effectively read
text for meaning

3. 5 LEVELS OF READING
COMPREHENSION
• Lexical comprehension
• Literal comprehension
• Interpretive comprehension
• Applied comprehension
• Affective comprehension

4. 1. Lexical comprehension
• Understand key vocabulary in
the text
• Preview vocabulary before
reading the story or text
• Review new vocabulary during
or after the text

5. Example:
• What does “enchanted” mean?
• What words are most like
“enchanted” : magical or
funny? Scary or special?

6. 2. Literal comprehension
• Answer WHO, WHAT, WHEN, &
WHERE questions
• Look in the text to find the
answers written in the story
• Ask questions from the
beginning, middle, and end of
the story

7. Example:
• Who was the girl who lost the
glass slipper?
• Where did Cinderella go to live
at the end of the story?

8. 3. Interpretive comprehension
• Answer WHAT IF, WHY, & HOW
questions
• Understand “facts” that are not
explicitly stated in the story
• Illustrations may help to infer
meaning

9. Example:
• How did the pumpkin turn into a
carriage?
• What would have happened to
Cinderella if she hadn’t lost her
slipper?

10. 4. Applied comprehension
• Relate story to existing
knowledge or opinion
• Not a simple question that can
be marked right or wrong
• Challenge children to support
their answer with logic or reason

11. Example:
• Do you think Cinderella was
wrong for going to the ball after
her stepmother told her she
couldn’t go?

12. 5. Affective comprehension
• Understand social & emotional
aspects
• Preview social scripts to ensure
understanding of plot
development
• Connect motive to plot and
character development

13. Example:
• What do you do when you’re
disappointed because you
cannot do something fun? Is
that how Cinderella reacted?

14. Six Levels of Comprehension by
Judy Crozier (adapted from MtSac)
• Literal
• Inferential
• Appreciative
• Critique
• Evaluative
• Essential
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• Text: //////
– Text gives the information.
• Reader: clear
–Reader comes up with the
information (reader’s opinion)
• Author: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
- Reader looks at the work of the
author and judges.

20. 1. Literal
Stated facts in text:
• Data
• Specifics
• Date
• Traits and setting

21. • Example: Whom did Little Red Riding
Hood’s mother send her to meet?
• For Essay: Find quote/s that proves
your response.

22. 2. Inferential
Builds on facts in text:
• Prediction using facts from text
• Sequence
• Traits and setting

23. • Example: Do you think Little Red
Riding Hood will make it to her
grandmother’s house safely? Why, or
why not?
• For Essay: Find quote/s that supports
why you guessed/predicted what you
did and why you concluded what you
did.

24. 3. Appreciative
Response to text based on:
• Personal reaction and reflection
(places reader in story)
• Author’s purpose

25. • Example: How would you feel if you
were sent off into the woods alone?
EXPLAIN your answer.
• For Essay: Find quote/s that supports
or led you to why you thought what
you did.

26. 4. Critique
Response to text based on:
• Author’s use of language
• Reaction to author’s ideas
• Reaction to author’s values,
imagery, style, and execution

27. • Example: Did the author write the story so
that it is relatable for kids/adults? What style
or form did the author write in, was the
language authentic, and was the description
rich? EXPLAIN your answer.
• For Essay: Find quote/s that demonstrates
and supports what you describe (good or
bad) about the authors writing, style, use of
language, or authenticity.

28. 5. Evaluative
Judgment of text based on:
• Fact or opinion
• Validity
• Appropriateness
• Worth: acceptable, desirable ideas
• Comparisons
• Cause-effect

29. • Example: Do you think it was right for
Little Red Riding Hood’s mother to
send her off into the woods alone?
Why or why not?
• For Essay: Find quote/s that
demonstrates or supports the
judgment, what a character/s said or
did that made you judge them
however you did.

30. 6. Essential
Response to text based on:
• Drawn from entire text
• Looks at the big ideas and themes from text
• Looks at the worldview that the text brings
up
• Applies the themes to today’s world

31. • Example: How old should a child be
before he or she is allowed to go out
alone? What parameters would you set
for the child? Explain your answer.
• For Essay: Find quote/s from text or
possibly outside sources that
demonstrates and support your
statements – link the concepts of the
story to the world today and situations
happening today (or that could happen).

32. Midterm Requirement
• The class will be divided into 10
groups.
• Using the levels of reading
comprehension, construct 10
multiple-choice type of questions for
each level.

33. FINAL REQUIREMENT?

34. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!