Monitoring Comprehension
What does it mean to monitor comprehension?
Monitoring comprehension means keeping track of what you understand in a text.
What are the 3 ways to connect with a text?
Text-to-self
Text-to-world
Text-to-text
True or False: Visualising is watching the movie version of a text
False
What do titles and headers provide the reader?
A preview of what the paragraph or text is about
Main ideas of the text
Provide a definition of the words
Embellish:
Deteriorate:
To add details to make something more interesting
To decline/worsen over time
What are two ways to monitor your comprehension?
How do they help you understand the text?
Highlight underline or circle " highlights key information or things you need to research later"
Reread a text " helps you find things you may have missed"
Pause after a paragraph " gives you time to think about what you read"
The reader is reading about a character who is going through an experience they had last year.
The reader heard about a similar issue on the radio
The reader Was assigned to read a text on the same subject during summer school
Text-to-Self
Text-to-World
Text-to- Text
List 3 adjectives and 3 verbs
3 words that describe a person place or thing
tall, huge, scary, tasty
3 action words
run, jump, hiding, skating
The topic being discussed, the thing that the author wants you to pay attention to, the big takeaway of a text is called the _____
The main idea
*Theme
What do the words trauma and distress have in common?
Both mean someone has been harmed
Trauma can cause someone to be in distress
Both can be a mental or emotional issue
List 3 words or phrases in the paragraph below, that help you identify the mood or tone of the main character?
"Antonia was so excited! She had wanted to go to the beach ever since she arrived in San Diego, and now—finally—it was time to swim in the Pacific Ocean. It felt wonderful, and she swam confidently in the salty water. Around her, surfers and swimmers were enjoying the ocean just as much as she was."
excited, finally, wonderful, enjoying
Provide an example of a text to text connection
A connection is made by connecting what you are currently reading to something you have read before
Which would best show how popular Bes the god was
A: Bes’s image was put on jewelry, masks, furniture, knives, and other household items
B: When a baby smiled or laughed for no reason, parents assumed Bes was making funny faces
A: Bes’s image was put on jewelry, masks, furniture, knives, and other household items
What are three things an author might do to organize a text?
Provide headers/ titles
Use a specific Text structure
Bold, Italicize or Underline words or phrases
What is the term that matches the following definitions?
To travel across two continents
A feeling of anxiety or stress over what might happen
To pass something down like a tradition
Transcontinental
Suspense
Heritage
According to the paragraph below, what does it mean if an animal is specialized?
"Polar bears are highly specialized. This means they have adapted to survive in a specific region and eat specific food. Polar bears live above the Arctic Circle and eat fish and arctic mammals such as seals. Their bodies are different from those of other types of bears. As a result, polar bears do not do well when they are in a non-arctic region.
They can only live in a specific place or eat specific things. They do not adapt well in climates/regions other than their own.
How does making connections with a text help readers?
Making connections lets you bring in your own experiences with different situations. since you may have read, seen, or experienced something you can understand it better. You basically connect by example
How does Visualizing help readers?
It gives you a visual experience of the text
It allows you to see what is going on in the text
Put this in order
M: They then moved on to the Dinosaur Exhibit.
C: Students at Venture were excited for their trip to the museum.
G: Lastly, the tour ended at the Native American History exhibit. They could not stop talking about all the cool things they saw on their way home.
T: The first exhibit they looked at was the Egyptian Tombs.
C T M G
Provide a synonym for the words below
extensive
inadequate
Portray
Large, huge , Vast
insufficient, poor, scarce
represent, describe, draw, act as
Which of the following was not one of the Monitoring Comprehension Strategies? What should you do instead?
A: Rereading
B: Eliminating confusing information
C: Marking the text
B: Eliminating confusing information
When you come across things you don't understand, that is when you should try the comprehension strategies.
Which types of connections were made? Explain your answer.
Khaos recently heard a story on the news about a forest fire that took out an extensive amount of forest area. Lots of animals were harmed and lost their homes. He decided he wanted to help. He remembered reading a book about birdhouses and how easy they were to make. He was sure he had the material in his garage, all he needed was a little help from his dad.
Text to World: he saw on the news a forest fire
Text to text: he previously read a book on how to build birdhouses
Create a paragraph using 3 verbs and 3 adjectives, that would help someone visualize a scene at an amusement park (ex: Valley Fair, Nickelodeon Universe, Six Flags)
The rides were huge and a little scary-looking. You could hear people screaming with excitement and fear all around. There were delicious smells coming from every corner. I ran over to the Wild Thing to start my adventure.
What are the 5 text structures, give an example of each
Description: profile, back of a book, food label
Sequence: timeline, cookbook, instructions
Compare Contrast: poems vs raps, fruits vs veggies
Cause and Effect: Something causing something to happen
Problem and Solution: plastic in the ocean ... Recycle
create a sentence using the terms treaty and experiment ( it must make sense).
The two countries signed a treaty agreeing that they would no longer dump the toxic chemicals from their lab experiments on each other's land.