General
What is comprehension?
Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read.
What is literal comprehension?
Literal comprehension is the understanding of information and facts directly stated in the text.
What is inferential comprehension?
Inferential comprehension is the ability to process written information and understand the underlying meaning of the text.
Name the elements of a short story.
Characters
Settings
Plot
Conflict
Theme
Name the literal comprehension skills
Keywords
Skimming
Scanning
What does inferential comprehension require readers to do?
Name the levels of comprehension?
literal
inferential
evaluative
What are keywords?
content words that carry the most meaning in a text.
What is evaluative comprehension?
Evaluative comprehension requires the reader to move beyond the text to consider what they think and believe in relation to the message in the text.
Name the elements of a plot.
Introduction
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Name the literal skill.
Quickly read through a text to get the main idea.
Skimming
At the evaluative level, readers are required to:
judge
evaluate
decide
Different among literal, inferential, and evaluative comprehension.
Directly stated
Not explicitly stated
think and believe
What is scanning?
reading to locate particular elements or specific details in a text, such as key concepts, names, dates, or certain information in answer to a question
Readers use the information stated in the text as clues to determine what is not stated, but implied.
Inferential