7 keys to comprehension
- 1. 7 Keys to7 Keys to comprehensioncomprehension Susan Zimmerman and ChryseSusan Zimmerman and Chryse HutchinsHutchins
- 2. 7 Keys to Comprehension 1. Motion picture of the mind: sensory images – Good readers create a wide range of visual, auditory, and other sensory images as they read, and they become emotionally involved with what they read. 1. Making connections: background knowledge – Good readers use their relevant prior knowledge before, during and after reading to enhance their understanding of what they’re reading
- 3. 7 Keys to Comprehension 3. Why, what, where, who and how: questioning – Questions indicate engagement – Questions are fundamental to being a human being – Questions are a key ingredient in building superb readers
- 4. 7 Keys to Comprehension 4. Weaving sense into words: drawing inferences – Inferring involves forming a best guess about what the ‘evidence’ (words, sentences, and paragraphs) means; speculating about what’s to come; and then drawing conclusions about what was read to deepen the meaning of the literal words on the page.
- 5. By using inference you: • Elaborate upon what you read • Draw conclusions • Make predictions • Find connecting points • Ask questions • Personalize what you read to build a deeper meaning
- 6. 7 Keys to Comprehension 5&6. What’s important and why: determining importance and synthesizing – An important aspect of comprehension is being able to distinguish between the nonessential information and the essential information. – Determining importance has to do with knowing why you’re reading and then making decisions about which information or ideas are most critical to understanding the overall meaning of the piece
- 7. 7. Cultivating Awareness: Fix- up strategies • Go back and reread. Sometimes that is enough • Read ahead to clarify meaning • Identify what it is you don’t understand: word sentence or concept • If it is a word, read beyond and use context clues to help you understand. • If it is a sentence in a picture book, look at the pictures.
- 8. • If it is a concept, try to summarize the story up to the confusing spot. If that doesn’t clear it up, maybe you need to build more background knowledge.