# Comprehension of Texts *Grade 6 English Language Arts and Literature* ## Slide 1: Comprehension of Texts ![Comprehension of Texts](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/api/generate/449e6a09-a8ab-4fba-b25b-a9ac8a7b957e/asset/2036) *Grade 6 English Language Arts and Literature: strategies for interpreting and responding to texts* *Sources: [Topic](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45594)* > Notes: Introduce the lesson: today we build on comprehension strategies learned in earlier grades and focus on how Grade 6 readers interpret and respond to complex texts. Reference the organizing idea that runs from Grade 1 through Grade 6: comprehension is supported by varied strategies and by considering context and universal themes. ## Slide 2: Our Learning Outcome and Guiding Question - Guiding question: How do comprehension strategies enhance interpretations of texts? ([Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45595)) - Learning outcome: We interpret and respond to texts through applying comprehension strategies ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45596)) - Strategies include predicting, inferring, making connections, summarizing, synthesizing, and evaluating ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) - Self-monitoring skills help us comprehend and interpret texts we read on our own ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) *Sources: [Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45595), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45596), [Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)* > Notes: Success criteria: I can name at least four comprehension strategies. I can explain what self-monitoring means when reading. Checkpoint: cold-call a few students to name a strategy and give an example of when they might use it. ## Slide 3: How Skilled Readers Work Through a Text 1. **Predict and connect**: Use text to self, text to text, and text to world connections before and during reading ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) 2. **Analyze closely**: Examine ideas and information separately and in relationship to each other ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) 3. **Notice context clues**: Look at words, phrases, punctuation, dialogue, and images, diagrams, or charts ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) 4. **Infer and draw conclusions**: Use stated and implied ideas to reach judgements about the text ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) 5. **Summarize and synthesize**: Combine ideas to confirm or expand understanding ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)) *Sources: [Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)* > Notes: Walk students through this sequence using a shared read-aloud text. Model thinking aloud at each step. Formative checkpoint: pause after step three and ask students to jot one context clue they noticed. Support: provide a simplified version of the flowchart with sentence starters. Extension: ask students to add their own step describing self-monitoring. ## Slide 4: Explicit vs. Implicit: Reading Between the Lines **Stated in the text** Explicit information is written directly in the text. Context clues such as words, phrases, punctuation, and dialogue help us find it ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). We distinguish between what is stated and what is inferred ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). **Implied by the text** Implicit information is not written directly. We infer meanings from context clues and draw conclusions using both stated and implied ideas ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). This is like reading between the lines to figure out what the author really means. *Sources: [Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)* > Notes: Use a short mystery paragraph and ask students to sort clues into stated versus implied. Checkpoint: exit ticket with one explicit and one implicit example from a class novel. Support: colour-code stated details in one highlighter and inferred ideas in another. ## Slide 5: Perspectives, Bias, and Context Perspectives can change because of time, experience, context, or new information ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45469)). Making connections is a comprehension strategy that can support interpretation of increasingly complex texts ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). Evaluating is a comprehension strategy that can be used to interpret and respond to increasingly complex texts([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). Comprehension strategies can support interpretation of texts read independently([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). Self-monitoring skills can support comprehension and interpretation of texts read independently([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). > Whose story is being told? Perspectives can change because of time, experience, context, or new information ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45469)). Making connections is a comprehension strategy that can support interpretation of increasingly complex texts ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). Evaluating is a comprehension strategy that can be used to interpret and respond to increasingly complex texts([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). Comprehension strategies can support interpretation of texts read independently([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). Self-monitoring skills can support comprehension and interpretation of texts read independently([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). *Sources: [Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)* > Notes: Use a real example, such as two news headlines about the same event, or two characters in a class novel with different views. Ask: how might this text change if written in a different time or place? Extension: have students research the historical context of a text's setting. Support: give a sentence frame such as 'This author might be biased because...'. ## Slide 6: Bringing It All Together Summary: Readers use predicting, inferring, making connections, summarizing, synthesizing, and evaluating to interpret and respond to increasingly complex texts([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). We use comprehension strategies such as predicting, inferring, making connections, summarizing, synthesizing, and evaluating to interpret and respond to increasingly complex texts([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)). **Question:** The next time you read a story or article, which comprehension strategy will you try first, and why? *Sources: [Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45598)* > Notes: Wrap up with a think-pair-share on the closing question. Collect answers on sticky notes as an exit ticket to check understanding before the next lesson. 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