Reading Comprehension Short Texts

What is Close Reading?

• Close reading is thoughtful, critical analysis of a text.

• Close reading helps the reader focus on retelling a story.

• Close reading focuses on main ideas and supporting details.

• Close reading helps one to see small print.

Ideally, who should read the text during the first reading of a close read?

• The teacher

• The student independently

• Small group

• Partner reading

What is the recommended focus for a second reading?

• Key Ideas and Details

• Craft and Structure

• Integration of

  Knowledge and Ideas

• Only vocabulary

Detail

• when two characters are talking to one another

• a particular fact or piece of information provided in a story

• the absence of words

• a summary of a story

What makes text complex?

• Vocabulary

• Syntax

• Text Structures

• Text Features

It is a slow, careful reading of short difficult texts.

• Intensive reading

• Extensive reading

The goal of this type of reading is to understand all the language and details in the text.

• Intensive reading

• Extensive reading

What is the main purpose of reading comprehension?

• To decode words

• To understand and interpret text

• To memorize text

• To read quickly

Which of the following is a key strategy in reading comprehension?

• Ignoring difficult words

• Skimming through the text

• Making predictions about the text

• Reading aloud

What does 'context' refer to in reading comprehension?

• The main idea of the text

• The background information surrounding a text

• The author's opinion

• The text's vocabulary