Strategies for Clarifying Reading Comprehension

This video, part of the 'Foundations of Reading Comprehension' series, addresses common reading challenges such as losing focus and not understanding the text. It emphasizes the importance of monitoring comprehension and offers strategies to clarify difficult sections. Techniques for decoding tough words are also provided. The video concludes by encouraging viewers to practice these skills and become active participants in the reading process.

What is the primary goal of monitoring our reading?

• To ensure we are reading quickly

• To critique the author's writing style

• To verify we understand what we read

• To memorize the content

Why is it important to become an active participant in the reading process?

• To finish reading faster

• To better remember the text

• To critique the text

• To improve comprehension

What should you do if you don't understand a part of the text?

• Ask someone else for the meaning

• Clarify by using specific strategies

• Guess the meaning of unknown words

• Skip it and move on

What is the purpose of asking yourself questions while reading?

• To monitor your understanding

• To prepare for a quiz

• To find errors in the text

• To make reading more challenging

Which is NOT a suggested strategy for clarifying your understanding?

• Re-reading the difficult part

• Ignoring the confusing parts

• Reading ahead to see if the context helps

• Summarizing the text using the 5Ws

What does 'clarifying' mean in the context of reading comprehension?

• Highlighting important text

• Making the meaning clearer to oneself

• Correcting typos in the text

• Summarizing the text for someone else

How can images help in understanding tough words?

• By providing a distraction

• By offering visual clues to the word's meaning

• By making the text more interesting

• By illustrating the author's biography

What does replacing a tough word with a known word help with?

• Correcting grammatical errors

• Making the text shorter

• Guessing the tough word's meaning

• Improving your vocabulary

What should you do if none of the strategies work to understand a word?

• Invent a new meaning for the word

• Skip the entire paragraph

• Look up the word in a dictionary

• Ignore the word completely

Why is practice important in improving reading comprehension?

• It makes reading less necessary

• It enhances your speed of reading

• It builds awareness of when you're confused

• It helps in memorizing the text