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Comprehension of Non-Fiction Text

Comprehension of Non-Fiction Text. Reading non-fiction text presents difficulties because:. Lack of familiarity Challenging concepts Extrapolating and remembering content while integrating content into prior knowledge A variety of non-fiction organizational patterns. Begin by:.

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Comprehension of Non-Fiction Text

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  1. Comprehension of Non-Fiction Text

  2. Reading non-fiction text presents difficulties because: • Lack of familiarity • Challenging concepts • Extrapolating and remembering content while integrating content into prior knowledge • A variety of non-fiction organizational patterns

  3. Begin by: • Teaching text structure • Preteaching key vocabulary • Emphasizing comprehension • Using read alouds of non-fiction text • Activating background knowledge

  4. Five Common Text Structures • Description • Sequence • Compare and Contrast • Cause and Effect • Problem and Solution

  5. Non-fiction text: Description • Presents a topic • No specific signal words for the reader • Graphic Organizers - Web or Bubble Map

  6. Non-fiction text: Sequence • Facts, event, or concepts in order of occurrence • Signal words include, first, second, then, next, last, before after,… • Graphic Organizers - Flow Map, Timeline

  7. Non-fiction text: Compare and Contrast • Identifying similarities and differences between facts, concepts, or people • Signal words include alike, resembles, compared to, unlike, different from • Graphic Organizers - Venn Diagrams, Double Bubble

  8. Non-fiction text: Cause and Effect • Includes description of cause and resulting effects • Signal words include if, so, so that, because of, as a result of • Graphic Organizes - Multi Flow Map

  9. Non-fiction text: Problem and Solution • The development of a problem and its solution • Signal words include problem, solution, because, cause, since • Graphic Organizer - Problem/Solution Map

  10. Non-fiction text features • Table of Contents • Chapter headings • Bold words or colored words • Boxes • Charts and graphs • Glossary • Captions with pictures or photos • Diagrams • Index

  11. Five Interventions • More time spent with non-fiction text • Graphic organizers to help synthesize and organize information • Direct Instruction of Collaborative Strategic Reading • Literature discussion using cooperative groups • Paired reading of fiction and non-fiction texts

  12. Collaborative Strategic Reading • Preview • Click and Clunk • Get the gist • Wrap Up

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