ELA21.3.20
Establish a purpose before reading literary and informational texts to enhance comprehension, including identifying background knowledge and generating questions about the topic or characters.
Establish a purpose before reading literary and informational texts to enhance comprehension, including identifying background knowledge and generating questions about the topic or characters.
Unpacked Content
UP:ELA21.3.20
Vocabulary
- Establish
- Purpose
- Literary text
- Informational text
- Comprehension
- Identify
- Background knowledge
- Generating questions
- Topic
- Characters
Knowledge
Students know:
- There are different purposes for reading.
- Authors write text for different purposes.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Establish a purpose for reading literary and informational text, such as reading for pleasure, application, or information; to identify a theme or an author's purpose.
- Establish a purpose for reading by identifying their current background knowledge and generating questions about the topic or characters in the text.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are different purposes for reading, and establishing their purpose before engaging in reading can improve their overall comprehension of literary and informational text.
- To establish a purpose for reading, they can reflect upon their current background knowledge of a topic or generate questions about the topic or characters in the text.
