ELA21.3.20

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

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.

Unpacked Content

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.

Vocabulary

Establish
Purpose
Literary text
Informational text
Comprehension
Identify
Background knowledge
Generating questions
Topic
Characters

COS Examples

Examples: reading for pleasure, application, or information; to identify a theme or an author’s purpose

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