We hope everyone had a wonderful start to 2023! It’s time to kick this year off with some strong comprehension strategies that can help our students to improve their literacy skills.
Reading Lab #7: Comprehension
Class Syllabus – Grades 6-8
1/10/23
Objective: Students will be able to effectively summarize a complex text by identifying the main idea and its impact.
Essential Questions:
- Why is it important to identify the main conflict and solution represented in a text?
- What constitutes an effective summary of a text?
Enduring Understandings:
- The main character in a text is the subject who the writer focuses on and makes them complete major actions.
- The main conflict in a text is the problem that presents the most major obstacles for a character.
- The solution in a text oftentimes contributes to the main takeaway or life lesson.
Standards:
Grade 6: RL.6.2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. RL.6.3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). Grade 7: RL.7.2. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. RL.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events) Grade 8: RL.8.2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. RL.8.3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
Materials:
- Please download the documents below onto your computer. No need to print them.
