reading comrehension _extensive reading assignment-

Reading comprehension - techniques for improving students' success in extracting useful knowledge from text (Mayer, p 34)

As defined by Partnership for Reading (2005), Reading comprehension is understanding a text that is read, or the process of "constructing meaning" from a text. Comprehension is a "construction process" because it involves all of the elements of the reading process working together as a text is read to create a representation of the text in the reader's mind.

In my opinion, Reading comprehension is the student’s ability to understand what they have been read from the text.

The concepst of Reading Comprehension

·         Explicit Information is information that can be clearly found "right there" in the text.

·         Drawing Conclusions is when you figure out what a text means by using what you already know and information from the text.

·         Vocabulary in Context means figuring out the meaning of a word by looking at the words and sentences around it.

·         Figurative Language refers to words that mean something other than what they say.

·         Genre is a type of text, such as fiction or nonfiction.

·         Sequence is the order of events or steps in a text.

·         Character refers to the looks, traits, thoughts, actions, and relationships of a person or animal in a text.

·         Setting tells you where and when a story takes place.

·         Plot is the events that make up the main story of a text.

·         Cause & Effect: Cause is the reason why something happens. Effect is what happens as a result.

·         Predicting is deciding what will most likely happen next in what you are reading.

·         Main Idea is the big idea in a text. It tells you what the text is mostly about.

·         Text Features are words and pictures that help organize and highlight information. Examples include headlines, photographs, and captions.

·         Classify & Categorize: Categorize is when you gather together information that is the same or almost the same. Classify is when you give that information a name.

·         Fact & Opinion: Fact is information that someone can prove true or false. Opinion is what someone believes about a subject.

·         Compare & Contrast: Comparing is noticing how two or more things are alike. Contrasting is noticing how they are different.

·         Pronoun Reference means connecting the pronouns in a sentence to the nouns to which they refer.

·         Point of View is the viewpoint from which a story is told to the reader.

·         Voice is how an author expresses his or her personality or attitude through language.

·         Author's Purpose is the reason why an author has written a text for readers.

·         Theme is the message that an author is trying to share with the reader