Reading and answering comprehension passages

Reading and answering comprehension passages

Tricks Write notes Find setting words Find logic words Find quality words Find “AHA’s “

Write notes • Every five lines, write down what you think the main idea is (your opinion—not a quote) • Use shorthand • KISS • Ask what is the author’s purpose and audience for what he wrote

Time and Setting • Underline or circle words that tell you the time or place where the piece is set: “today,” “once,” Renaissance,” “medieval,” “When…” • These could be questions later– off to the side, write the marker word

Logic words • Watch for words like “so,” “clearly,” and “therefore,” or “since.” • Make sure to note “U-Turn” words:

Quality words • Circleadjectives and adverbs that show point of view or opinion • Words that talk about how, what kind, or how good something is draw your attention to important facts

AHA’s • Places where the writer says “for example,” or offers facts to back up his opinions are extremely important! • Note these off to the side with whatever doodle you doodle and write the word it is an example of.

Quality words Important Expensive Best Highly definitely

U-Turns However Even though While Despite But

Significance Look at the sentence– does it have a surprise in it? Something you didn’t know? Write down or mark anything you think is interesting (or that you think the writer wants you to think is interesting)

Reading and answering comprehension passages