These are the things that good and ineffective readers do. What do you do?
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Proficient Readers
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Ineffective Readers
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Before Reading
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- Understand that reading is a process to make meaning.
- Build up their background knowledge on the subject before they begin to read.
- Use their background knowledge as they read.
- Know their purpose for reading.
- Strive for fluency (conversational-like reading).
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- Think of reading only as decoding–one word at a time.
- Do not expect reading to make sense.
- Start reading without thinking about the topic, the language, or the structure of the text.
- Do not know why they are reading.
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During
Reading |
- Give their complete attention to the reading task.
- Keep a constant check on their own understanding.
- Adjust their reading rate to match purpose and reading material.
- Monitor their reading comprehension and do it so often it becomes automatic.
- Can match their reading strategies to a variety of reading materials.
- Stop only to use a fix-up strategy when they do not understand.
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- Do not know whether they understand or do not understand.
- Do not understand the concept of varying reading rates.
- Do not monitor their own comprehension.
- Seldom use any of the fix-up strategies.
- They do not self-monitor: Asking does what I just read make sense, sound right, and look right?
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After
Reading |
- Decide if they have achieved their goal for reading.
- Respond personally and critically to what they read by making connections text/self; text/text; or text/real world.
- Evaluate their own comprehension of what they read.
- Summarize the major ideas.
- Seek additional information from outside sources.
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- Do not know what they have read.
- Are unable to respond critically to what they have read, although they may have a limited personal response.
- Do not follow reading with comprehension self-check.
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(Adapted from Irvin, 1990, p. 29)
Go to the links listed below in any sequence you want. They have online comprehension exercises and comprehension skills for you to complete. Once you have completed them, go to the comments section to tell me the scores you reeived for the comprehension exercises.
Also write about the questions you thought about, the connections you made and any other strategies which helped you understand the passages better or answer the questions more confidently.
1) Inference Skills
2) Inference Skills – Reteaching
3) Inference Quiz
4) Romulus & Remus (MCQ)
5) Romulus & Remus – Cloze
6) Culture Shock (MCQ)
7) Culture Shock – Post Reading Quiz (MCQ)
Pulp Friction (MCQ)
9) Pupl Friction – Vocabulary (MCQ)
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February 21st, 2007 at 8:06 pm
For 1) Inference Skills, I got 4/6
February 21st, 2007 at 8:07 pm
For 1) Inference Skills, i got 4/6
February 21st, 2007 at 8:08 pm
For 1)Inference Skills, I got 6/6.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:08 pm
I had 83% for the first excercise, which means i had 5/6. This exercise was relatively hard as i had not come across such a text for comprehension before. But when i visualized everything (with help from the graph), it all became alot more clearer.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:09 pm
For the inference skills i got 4/6
February 21st, 2007 at 8:09 pm
For 2)Inference Skills-Reteaching, I got a perfect score.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:10 pm
For 1) Inference Skills, I got 6/6.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:10 pm
I acheived 6/6!!!!! for the first test. At first. thought that it would be about complicating statistics but after learning how to understand the text, I found it quite easy to digest.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:10 pm
the first passage was quite hard to understand because I have no idea what all these grade inflations and dunnowhats are. I got an ‘embarressingly low’ result of 3 right 3 wrong, but I suppose I had to make the most of what ever I could understand, though it was all greek to me.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I got a perfect score for the second excercise
February 21st, 2007 at 8:11 pm
What up with that for inference skills-reteaching i got a perfect score. I answered the first question my accident
February 21st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I got a perfect score for the 2nd one
February 21st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I got a perfect score this time for the second test.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:13 pm
for the second excercise, i got them all right. This one is a piece of CAKE!
February 21st, 2007 at 8:13 pm
I got full marks for the second assignment. The second assignment was quite interesting as it wasn’t a close passage, but it still tested us on whether we could gather information from the context. But the only fault i find is in the answering system. I couldn’t answer one of the questions at first as when i used my mouse to move up and down and let it go in the box meant to be the answer, it took that as the answer immediately without waiting for me to confirm.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
For the Inference Skills, i got 3/6, while for the second excercise, i got a perfect score, and i got 13/15 for the third
February 21st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
or 3)Inference Quiz, i got 13/15 only as I made a few careless mistakes.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
For 2) Inference Skills-Reteaching, I got 4/4… but i did not even read the 3rd question and when i scrolled down, i ended up getting it correct.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:15 pm
I got a perfect score for the third test as well.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:15 pm
I got full marks for the 3rd excrcise.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:16 pm
I got all correct on 3) Inference Quiz
February 21st, 2007 at 8:17 pm
For 4)Romulus and Remus(MCQ), I got 100% which is 3/3.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I got a perfect score for the third one. It was quite easy
February 21st, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I got the last one all right. Pretty easy, if you ask me.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Oh yea all correct on the fourth MCQ thingy
February 21st, 2007 at 8:19 pm
For the third test, i got 15/15… but the other options were quite off…
February 21st, 2007 at 8:19 pm
All right for the 4th test!
February 21st, 2007 at 8:20 pm
i got full marks for the 4th MCQ compre.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:20 pm
i finished the third one in one minute 20 seconds. and got them all right.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I got full marks for the Romulus and Remus exercise.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:20 pm
For 5)Cultural Shock, I got 100%, which is 5/5.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I got exercise 3 and 4 all correct. And i am only posting my results for question 3 now because the computer said i was posting my comments too quickly…
February 21st, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I got a perfect score for Culture Shock exercise.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:23 pm
I got 5/5 for Culture Shock
February 21st, 2007 at 8:24 pm
For the fourth test, i got 3/3.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:25 pm
The fourth one is quite easy, though i wasn’t so sure about the first one. I got that wrong first, then i redid it, and got it right.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:26 pm
For 6)Pulp Friction, i got 90% which is 9/10.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:26 pm
previous comment, mistake. I did the fifth one.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Got full marks for the 5th excercise; almost ran out out time
February 21st, 2007 at 8:27 pm
These are the scores for the exercises:
First test: 5/6
Second test: 4/4
Third test: 14/15
Fourth test: 3/3
Fifth test: 8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:27 pm
i got full marks for the fourth and fifth exercise and 75% for section six.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Inference Skills- 6/6
Inference Skills- Reteaching- 1/1
Inference Quiz- 15/15
Romulus and Remus- 3/3
Cultural Shock- 6/6
Pulp Friction- 10/10
I find the last one, Pulp Friction harder than the others, as you really have to read carefully to understand it or find the answers. The others were quite easy, as compared to the last one.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Inference Skills- 6/6
Inference Skills- Reteaching- 1/1
Inference Quiz- 15/15
Romulus & Remus (MCQ)- 3/3
Cultural Shock (MCQ)- 6/6
Pulp Friction- 10/10
I found most of the questions easy, except for one question in Pulp Friction, which I almost got wrong as the answers were all in order in the comprehension passage, except for that question.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:28 pm
i got 9/10 for pulp friction.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:29 pm
First test: 4/6
Second test: 4/4
Third test: 15/15
Fourth test: 3/3
Fifth test: 8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:29 pm
My Scores:
1st test: 4/6
2nd test: 4/4
3rd test: 15/15
4th test: 2/3
5th test: 5/6
6th test: 8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:29 pm
For the cultural shock one, i got 5/5.
Min Chih: I got the posting commments too quickly 4 time already!!
February 21st, 2007 at 8:30 pm
The first one was the most difficult of all…, i didn’t quite understand the passage, as i have no prior knowledge about it.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:30 pm
sixth test: 8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:31 pm
I acheived a perfect score for pulp friction. This passage was quite difficult because the answers were not very direct and we need inferencing skills. Futhermore, this passage was difficult to visualise as the whole passage was just about the growth and banning of a type of plant which is related to another plant which could produce drugs.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:31 pm
For the pulp friction excercise i got 90% which is 9/10 supposedly
February 21st, 2007 at 8:32 pm
for the thrid, fourth and fifth passage, i think they are the easiest… the thrid passage only requires some common sense.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
ARGH, i got 83% for last excercise
February 21st, 2007 at 8:34 pm
1:5/6
2:6/6
3:15/15
4:3/3
5:6/6
6:8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:34 pm
I got all correct for the fifth exercise, and i got 90% for the last one…
February 21st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
For the last one, I got all right.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
1)3/6
2)4/4
3)13/15
4)3/3
5)6/6
6)7/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:52 pm
1) 5/6
2) 4/4
3) 14/15
4) 3/3
5) 5/6
6) 7/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:56 pm
1) inferrences skills : 3/6
2) inference skills-reteaching : ‘perfect score’
3) inference quiz : 13/15
4) romulus and remus : a) 3/3 b) 8/10
5) culture shock : 100%
February 21st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
1>> 5/6
2>>4/4
3>>14/15
4>>3/3
5>>6/6
6>>10/10
February 21st, 2007 at 8:58 pm
My score wasn’t that bad (:
February 21st, 2007 at 9:22 pm
For the first inference passage, I got 6/6
February 21st, 2007 at 9:22 pm
1>>5/6
February 21st, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Fo the first passage i got 4/6.
February 21st, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I have got 4/6 for the 1st test
February 21st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
For 1) inference skills, i got 4/6:P
February 21st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I got 4/6 for test 1.
February 21st, 2007 at 9:27 pm
for test 2 i got perfect score.
February 21st, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I got 6/6 marks for the second test
February 21st, 2007 at 9:28 pm
first test 5/6 yeah!
February 21st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
For 2) Inference skills reteaching i got a perfect score!
February 21st, 2007 at 9:52 pm
2>> FULL MARKS
February 21st, 2007 at 9:53 pm
For the first
February 21st, 2007 at 9:53 pm
For the first quiz, I got 5/6. For the last quiz, I got 9/10.
February 21st, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Sorry about the first post.
February 21st, 2007 at 9:54 pm
i got full for culture shock
February 21st, 2007 at 9:55 pm
I got a coin for test 2 (Full marks)
February 21st, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Full marks for all ‘cept the Inference quiz which I got one wrong. THat question had some answers that could also be the one but other then that, the rest of the questions were just elimination. The reteaching inference was curious, I’d never done something like that before
February 21st, 2007 at 9:57 pm
I got perfect scores for the 1st and 2nd quiz
February 21st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
3>>full mariks
February 21st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
for the 3rd quiz, i got 14/15…
February 21st, 2007 at 10:00 pm
4>>full marks
February 21st, 2007 at 10:00 pm
For the third quiz I got full marks! (15/15)
February 21st, 2007 at 10:01 pm
for the third quiz i got one mistake.:’(
February 21st, 2007 at 10:02 pm
I got 14/15 for the 3rd test.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
5>>full marks
February 21st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
I got 2/3 for the 4th test.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:05 pm
I got perfect score for both tests 4 and 5.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:06 pm
i got full marks for the 4th test :p
February 21st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
6>>full marks
February 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
7>>full marks
February 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
How do I count the marks for test 5?
February 21st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
The story of romulus & remus was once in a show on Kids Central called Timeblazers. In that episode , the show explained the whole hisrory of rome, including this legend.
I got 3/3 for this quiz.
For the 3rd quiz,i got a perfect score!!!!!!!! (15/15)
February 21st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
For ‘Inference Skills’, I got 67%- 4/6.
For ‘Inference Skills-Reteaching’, I got 100%- 4/4.
For ‘Inference Quiz’, I got 100%- 15/15. :]
For ‘Romulus & Remus (MCQ)’, I got 100%- 3/3. (^__^)
For ‘Culture Shock (MCQ)’, I got 66.6%- 4/6. (-__-)
For ‘Pulp Friction’, I got 76%- 7/10. :[
February 21st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
for the 5th quiz, i got 5 upon six………………..,.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Sorry, for the 5th quiz i got 2 mistakes and for the 6th quiz i then got 5/6
February 21st, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Inference Skills: 4 out of 6
Inference Skills – Reteaching: 4 out of 4
Inference Quiz: 15 out of 15
Romulus and Remus (MCQ): 3 out of 3
Culture Shock (MCQ): 5 out of 6
Pulp Friction: 90%
yays
February 21st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Test 6 : Full marks
February 21st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
1st 6/6
2nd 10/10
3rd 15/15
4th 3/3
5th 6/6
6th 10/10
February 21st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
8>>8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
1-100%
2-100%
3-100%
4-100%
5-100%
6-100%
7-100%
8-100%
9-100%
February 21st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
test 7: full marks yay!
February 21st, 2007 at 10:16 pm
sorry… I didn’t mean to sound so bad or anything…:(
February 21st, 2007 at 10:16 pm
9>>5/6
February 21st, 2007 at 10:16 pm
For the 7th quiz, I got 3/3.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:17 pm
1)6/6
2)4/4
3)14/15
4)3/3
5)6/6
6)8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 10:18 pm
At first I found the first exercise quite hard but I realised that it was not so bad after all. The rest were rather easy and I did not have much problems.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
i got full marks for tests 7, 8 & 9.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Inferences in Reading: 6/6
Inference-Reteaching: 4/4
What Can You Infer? : 15/15
Romulus & Remus (MCQ):3/3
Culture shock (MCQ): 6/6
Pulp Friction: 8/10
February 21st, 2007 at 10:20 pm
1)4/6
2)4/4
3)15/15
4)3/3
5)6/6
6)10/10
February 21st, 2007 at 10:21 pm
1-100%
2-100%
3-100%
4-100%
5-100%
6-100%
7-100%
8-100%
9-100%
February 21st, 2007 at 10:21 pm
test 8. 9/10
:):):):):):):)
February 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
1) Inference skills: 4/6
Pulp Friction (MCQ): 10/10
2) Inference skills-reteaching: 1/1
3) Inference quiz: 15/15
4) Romulus and Remus (MCQ): 3/3
5) Romulus and Remus-Cloze: 10/10
6) Culture Shock MCQ: 6/6
7) Culture Shock-Post reading quiz (MCQ): 3/3
9) Pulp friction-vocabulary (MCQ): 6/6
February 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
For ‘Romulus and Remus (Cloze)’, I got 80%- 8/10. =(
For ‘Pulp Friction (Vocabulary[MCQ])’, I got 85%- 5/6. (=-__-=)
For ‘Culture Shock, Post-reading quiz (MCQ)’ I got 100%- 3/3. (*__*)
February 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
1st: 6/6
2nd: 100%
3rd: 15/15
4th: 100%
5th: 8/10
6th: 100%
7th: 100%
8th: 90%
9th: 100%
February 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
For test 8: 76%
February 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
1) 5/6
all’s good so far…..
WOOT!
70%
2) 4/4
3) 15/15
4) 3/3
5) 10/10
6) 6/6
7) 3/3
stopping here now
February 21st, 2007 at 10:22 pm
1st test —- 4/6
2nd test —- 4/4
3rd test —- 14/15
4th test —- 3/3
5th test —- 5/10
6th test —- 5/6
7th test —- 2/3
February 21st, 2007 at 10:23 pm
This cloze is the same text as the previous one! O_o
10/10!!!!!!
yay!
February 22nd, 2007 at 4:15 am
Inference skills: 4/6
Inference skills-reteaching: 4/4
Inference quiz: 15/15
Romulus and Remus: 3/3
Romulus and Remus Cloze: 9/10
Culture shock MCQ: 6/6
Culture shock Post-reading quiz: 3/3
Pulp Friction: 83% ( 5/6 )
Pulp Friction Vocab: 85% ( 5/6 )
February 22nd, 2007 at 4:22 am
In my opinion, I felt that the passage titled “Pulp Friction” was the most challenging as the passage was solely about the logging of trees and what some governments have done. Another passage which I found quite tricky was the one on inference skills.
February 22nd, 2007 at 4:46 am
I felt that the Inference Skills was a little tricky and so was Pulp Friction, but Inference Skills- Reteaching was a little simple.
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:31 am
1] Inference skills: 4/6
2] Inference skills-reteaching: 3/4
3] Inference quiz: 15/15
4] Romulus and Remus: 3/3
5] Romulus and Remus Cloze: 8/10
6] Culture shock MCQ: 6/6
7] Culture shock Post-reading quiz: 3/3
8] Pulp Friction: 9/10
9] Pulp Friction Vocab: 5/6
For Inference Skills- Reteaching, i felt that it was quite easy but I scrolled on the wrong answer. What I found hard was Pulp Friction, and, i read a few questions wrongly. :[
February 22nd, 2007 at 6:45 am
Pulp Friction (MCQ): 76%
Pulp Friction vocabulary : 100%
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:03 am
ok! back online rofl. begin ANSWERING!
, :p, 8), 
, 
thats all i know…..never mind. my quiz scores!
all smilies known to me so far.
9) oooo, i got full marks!
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 am
1. 3/6
2. 4/4
3. 15/15
4. 3/3
5. 9/10
6. 6/6
7. 3/3
8. 8/10
9. 6/6
Total: 57/63
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:28 am
It was hard doing the first passage as I did not understand anything at ALL!!!!!!!!
;(