Harcourt 10-11

Theme 1

Whole Group

Lesson 3

Day 2

The BIG Question:

What strategies do good readers use to help them

understand a story?

Comprehension Strategy:

The characters are the people in a story. The main character is the person the story is mostly about.

The setting is where and when a story takes place. The setting may change as the story unfolds.

Plot events are the things that happen in a story. Often the plot involves a problem the main character must solve.

Characters

Setting

Plot Events

Good readers answer questions

about what they are reading.

Comprehension Strategy:

There are four kinds of question-answer relationships.

Right There Question

The answer is easy to find in the text. It is usually right there in one place in the text.

There are four kinds of question-answer relationships.

Think and Search Question

Combine information from two or more parts of the text to answer

the question.

There are four kinds of question-answer relationships.

Author and You Question

Draw conclusions by thinking about what you already know and what

the author tells you.

There are four kinds of question-answer relationships.

On My Own Question

Use what you know and your own experiences

to answer the question.

I thought living in New York City would be awful. I imagined hot, humid days and sidewalks jammed with people. Sure, some days are hot and humid, but our apartment is near Central Park. The park is like a huge, cool, green gateway. I go there every day.

Right There Question:

Where does the author live?

I thought living in New York City would be awful. I imagined hot, humid days and sidewalks jammed with people. Sure, some days are hot and humid, but our apartment is near Central Park. The park is like a huge, cool, green gateway. I go there every day.

Think and Search Question:

How did the author’s opinion of New York City change?

I thought living in New York City would be awful. I imagined hot, humid days and sidewalks jammed with people. Sure, some days are hot and humid, but our apartment is near Central Park. The park is like a huge, cool, green gateway. I go there every day.

Author and You Question:

How does the author feel about Central Park?

I thought living in New York City would be awful. I imagined hot, humid days and sidewalks jammed with people. Sure, some days are hot and humid, but our apartment is near Central Park. The park is like a huge, cool, green gateway. I go there every day.

On My Own Question:

What do you think the author does in Central Park?

There are four kinds of question-answer relationships.

Right There

Think and Search

Author and You

On My Own

How could you try to

stay in touch with one

another even though you

are far apart?

How might you feel if you were separated from your best friend

for an entire summer?

Summer in the Country

Summer in the City