Mylene P. Manuel BEEd 2AEnglish 135-Remedial Instruction In EnglishGroup 3 (Reading)

Reading Comprehension Defined

Without comprehension, reading is mere verbalism.

In reading comprehension we apply our understanding, and by means of our understanding we

develop our physical, emotional and mental responses.

Without comprehension, reading is mere verbalism.

In reading comprehension we apply our understanding, and by means of our understanding we

develop our physical, emotional and mental responses

Basic Comprehension Skills

In basic comprehension skills we have four categories

1. Literal Thinking Operations

In literal thinking operations we apply first our observations, we remembering or find the

significant details.

2. Inferential Thinking Operations

We making our predictions, reading between the lines to become more understand and more

clear, and afterwards we recognizing main ideas, and also applying our observations.

3. Critical Thinking Operations

This is the time to distinguishing the fact details and evaluating according to criteria.

4. Creative Thinking Operations

In this part we apply our own idea by comparing to another idea and afterwards, we create a

more and good flow of information.

1. Creative Thinking Operations

In this part we apply our own idea by comparing to another idea and afterwards, we create a

more and good flow of information

The Questioning Technique to Develop Comprehension

1. Recall Questions

The purpose of this kind of this kind of question is to determine if the pupils have acquired

or obtained a desire amount of factual information.

2. Descriptive Questions

This type of question helps the pupils to put together and organized the fact which they

have gathered to make some sense out of their data.

3. Explanatory Questions

With this type of question pupils must tell why they think as they do, in short we must

explain the reason behind this answers.

4. Synthesizing Questions

The purpose of this question is to get the pupils to suggest the connections or relationships

that they believed contain data support and or what basis.

5. Judgmental Questions

In this question, the pupils required choosing among alternatives or making a judgment or

more possibilities are best according established criteria.

Bloom’s Taxonomy Applied to Questioning

Level I Knowledge- by simply knowing, in knowledge we understand, we recognized, and we

Level II know the details or information. Comprehension – recall and demonstrate the

ability to arrange and organize information mentally.

Level III Application- means applying we can use a rules, a definition, a classification system,

and also follow the directions, for more clear and detailed information.

Level IV- Analysis- by analyze, identify and finding, because this is the three things to

analyze.

Level V- Synthesis – in synthesis there are three creative thinking.

Developing original communication, making predictions, and solving problems for which

there is no single answer.

Level VI- Evaluation- requires the students to judge the merits of an aesthetic work, an idea,

or a solution to a problem.

Characteristics of Good Question

1. A good question is simple and clear.

2. A good question is definite.

3. A good question is challenging and thought provoking.

4. A good question is adapted to the age, abilities, and interest of the pupils.

5. A good question requires a extended response.

Literary Appreciations Skills

Teaching Literature to Children

Para no said teaching literature to children provides emotional release, and in

reading the writings of others. And through literature the child develops his tastes in

reading for pleasure.

Teaching literatures to children contributes to the development of their creative talents.

Poetry for Children

According to Para no, it is an aesthetic expressions of thought and emotions in rhythmical

language.

Fables

Short tales in which the chief characters are animals and sometimes inanimate object that act

and talk like human beings.

Legends

It is a form of story containing miracles and wonders handed down from generation to

generation.

Source: Teaching Reading in the Elementary GradesErlinda G. Tajero

Gerry C. Catchillar(Coordinator)

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