Reading
Comprehenston
Retrieval Charts
A Retrieval Chart is
one on
which information about
a number of categories
or
topics
is
organised so that comparisons can be
made.
Students need to
be able to
extract
important information
and make
generalisations.
Procedure:
. Teacher constructs the headings and asks students to
complete
retrieval
chart.
. Students enter
information
onto a
grid
after reading.
Retrieval
Charts
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Products
timber SW of WA mills furniture,
hpuses
oil Barrow lsland refinery petrol,
oil.
plastic
alumina Pinjarra smelter-ref inery utensils, houses
tron ore Pilbara smelter cars, machinery
In
the Kalahari Desert
How do people
shelter?
Where
does food come from?
From whom
do
people
learn?
How is
a message
passed
on?
Three Level Guides
Three Level
Guides are based
on
the
question-answer
relationships described
by
Raphael
(1984)
and Morrrs
and
Stewart
Dore
(1984).
They are designed to improve
students'
literal, inferential
and applied comprehension.
Level 1 statements require
readers to locate
relevant
information
directly
from
the
text.
The wording
of the statements may
not
always be exactly the same as in the
text but
the
meaning
rs similar. This requires
literal level
comprehension.
(Reading
on
the
lines-Right
there-The author
said it.)
Level 2 statements reouire readers
to reflect on literal information and see
relationships
between statements. They require students to think and search
for
answers. This
is interpretive level comprehension.
(Reading
between the lines-Think and search-The
author meant it.)
Level
3 statements require readers to apply and evaluate information by
relating
it to
their own
background knowledge.
This is
applied
level
comprehension.
(Reading
beyond
the lines-On my own-The
author would
agree
with it.)
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