Comprehension for independent readers is a series of two books for ages 8-9 and 10 plus. The books are divided into a number of sections each focusing on a different text type or part of speech.
Text types:
Sales catalogue
Comic book
Information in graphs
Poster
Biography
Diagram
Diary entry
Time line
Poetry
Play script
Flow chart
Narrative
Parts of speech
Information in tables
Proverb
Colloquialism
Irony
Sarcasm
Symbolism
Metaphor
Syllogism
Front page of newspaper
Features include:
stimulus texts of a particular genre or part of speech to inform students about the theme and to promote discussion
comprehension activities with a number of literal, inferential and evaluative comprehension questions for students to demonstrate what they have learned. The format of questions ranges from multiple choice and matching to those requiring a full written explanation.
suggestions for developing students’ understanding, and the theme of the text