Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Meaning
Describes main ideas and concepts* Uses various reading strategies to make meaning* Identifies problem and solution* Applies a knowledge of cueing systems to make meaning* Builds Background Knowledge to enhance meaning* Accesses schema to enrich understanding* Previews texts for clues to aid comprehension*
Connections
Makes explicit connections between personal and story experiences*
Judgment
Compares/contrasts* Uses other readers interpretations to clarify and extend personal understanding* Uses evidence to distinguish between own thinking and views presented in the text*
Connections
Makes explicit connections between personal and story experiences Makes explicit connections between texts Uses evidence to distinguish between own thinking and views presented in the text*
Judgment
Considers who/ what has been left out of the text and why* Integrates new information with prior knowledge* Uses other readers interpretations to clarify and extend personal understanding* Compares/Contrasts*
Makes explicit connections between texts Makes connections that demonstrate a world view
Judgment
Considers who/ what has been left out of the text and why Integrates new information with prior knowledge Uses other readers interpretations to clarify and extend personal understanding Compares/Contrasts Uses evidence to distinguish between own thinking and views presented in the text
Connections
Draws on needed background knowledge, experiences, context and texts in order to read critically* Interrelates personal reading profile, structures and features, social context and content of text*
Judgment Draws inferences about the world view presented in the text* Draws generalizations and conclusions based on evidence in the text Determines own hypothesis, theory, controlling idea and thesis statement* Organizes elements of own interpretation to achieve coherence and communicate clearly* Cites evidence from text Compares and contrasts with other texts* Compares and contrasts personal beliefs with those presented by the writer/producer* Draws coherent conclusions by making inferences and generalizations*