Author: T&A

Super

Six

Comprehension

Strategies

Predicting

What do you think this book is about and why? I think this book will be about...because...
Where do you think this story is set? (Fictional text) I think this story is set...
What sort of information do you expect to find in this book? (Non fiction text) I expect to find information about...
What words would you expect to read in this book? I would expect to find words like...
What do you think will happen next? I think that...

Summerising

What was this story/chapter about? In this story/chapter...
Who were the main characters? What were they like? One of the main characters was...He/She/It was...
Where was the story set? This story was set...
What information did you learn? I learned that...
If you had to tell a friend about this book what would you say? If I had to tell a friend about this book I would tell them...
What do you remember about this chapter/story?
I remember...

Visualising

What are you picturing in your head when you read that? In my head I can see…
What do you imagine this (place, person, time) in the story is like? I imagine it is like…

Making Connections

Who does this character remind you of? This character reminds me of..
Can you think of another story/movie that is similar to this story? This is like...
Has this ever happened to you? (or) Do you remember the time we… It is like the time when...
What does this remind you of? This reminds me of when...
How is this different to the other books you’ve read? This is different to the other books because...

Monitoring

Did that sentence make sense? Yes it did, it meant...No it didn’t, I don’t really get what it meant.
How could we find out the meaning of that word/phrase? We could find the meaning by...
What do you think that word means? I think this word means...
What word could you replace that word with? I would replace that word with…
Were there any difficult/interesting/new words? Yes, these words were...

Questioning

I wonder… e.g. I wonder what the character would say if he were here… OR I wonder what it would be like to live in China.
What else would you like to know about this topic?
Where can I go to find out more information?
What would you ask the character if you could?
Why do you think the author wrote that?
What was the purpose of this book?
What do you want to learn about this topic?
If you were going to test me on this information what questions would you ask me?