Enduring Understandings

Proficient readers

• Recognize and use key types of expository paragraph structures (chronological, cause and effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution, enumerative, descriptive)

• Recognize and overcome hurdles faced in expository text (anaphora, vocabulary load, inefficient predicting, insufficient background knowledge for text content and/or format, naïve conceptions)

• Recognize and use key features of expository text (bold print, captions, heading, italicized print, graphs, figures, photographs and charts)

• Recognize and use a variety of narrative text structures (leads, endings, character, setting, conflict, sequence of events, building action, creating suspense)

• Recognize and use exposition, action and dialogue in narrative text to develop character and plot

• Recognize and use key features and structures of other types of text such as poetry, persuasive text, journalism, opinion/editorial, biography, etc.

• Understand the differing demands for comprehending a wide range of text types – use different text management strategies depending on the demands of the text (re-reading, writing about text, note-taking, adjusting the pace of reading)

• Recognize and use characteristics and qualities of a wide variety of genres

• Use personal experiences that relate to the text to enhance understanding

• Use world knowledge that relates to the text to enhance understanding

• know how to create background knowledge when lacking in order to understand more challenging material

• Use knowledge of text types, elements, structures, genres and formats to enhance understanding

• Use knowledge about the author's style to better understand text

• Use knowledge of related texts to understand a given text