Painless Reading Comprehension - Darolyn “Lyn” Jones Ed.D. 2016
Works cited
CHAPTER ONE
1 Kylene Beers and Barbara G. Samuels, eds. Into Focus: Understanding and Creating Middle School Readers. (Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher Gordon Publishers, Inc., 1998), p. 45.
CHAPTER TWO
2 Richard T. Vacca and Jo Anne Vacca, Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum. (Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon, 2002), pp. 203—206.
3 Jennifer Jacobson and Dottie Raymer, The Big Book of Reproducible Graphic Organizers (Grades K—8). (New York: Scholastic, 1999), p. 4.
CHAPTER THREE
4 Cris Tovani, I Read It, but I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers. (Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, 2000), pp. 37—38.
5 Ibid., p. 38.
6 Ibid., pp. 101—102.
7 Ibid., p. 125.
CHAPTER FOUR
8 “Decipher,” Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com), October 2, 2003.
CHAPTER FIVE
9 Tovani, I Read It, but I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers, pp. 29, 115—118.
CHAPTER SIX
10 Francis Pleasant Robinson, “SQ3R” Effective Study, 4th ed. (New York: Harper and Row, 1970), pp. 32—35.
11 Tovani, I Read It, but I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers, pp. 101—102.
CHAPTER SEVEN
12 Shoup, Barbara. “Building a Rainbow.” Barbara Shoup Blog Spot. (http://www.barbarashoup.blogspot.com/), June 12, 2011.
BRAIN TICKLERS—THE ANSWERS
Set # 1
1.b. You need to know your purpose so your reading can be guided, the genre (fiction or nonfiction) so you know whether or not you will be reading fact or fiction, and how long it will take so you can plan and won’t be rushed.
2.a. Reading organizers do help you visualize and put your thoughts on paper, but their biggest benefit is that they help you stay connected to what you are reading.
3.d. Remember, it is what you know, what you want to know, what you have learned.
Set # 2
1.c. Choices a and b are obviously wrong because, of course, you should do that if you can, and it has no relevancy to the question. The answer could be either choice c or d; you should guess if you don’t know since there is no penalty for guessing. Choice c is best because it clarifies that you should make an effort to answer the question, because you have a 25% chance of getting the answer correct.
2.a. Choices c and d are obviously wrong because no one will tell you the answer and the correct answer will never be in the same position. Now, choices a and b are both correct, but choice a is the better answer because, if you have time, that is the preferred method. You may find two answers that are both correct and discussed in the reading, but you should go with the better answer, the one that provides more details such as answer choice a in this question.
3.d. Rereading is a very helpful technique. You should immediately know that choices b and c are wrong because they discuss answering the question, not reading the question. Choice a seems like it could work, because it is a strategy, but before you read the choices, you have to read the question.
Set # 3
1.d. Remember, first you recite or say the words, then your conversation voice begins talking to the text. Your distracting voice, which may be thinking of a party, may interrupt your conversation voice.
2.b. When you make an inference, you read between the lines. You figure out what the author says based upon what clues he or she leaves in the text, so making an inference is most similar to being a detective.
3.a. Good readers are visualizing the images the words create and recording and remembering the words, which is what a video camera does. It helps make the people, events, and facts permanent.
Set # 4
1.c. The phrase “should be noted” is used to call attention to an important point. It is used for emphasis.
2.b. When you discuss the difference between two things, you are contrasting them.
3.a. The flag word “but” contrasts one piece of information with another. “But” says that while one piece of information is true, another piece of information is equally true.
Set # 5
1.d. All the answers use correct words and categories, but only one matches to answer the twofold question. Something that is important to note would be something that is worth emphasizing.
2.c. Remember denotation goes with dictionary. To denote a word is to define it. Connotation is the meaning we associate with a word.
3.a. There is only one sentence and no negating words, only the word because, which leads you to an explanation of what the word means.
Set # 6
1.a. The title won’t provide you with any useful information about where to locate the information you need because it just points to the entire selection!
2.c. RADAR is for taking notes while you are reading or rereading. It offers no guidance in the before-reading stage.
3.b. Choices a, c, and d are true of both brainer and no brainer questions, but only brainer questions force you to reread and think about your questions.
Set # 7
1.b. Knowing how to do all the other choices is useful, but by themselves they mean nothing unless you understand the parts of your textbook.
2.c. It’s not hard nor is it important to locate the first chapter when first investigating how your textbook is set up.
3.b. Many of the items listed in the answer choices are useful, but only the combination presented in answer choice b has all the necessary elements.
Set # 8
1.c. Remember that denotation is the dictionary definition of a word and connotation is the meaning we associate with a word.
2.a. The research says that we have to see a word as many as fifteen times before we know it. The more exposure we have to a word, such as seeing it in a Word Write, writing it, and then encountering it later in reading means we have a greater chance of remembering that word.
3.d. The author most likely will not say exactly so it is up to us, the reader, to read between the lines and gather evidence so we can know the characters.
Set # 9
1.d. Remember your friends like the same things as you so they will probably enjoy reading the same books as you too!
2.a. Browsing in a large library or bookstore can be overwhelming. You can narrow your choices and browse more easily if you look in a particular section first.
3.b. Who better to judge books for teens than teens!