1. 1.

Literal Comprehension
○ entailing recognition and recall of ideas and information explicitly stated in the
reading selection
2. 2. Reorganization
○ dealing with the organizing of ideas and information explicitly
3. 3. Inferential Comprehension
○ ideas and information, explicitly stated, are used as the basis for making
intelligent guesses/hypotheses
4. 4. Evaluation
○ requiring responses indicating that an evaluative judgment has been made
5. 5. Appreciation
○ involving all the above cognitive dimensions of reading, and requiring to be
aesthetically and emotionally, (affectively) sensitive to the ideas and information
in the reading selection

6. 1. Literal comprehension
○ focuses on ideas and information which are explicitly stated in the selection.
○ A simple task in literal comprehension may be the recognition or recall of a single
fact or incident.
 ○ A more complex task might be the recognition or recall of a series of facts or the
sequencing of incidents in a reading selection.
7. 2. Reorganization
○ to analyze, synthesize, and/or organize ideas or information explicitly stated in the
selection.
○ to produce the desired thought, the reader may utilize the statements of the author
or he may paraphrase or translate the author's statements. Reorganization tasks
are:
 Classifying.
 0utlining.
 Summarizing.
 Synthesizing.
8. 3. Inferential Comprehension
○ may be either convergent or divergent in nature and may be asked to verbalize the
underlying rationale.
○ stimulated by purposes for reading which demand thinking and imagination that
go beyond the printed page.
 Inferring Supporting Details.
 Inferring Main Ideas.
 Inferring Sequence.
 Inferring Comparisons.
 Inferring Cause and Effect Relationships.
 Inferring Character Traits.
 Predicting Outcomes.
 Interpreting Figurative Language.
9. 4. Evaluation
○ require responses which indicate that an evaluative judgment has been made by
comparing ideas.
○ deals with judgment and focuses on qualities of accuracy, acceptability,
desirability, worth or probability of occurrence.
○ Evaluative thinking may be demonstrated by the following judgments.
 Judgments of Reality or Fantasy.
 Judgments of Fact or Opinion.
 Judgments of Adequacy and Validity.
 Judgments of Appropriateness.
 Judgments of Worth, Desirability and Acceptability.
10. 5. Appreciation
 ○ involves all the previously cited cognitive dimensions of reading, for it deals with
the psychological and aesthetic impact of the selection on the reader.
○ to be emotionally and aesthetically sensitive to the work and to have a reaction to
the worth of its psychological and artistic elements.
○ Appreciation includes both the knowledge of, and the emotional response to,
literary techniques, forms, styles, and structures.
 Emotional Response to the Content.
 Identification with Characters or Incidents.
 Reactions to the Author's Use of Language.
 Imagery.
11. TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING NEEDING A FRIEND
12. 1. Literal Comprehension
○ Recognition
 Find the sentence that tells who Pedro is:
 Find the sentences on page 17 that tell what Tina and the girl in the blue
dress both need.
 Number these sentences in the order in which they happen in the story:
 The girl in the blue dress talks to Tina.
 _____Carla asks Tina what she is looking at out the window.
 _____Pedro meets two boys.
 _____Tina and the girl in the blue dress decided to be friends.
 _____Tina runs out of the house crying.
13. 1. Literal Comprehension
 Look at the pictures of Tina on pages 13 and 17. What differences
can you see in the way Tina looks?
 Find the sentence on page 16 that tells why the girl in the blue
dress sits by the window all day.
14. 1. Literal Comprehension
○ Recall
○ Who are the main characters in this story?
○ Why are Tina and the girl in the blue dress happy they met?
○ How do Tina and the girl in the blue dress become friends?
○ How are Tina and her new friend alike?
○ Why does the girl in the blue dress have no one to play with before she meets
Tina?
15. 1. Literal Comprehension
 ○ Recall
○ What was this story about?
○ Pedro says that the big city is a good place for his Dad to find work. Where could
we look to find out what kind of job his father might find if he lived in our city?
16. 2. Reorganization
○ Put each word under the proper heading:
○ Pedro dress friends Tina
○ City downstairs window Carla House wheelchair
○ People
○ Places
○ Things
17. 3. Inferential Comprehension
○ What else could the author have told us about Tina and her family?
○ What can we learn from this story?
○ If the story hadn't ended here, what do you think would have happened to Tina
and her new friend?
○ How do you think Tina's feelings about the city change from the time she first
comes to the city to live to the time she meets the girl in the blue dress?
18. 3. Inferential Comprehension
○ Why do you think Pedro meets some friends before Tina does?
○ What kind of girl do you think Tina's new friend is?
○ Read pages 12-14. What do you think will happen next?
○ What does Tina mean when she calls the girls downstairs "stuckup?”
19. 4. Evaluation
○ Could this be a true story?
○ How many of you have ever seen a person in a wheelchair or have read a book
about a person who couldn't walk? The girl in the blue dress says that she can't go
out because she can't walk.
○ What part of the story best tells how Tina felt about the city?
○ Should Pedro have gone outside without Tina?
20. 5. Appreciation
○ What parts of the story were most interesting to you?
○ How did you feel when Tina was crying because she had no friends?
○ Why do you think the we'll and this are in capital letters in this sentence?
"Well, WE'LL never make friends just standing at THIS window",
said Pedro".
 ○ How does the author let you know that the girl in the blue dress is lonely and
wants to have a friend?
21.
○ Recognition
○ to locate or identify ideas or information explicitly stated in the reading selection
itself or in exercises which use the explicit ideas and information presented in the
reading selection.
 Recognition of Details.
 Recognition of Main Ideas
 Recognition of a Sequence.
 Recognition of Comparison.
 Recognition of Cause and Effect Relationships.
 Recognition of Character Traits.
1. Literal comprehension
22. 1. Literal comprehension
○ Recall
○ requires the student to produce from memory ideas and information explicitly
stated in the reading selection. Recall tasks are:
 Recall of Details.
 Recall of Main Ideas.
 Recall of a Sequence.
 Recall of Comparisons.
 Recall of Cause and Effect Relationships.
 Recall of Character Traits.

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