La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXIX-309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXXIX-309 - Benchmark 4-Comprehension

A. Adult learners apply reading skills (Alphabetics, Fluency, Vocabulary) and strategies to interpret meaning from spoken, oral and written language in a variety of contexts.

1. Comprehension is a skill that is improved through a continuous process at all educational functioning levels.

a. Construct meaning from spoken, oral and written communication:

i. use the conventions of print (read from left to right directionality, from top to bottom, one-to-one matching, sentence framing);

ii. recognize the general structure of sentences and paragraphs;

iii. identify error detection while reading;

iv. locate information from print and non-print text, recalling information, and using information effectively;

v. listening comprehension;

vi. use skimming and scanning strategies.

b. Apply information and ideas from a passage:

i. organize thoughts and ideas according to order and sequence;

ii. summarize;

iii. retell;

iv. generate questions about print and non-print text;

v. state the main idea and supporting details;

vi. read and interpret charts and graphs.

c. Analyze content, style, and structure:

i. make inferences from print and non-print text;

ii. state points of view;

iii. state the author's purpose of print and non-print text;

iv. recognize the literary structure (i.e., cause and effect, compare and contrast, fact and opinion);

v. recognize and describe story elements (i.e., setting, plot, character, theme, point of view, beginnings, middles, endings);

vi. interpret figurative language;

vii. make predictions from print and non-print text.

d. Develop connections between separate sources of information:

i. write about print and non-print text;

ii. integrate information from long print and non-print text;

iii. make predictions from print and non-print text;

iv. describe multiple inferences from an entire passage;

v. integrate information from outside the passage (i.e., life experiences) to reach a new understanding.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXIX-309

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:2038 (November 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10).