1. Warm Up—Reading Comprehension Strand In a complete sentence, explain what the Reading Comprehension strand focuses on. You may refer to your notes to help you.

2. Warm Up—Reading Comprehension Strand Identify one testing STRATEGY that can help you with the Reading Comprehension Strand specifically.

3. Today’s Learning Goal I will be able to identify characteristics of the CAHSEE Reading Comprehension Strand, and I will be able to apply Reading Comprehension skills and testing strategies by completing the CAHSEE practice lessons in my work packet.

4. Notes: Reading Comprehension Strategies Activate Prior Knowledge: draw conclusion or make generalizations of the topic. Go back to the passage if needed and use the Process Of Elimination. Read the Question and Answer Choices CAREFULLY! –Pay attention to words like BEST, MOST, LEAST, EXCEPT, and NOT When asked to identify THEME or MAIN IDEA, look to the first and last paragraph When asked to identify THE AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE, look for words that are positive, negative, or neutral

5. Notes: Reading Comprehension Tips Pay attention to the TITLE Pay attention to how the document is organized. –Does it use headings? –Is it broken into sections? –Is there a set format that is common? Always read functional documents SEQUENCIALLY (in order). Always read the FINE PRINT and FOOTNOTES

6. Reading Comprehension Packet

7. Exit Reflection In complete sentences, identify one reading comprehension strategy and one reading comprehension tip that can help you on the CAHSEE