The 3 Types of Reading Comprehension Questions

Created by Mr.Belyea3 Types of Reading Comprehension Questionsmyuci.netPreparing for the ELA Provincial Assessment:

When the word assessment comes up, I tend to think (tap image- pencils) though the looks on many students faces give a different message (click left sound icon) or (click right sound icon). I put this presentation together to try and ease any fears you might have. A little preparation goes a long way.

In grade 7, you will be expected to write a Provincial Assessment that focuses on your reading and writing abilities.

This presentation will focus on the 3 types of questions you will encounter in the Reading Section.1Curricular ObjectivesGCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts

GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies

GCO 6: Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts

GCO 7: Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form, and genre

Reading and Viewingblog.theceshop,comIn the reading section, you will required to read a number of different passages including short stories, poems, articles, flyers, and comic strips and demonstrate you are able to understand the message being communicated in these texts.

These are the different ways the curriculum expects you to able to demonstrate your understanding. These are the same expectations for all of Middle Level Language Arts.

23 Question Types Question TypeWhere to find the answerLiteral Response (L)

Read the lines.

Inferential Response (I)

Read between the lines.

Personal/Critical/Evaluative Response (PCE)

Read beyond the lines

In order to see if you can meet the expectations on the last slide, you will be asked to answer 3 types of questions. These are the same types of questions you have been responding to in LA. The differences between the questions are how or what you need to do to answer them. This slide shows the Type of question and the easy to remember way of answering it. You do not need to remember what the types are but knowing how to answer the different questions is important. Being able to recognize the question types will allow you to better understand your assessment results and which types of answers you are able to provide easily and which ones are more difficult for you. You will notice the letters in brackets after the question type are the same letters you see on your reading benchmark assessments.3Question Types Distribution40 out of 50 Questions require you to Find EvidenceThere will be 50 multiple choice questions to answer.

Notice the number of Inferential and P/C/E questions. (Tap to engage animations)

40 out of 50 will require you to find evidence to support your evidence. The importance of evidence can not be overlooked. 4

Literal Response:

Reading the Lines

Answers found in the passage or in the lines.

No thinking, just remembering and/or finding.

Underline or circle your answer in the passage.

Label your answer with the question number.

Match you answer with the choices offered.

20% = 10 Questions

hubbard1stperiod-level3.wikispaces.comThe questions will be asked as Multiple Choice or Selected Response questions, so identifying your support for your answer is very important. Remember to read the questions before the passage, text, or image and (tap to engage animation) underline or circle the information that may be related to that question (you might want to label it with the question number.

Literal response questions will have the answer in the passage itself; making it a fact. You dont need to think about it, you just remember it and find it. You should still mark the text with an underline or circle and label the question number. This will help you to compare your answer with the choices you have been provide with.

These questions will only make up about 20% or one out of five questions.

5Inferential Response:Reading Between the LinesAnswers need evidence. Thinking required.Find other facts or evidence that point to the answer.Underline or circle your evidence in the passage.Label your evidence with question number.Match your evidence with the choices offered.60% = 30 Questions

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The second type of question is called inferential response. This is the big one. 60% of the questions will be this typ. Thats more than half or 3 out of five questions. These questions can be tricky because even though they ask about factual information, the answer is not on the lines to find. You need to think about what you have read that support the fact or in other words Read between the linesOften we will know the answer from what we read but we will bot see it plainly written, we need to circle or underline the other words that point toward the facts the question is asking for. Checking our answer is not as easy as Literal responses, but if we find the evidence of the fact, we can choose the proper choice. Do not assume you will remember the evidence, circle or underline it and label it with the question number.6Personal/Critical/Evaluative Response:

Reading Beyond the LinesThinking questions; consider your evidence.

Different types of opinions:Personal - How you feel about something.Critical - Identify the positive/negative aspects.Evaluative - Consider evidence and decide.

All opinions must be supported with evidence

Underline or circle evidence and label

20% = 10 Questions

kent.ac.uk-These are usually the easier questions to answer as they require opinions as answers. Personal Responses are asking how you feel about something. Critical Responses ask you to look for what you see as positive/negative features. Evaluative Responses ask you to weigh evidence and decide what you think is/was/will be the best course of action or answer.

-Remember (tap to engage animations) to circle/underline your evidence and label it with the question. This will help you keep the evidence straight when making a decision.

-The trick to all of these opinion questions (tap to engage animation arrows) is to support your answer with evidence as to why you think the way you do. This can be difficult in a multiple choice format, but the better your evidence, the more likely you will arrive at a conclusion that matches the choices you are given. Remember to think about the question, ask yourself what you think and look for the evidence/support that makes you think that way.

-20% or 1 of 5 questions of the test will be in this format. 7How can I tell them apart?Stay focused on the finding the proof or the evidence. L are based on proof, I & PCE are based on evidence.

Is the question looking for a fact or an opinion? L & I are based on facts, PCE are based on opinions

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twtrland.com-It is more important to know how to answer the questions than what type of question is being asked. There are two things to remember when thinking about how best to answer a question.-The first is to remember all answers are based on information from the text (tap to engage animation). It may be proof or it may be evidence, but either way it is best to identify it and use it to form an answer.-The second thing to ask what yourself what the question is looking for. Is it a factual answer or an opinion answer. This will help you to know what type of question it is, but the more importantly how that question is best answered.8More Tips on How to Write a Multiple Choice TestsNotice the names of the questions types have changed, but the process is still the sameTry using what you have learned in a practice situation before writing the actual test.With some practice of these techniques, a willingness to try, and your best effort, you will do just fine.

Now that you know how to best answer the question types you will see, lets take a look at some other tips that will help you as you write the Multiple Choice segment of the LA assessment. Here is a short video that gives you some pointers on how to approach the test. The question types have different names in the video, but you will see they are basically the same types you have learned about already. (Begin Video)

(after video) As you have just seen sometimes, you can help yourself figure out the answer by using your evidence and the help of a few little tricks. 9Curricular ObjectivesGCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts

GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies

GCO 6: Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts

GCO 7: Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form, and genreReading and Viewingwww.multiple-choice.ca

Good Luck!!You can do this !Notw that you have a better understanding of the three types of questions, take another look at the curriculum goals and see how these relate to the three question types. (tap) This is shown by your ability to write the test.(tap) This is shown by your ability to figure out answers to the three questions types.(tap) This is shown by your ability to respond to PCE questions.(tap) This is shown by basing answers on the evidence from the texts.Knowing how to respond to the these questions types will help provide you with what you need to succeed, not only on the assessment, but in Middle School Language Arts. (Tap image)Lets try some examples. (tap to advance Good luck animation) And remember (tap to engage last animation)10