Teaching Comprehension Skills. II

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Educational Television Service (Georgia)

Description: Discusses ten comprehension skills in some detail, and suggestions for teaching are offered. Discussed are: (1) interpreting and appreciating figurative language, (2) establishing purposes for reading, (3) knowing how to read in terms of purpose and difficulty level of materials, (4) reading symbols, (5) reading to find out answers to questions, (6) reading for details, (7) reading to follow directions, (8) reading to understand writer's plan of attack, (9) reading to follow sequence of events, and (10) reading to get main idea.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)