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12.2.1 Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies

English · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Clues in a passage from which conclusions can be drawn
  • Inferring information and meaning of words and expressions from a passage
  • Summarising the ideas in a passage

What you will be able to do

  • identify clues in the passage from which conclusions can be drawn
  • infer information and meaning of words and expressions from a passage
  • summarise ideas in a passage
  • apply the skills of making inferences and drawing conclusions in independent reading

Key questions

“Why is it important to summarise information from a text?”

“How can one draw conclusions from a text?”

Lessons

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  1. Clues, inferences and conclusions
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Pick out clues in a passage on grooming, then make inferences and draw conclusions.
  2. Summarising a passage
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Find the main ideas in a grooming passage and write a short summary in your own words.