Comprehension · JHS2 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.2.1.1.2 - Use prediction to assess and improve engagement and understanding of non-fiction texts

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Make reasoned predictions about the content, purpose and structure of a non-fiction text before reading it, using the title, headings, images and their prior knowledge.
Connect their own experiences and knowledge to the topic of a non-fiction text to form and refine predictions.
Read a non-fiction text in short chunks, pausing to confirm, adjust or reject their predictions based on evidence in the text.
Restate the main idea and key details of a short non-fiction text after reading, and explain how prediction helped them understand it better.
Generate two or three thought-provoking questions arising from their predictions and from gaps in their understanding of the text.

Sign in with your phone number to read the full note and download the GES plan - free.

Sign in with phone number

Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Comprehension (2.1)
Content standard: B8.2.1.1 - Demonstrate increasing confidence and enjoyment in independent reading.
Indicator: B8.2.1.1.2 - Use prediction to assess and improve engagement and understanding of non-fiction texts
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 9 (Week 9 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 44
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Make connections with your prior knowledge and experiences.
- Think critically ahead and ask own questions.
- Re-read/ skim portions of the text to better understand or to recall facts about events.
- Restate the gist/main idea and key details.
- Monitor your understanding of the text.
- Explain and support personal response to text.
- Develop own experience using textual evidence.
- Generate thought-provoking questions.