Interpretive Reading Continuum

Interpretive Reading Comprehension – Students can make reasonable predictions before, during, and after reading, can draw inferences necessary for understanding, can recognize cause-effect relationships, and can summarize and synthesize information from a variety of written materials.

Skills and Concepts

RIT Scores between 151 and 160

Inference

· Use simple details to make simple inferences

Main Idea

· Determine the main idea of a simple factual section

Cause-effect

· Identify or determine simple cause and effect relationships

New Vocabulary: missing word, story, paragraph, sentence

RIT Scores between 161 and 170

Inference

· Infer the qualities or purposes of a list

Main Idea

Determine the main idea of a simple story

Cause-effect

Identify, determine, or infer simple cause and effect relationships in simple situations

Prediction

Predict future events based on the simple details of a story

Drawing Conclusion

Draw conclusions based on information in a story about events taking place

New Vocabulary: questions, main idea, riddle, list, passage

RIT Scores between 171 and 180

Inference

· Make inferences by noting specific details in multi-paragraph selection

· Infer the qualities or purposes of a list

· Make inferences using details in an advertisement

· Infer characteristics and qualities of main characters

· Infer answers to riddles by noting details

Main Idea

	Look at details to determine and refine the main idea of 30-50 word paragraph
	Identify the topic sentence in a simple paragraph
	Create a topic sentence for a simple paragraph
	Determine the main idea by selecting the best title for a story or passage
	Refine and explain the main idea of a selection

Prediction

Predict future events based on a multi-paragraph passage

Drawing Conclusion

Draw conclusions based on information in a story as to what will probably happen next

New Vocabulary: title, caused, facts, effect, opinion, ad, describes, author

RIT Scores between 181 and 190

Main Idea

	Identify the main idea of a poem
	Identify topic sentence
	Infer best title for a story or passage
	Make inferences about main idea of a personal note
	Determine main idea in different genre
	Determine main idea from a variety of nonfiction

Cause-effect

Determine cause and effect in a 100-150 word passage

Prediction

	Predict what will happen next in a multi-paragraph passage
	Infer conclusion from prior information

Summarize

Summarize a short passage of 100-150 words

Application Transfer

Generalize from specific information within the passage

Drawing Conclusion

Draw conclusion based on interpretation of information read

New Vocabulary: predict, outcome, statement, poem, article, conclude, summary, problem

RIT Scores between 191 and 200

Main Idea

· Infer main idea from textbook page

· Infer main idea of article from newspaper or magazine

· Infer main idea from a variety of genre

Compare-contrast

Compare and contrast animate and inanimate

Cause-effect

Determine cause and effect of a variety of events

Summarize

Summarize a longer passage by outlining

Application Transfer

Generalize a statement from specific information within the passage

Drawing Conclusion

Draw a conclusion based on interpretation of information read

New Vocabulary: summarize, conclusion, cause and effect, central idea, compare, selection, introduction

RIT Scores between 201 and 210

Inference

· Make inferences from announcements

· Make inferences about directions on labels

· Make inferences about a character type within a variety of literature

· Make inferences from information found on book flap

· Make inferences from textbook technical reading

Main Idea

Identify main idea in magazine articles or stories from other sources

Prediction

Predict future events based on prior conclusions drawn

Drawing Conclusion

Form a conclusion based on interpretation of information from a variety of sources

New Vocabulary: infer, solution, prediction, announcement, biography, explanation, chapter, legend, topics, characteristics, main characters, assume, library, speaker

RIT Scores between 211 and 220

Inference

	Make inferences from catalog selections
	Make inferences from handbooks
	Make inferences from a science fiction passage

Main Idea

	Identify why author chose title
	Identify main idea in newspaper and other articles

Prediction

	Identify conclusion to story
	Create prediction for recipe
	Predict outcome from advertisement

Summarize

Restate lengthy passage through summarizing

Application Transfer

List specific information in systematic order and give a general summary

Drawing Conclusion

Draw a conclusion from the passage by inferring the interpretation of the information read

New Vocabulary: implied, inferred, premise, impression, contrast

RIT Scores above 221

Items include same skills and content as above with more difficult vocabulary and extended thinking.