Grade 9 · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 15
Reading with a Purpose
Prior knowledge, connections, questions and reflecting on what you learn.
What your child practises
Practises setting a purpose for reading, using prior knowledge and making connections, monitoring understanding, fluency and reflecting on new learning.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.9.B1.1, ELA.9.B1.2, ELA.9.B2.2, ELA.9.B2.4, ELA.9.B4.1 · purpose, prior knowledge, connections, fluency and reflecting on new learning
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is a good way to choose a text for a project on climate change?
- check that it is recent, reliable and related to your question
- choose the one with the most pictures
- pick the shortest one
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check that it is recent, reliable and related to your question
Hint: Matching the text to your purpose saves time.
Question 2
Which reading purpose fits a science textbook chapter before a test?
- to relax with a story
- to find a funny quote
- to learn and remember key ideas
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to learn and remember key ideas
Hint: A study purpose affects how you read.
Question 3
Your knowledge about soccer helps you read a sports article. This shows that…
- only experts can read it
- prior knowledge supports understanding
- background never matters
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prior knowledge supports understanding
Hint: Prior knowledge fills gaps in a text.
Question 4
You link a story about a flood to what you know about the 1997 Red River flood. That is a…
- text-to-title connection
- text-to-self connection
- text-to-world connection
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text-to-world connection
Hint: It connects the text to events in the world.
Question 5
Making a connection to a text helps you…
- skip hard words
- avoid questions
- build meaning and interpret what you read
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build meaning and interpret what you read
Hint: Connections deepen understanding.
Question 6
Two readers give different interpretations of a poem. This can happen because…
- poems have no meaning
- their experiences and knowledge differ
- only one has read the poem
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their experiences and knowledge differ
Hint: Readers bring different background to a text.