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Grade 9 · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 11

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.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · 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.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Question 5

    Making a connection to a text helps you…

    • skip hard words
    • avoid questions
    • build meaning and interpret what you read

  6. 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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