Georgia 7.P.EICC.3.a

ELA7th GradeComprehension Strategies

The Standard

Establish a purpose and set goals for reading, monitor comprehension, and adjust as needed. (I)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Before reading, students state what they need to learn, find, or notice. While reading, they pause to check understanding and use a specific action when the text stops making sense.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student sets a specific target before reading and checks progress while reading. When meaning breaks down, the student rereads, uses context, asks a question, or summarizes, then explains what became clearer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think a reading goal is simply finishing the assigned pages. They may highlight everything, ignore confusion, or keep reading without trying a different approach.
How to Assess It: Give students a short paragraph. Ask them to write their reading target, mark one confusing point, and name the action they used to clarify it.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a one-page article and three sticky-note colors: green for goal, yellow for confusion, blue for the strategy that fixed it.
Have students answer three questions: Where did understanding break down, what did you try, and how did the text become clearer?
Play Strategy Switch: pause during a shared reading, draw a card labeled reread, summarize, question, or use context, then apply it.
Read a bus schedule to find the last route home, then identify and repair confusion about times, stops, or symbols.

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