Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXXIX - Bulletin123-Adult Education Content Standards
Chapter 3 - English Language Arts- Reading
Section CXXIX-309 - Benchmark 4-Comprehension

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXXIX-309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Adult learners apply reading skills (Alphabetics, Fluency, Vocabulary) and strategies to interpret meaning from spoken, oral and written language in a variety of contexts.

1. Comprehension is a skill that is improved through a continuous process at all educational functioning levels.
a. Construct meaning from spoken, oral and written communication:
i. use the conventions of print (read from left to right directionality, from top to bottom, one-to-one matching, sentence framing);

ii. recognize the general structure of sentences and paragraphs;

iii. identify error detection while reading;

iv. locate information from print and non-print text, recalling information, and using information effectively;

v. listening comprehension;

vi. use skimming and scanning strategies.

b. Apply information and ideas from a passage:
i. organize thoughts and ideas according to order and sequence;

ii. summarize;

iii. retell;

iv. generate questions about print and non-print text;

v. state the main idea and supporting details;

vi. read and interpret charts and graphs.

c. Analyze content, style, and structure:
i. make inferences from print and non-print text;

ii. state points of view;

iii. state the author's purpose of print and non-print text;

iv. recognize the literary structure (i.e., cause and effect, compare and contrast, fact and opinion);

v. recognize and describe story elements (i.e., setting, plot, character, theme, point of view, beginnings, middles, endings);

vi. interpret figurative language;

vii. make predictions from print and non-print text.

d. Develop connections between separate sources of information:
i. write about print and non-print text;

ii. integrate information from long print and non-print text;

iii. make predictions from print and non-print text;

iv. describe multiple inferences from an entire passage;

v. integrate information from outside the passage (i.e., life experiences) to reach a new understanding.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10).

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