Watch: How to understand a text
When you read a text, link together the facts and clues to see the bigger picture and understand what’s happening. This is called comprehension.
Find out what you need to do to work out what a text means with Bitesize KS1 English.
NARRATOR
Good book?
GIRL
Yeah, but it doesn’t make sense…
NARRATOR
Sometimes you have to keep reading something and keep thinking about it.
GIRL
Alright. So it says this mysterious figure is walking along, right? And it says his footsteps are making the ground shake. So he must be wearing massive boots! So that’s a bit weird!
And then it says he looks down on things, which means he’s big-headed and he thinks he’s better than everyone else? Maybe he thinks he’s great because he’s got huge boots! And it says he’s got his head in the clouds, so that means he’s always dreaming…
Then here it says he goes skateboarding on a car! That’s so silly! How can he do that?
NARRATOR
Go back over it all and keep thinking about it. Then link the facts and clues together to see the bigger picture.
GIRL
OK. Makes the ground shake… looks down on things… head in the clouds… car…
Oh, I get it! He’s a giant!
NARRATOR
Sometimes the text doesn’t make sense straight away. Fitting it altogether in your mind is called comprehension. It can be a lot of fun!
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