Overview
Reading comprehension is not a single skill. It is a set of layered processing operations: decoding surface meaning, identifying text structure, tracking argument progression, evaluating evidence, and inferring what the text implies but does not state. Most comprehension questions only test the first operation — recall — which tells you whether the student read the passage, not whether they understood it.
The Reading Comprehension Toolkit Builder designs a full comprehension support package for any text: questions that require all levels of processing, an annotation protocol that teaches readers how to engage with the text rather than just highlight it, and vocabulary scaffolding that builds understanding without reducing the cognitive demand the text is designed to produce.
What you get: - Tiered question set: recall, inference, structural analysis, evaluation, and synthesis - Annotation guide: specific symbols and actions for different types of reading engagement - Vocabulary scaffolding: pre-reading glossary with contextual definitions, not dictionary definitions - Text structure analysis guide: how this text is organized and what that organization does - Close reading focus: the one passage in the text worth close reading and why - Post-reading synthesis task: a task that requires the reader to do something with what they read
Built for: teachers, curriculum designers, tutors, and instructional designers building reading comprehension support for academic, professional, or L&D texts.