KWL Chart

K: What do you already know?

Topic:
W: What do you want to learn?

L: What have you learned?

Lesson: KWL
Comprehension
Outcomes:
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines,
ideas and relationships(ACELT1602)
Readdifferenttypes of textsby combining contextual , semantic, grammatical
andphonicknowledge usingtext processing strategiesfor example monitoring meaning,
cross checking and reviewing(ACELY1691)
Usecomprehension strategiesto build literal and inferred meaning to expand content
knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating
texts(ACELY1692)

Introduction:
- Begin with explanation of the KWL chart
- As a group, look at the front cover of the
text and flip through the book.
- Fill in the 'K' and 'W' parts of the chart

Body:
- Read, 'Green Eggs and Ham'
- Discuss as a group, what each member
wanted to learn and what they already
knew .
- How did their prior knowldge effect their
opinion of the book?

Materials:
- KWL Chart
- 'Green Eggs and Ham' (Dr. Suess)

Conclusion:
- Indidvidually or as a group, fill out the 'L'
part of the KWL chart
- Discuss the results as a group.