See examples of informational text structure graphic organizers on page 684.
When readers’ world knowledge matches information in text, they connect it to their existing schema for the topic or concept. When readers’ world knowledge conflicts with the information in the text, they modify their schema or reject the information.
Paragraph shrinking: Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR: “getting the gist”
* See Strategy Application in Web-Based Text chart on page 697
Cloze: filling in blanks with words from a word bank by choosing the word that makes the most sense in the sentence Open Ended: oral or written responses to questions about a passage Multiple choice: student chooses best answer to question Retelling: oral reconstruction of passage Think Aloud Protocol: students think aloud in response to teacher prompts