Constructing meaning is the goal of comprehension'

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Why we should teach these strategies...

• Constructing meaning is the goal of
  comprehension.
• We want students to
• Enhance their understanding
• Acquire and use their knowledge
• Monitor their understanding
• Develop insight
• The comprehension strategies described in
  Strategies that Work serve to help readers
  construct their own meaning and interact with the
  text to enhance understanding and acquire and use
  knowledge.

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Why connecting to text helps readers ...
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• It helps readers understand how characters feel
  and the motivation behind their actions.
• It helps readers have a clearer picture in their
  heads as they read thus making the reader more
  engaged.
• It keeps the reader from becoming bored while
  reading.
• It sets a purpose for reading and keeps the
  reader focused.
• Readers can see how other readers connected to
  the reading.
• It forces readers to become actively involved.
• It helps readers remember what they have read and
  ask questions about the text.

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• Below are some examples of questions that can be
  used to facilitate student connections
• Text-to-self (T S)
• What does this remind me of in my life?
• What is this similar to in my life?
• How is this different from my life?
• Has something like this ever happened to me?
• How does this relate to my life?
• What were my feelings when I read this?

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• Below are some examples of questions that can be
  used to facilitate student connections
• Text-to-text (T - T)
• What does this remind me of in another book Ive
  read?
• How is this text similar to other things Ive
  read?
• How is this different from other books Ive
  read?
• Have I read about something like this before?

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• Text-to-world (T W)
• What does this remind me of in the
• real world?
• How is this text similar to things that
• happen in the real world?
• How is this different from things that
• happen in the real world?
• How did that part relate to the world
• around me?

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7th Grade Making Meaning Kit Sports Stories
Alan Durant In the library Short Stories
- Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary
Soto Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon
Scieszka Novels Muddy Banks The Giver The
Messenger Freak the Mighty Max the
Mighty Peppermints in the Parlor Perils of
Peppermints That was Then, This is Now
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