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Publication Date: 2010-Nov
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"High 5!" Strategies to Enhance Comprehension of Expository Text
Dymock, Susan; Nicholson, Tom
Reading Teacher, v64 n3 p166-178 Nov 2010
This article reviews theoretical and research evidence to support the explicit and systematic teaching of five comprehension strategies that will help all students tackle expository texts with success. The article explains the "High 5!" strategies and how to teach them. An example of a lesson is included to show how the five strategies connect with students' background knowledge to enhance comprehension. (Contains 10 figures.)
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Prior Learning, Questioning Techniques, Text Structure, Visualization, Expository Writing, Reader Text Relationship
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