specific strategies for developing comprehension: (ideas to support comprehension strategies to meet diverse needs)
Konza (2011) accentuates on coordinated and flexible use of multiple
strategies to develop mature and critical reading. A flexible multiple strategy frameworks
incorporating some visualising strategies (Woolley, 2010) comprises of;
Prepare students before reading:
- Ask children about their experience similar to the text - Develop students’ knowledge of ideas, vocabulary and make links to their prior knowledge (Scull, 2010, p. 93) - Motivate and involve children by asking them to make predictions about the book by showing title page. - Ask children to elaborate drawn pictures (Woolley, 2010) - Talk and relate any other text story or book on the same topic (Konza, 2011) |
Prepare students during reading:
- Stop at appropriate intervals to illustrate drawing related to text (Woolley, 2010) - Emphasise new words and stop for children’s reaction, comments and questions (Konza, 2011). - Talk about characters and their actions. - Add impressions and sound effects while reading - Making links to previous pages (Winch et al. 2010) |
Prepare students after reading (Promote comprehension):
- Ask children to take notes of the key words that explain who, what, where, when or why in order to teach summarisation strategies (Konza, 2011) - Introduce partner telling or team telling strategy and ask children to reflect and talk about the important aspects of the story (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2010). - Encourage to make time line by listing key events in sequence (Winch et al. 2010). |