Comprehension Instruction for Narratives Before Reading Text
Teacher selects three main ideas from text
Two questions are written for each main idea
One question asks students to relate upcoming content to their own background experiences
“Have you ever wished or pretended you were someone else? If so, who and why?
One question ask students to make a prediction about what might happen in the story
“If two children changed places, what kinds of things, good or bad, do you think might happen?”