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This is a pre-reading strategy that asks students to use their prior knowledge to make connections among key terms within a text. Asking students to think about key terms in the text, or about key concepts, themes, or historical events surrounding the text, will help them build the mental framework necessary to understand the text.
PREPARATION:
Choose 8–10 key terms related to the main idea of the text or select them directly from the text that students are about to read.
STEPS:
PRESENT KEY TERMS: Present the key terms to students in a random order.
CREATE A SENTENCE USING KEY TERMS: Then, ask students to individually or collaboratively create one coherent sentence using as many key terms as possible by making connections among the key terms.
SHARE SENTENCES: Have students share some examples of their sentences and lead a discussion on the possible connection between the key terms and the text that students are about to read.
POST SENTENCES: Instructors may want to post students’ sentences around the room for reference as students encounter these key terms in the text.
VARIATIONS:
Make this strategy a bit more challenging by telling students that they may not modify or change the words in any way, but they still must make one sentence.
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