Interact with the Text

About this Support Strategy

Chunking passages involves breaking up a longer text into smaller pieces. There are interruptions between sections or paragraphs, which allow students to take a break while they're reading. Instead of focusing on several pages, students can visually see where they need to start and stop reading, making it more manageable. This support is helpful for students who need to take frequent breaks while working. It's also helpful for students who need opportunities to pause and reflect on what they've just read.

This Strategy in Action

Chunking Passages with Interactive Elements

Look for

The yellow boxes appear every 2-3 paragraphs in the article. These boxes are a pause for the students as they read. Each box contains an interactive element, allowing students to engage in the text. For example, students might reflect on what they've just read, which helps with self-monitoring of comprehension. They might have to highlight or engage with the text in other ways.

Implementing this Strategy

Adding the Interactive Boxes

Find the place you want to add the box within the body of the text
Select Insert and hover over Table
Add a 1x1 table if you want to only have a set of directions. Add a 1x2 table if you want to have directions and a place to type.
To highlight the box, select the paint bucket and choose the color you want to use as filler

Reflection

Give students a space to write a reaction or reflection to what they have just read

Good for: Monitoring comprehension

Annotation

Ask students to highlight a phrase or sentence and make a note in the text box

Good for: Monitoring comprehension, thinking critically about the text

Question

Give students the space to ask a question about what they've read. It can be things that confuse them or something deeper they want to learn about the topic

Good for: Starting discussions post-read

Skill Practice

Ask students a question based on reading skills (e.g., inferences, citing evidence, etc.)

Good for: Individualized skill practice; modeling the application of reading strategies

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