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Comprehension CardsPrint these questions out using different color
paper for each section, e.g.: Expository before: red
Expository during: blue Expository after: yellowNarrative before: green
Narrative during: orangeNarrative after: purple
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Expository text
designed to explain or provide information seems to lead to more word learning. typically defines words, provide examples,
and provides illustrations Six of the more important types of
expository texts: enumeration-description, time sequence, explanation-process, compare-contrast, problem-solution, and cause-effect
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What does the title tell me?
Expository before reading
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What do I already know about the topic?
Expository before reading
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What do the pictures tell me?
Expository before reading
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What do I want to learn about?
Expository before reading
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Does this make sense?
Expository during reading
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What have I learned so far?
Expository during reading
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What questions do I still have?
Expository during reading
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What new words did I learn?
Expository after reading
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What was this mainly about?
Expository after reading
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What did I learn?
Expository after reading
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What else do I want to know about _____________?
Expository after reading
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Narrative texts
tell a story creates a ‘story grammar’
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What does the title tell me about the story?
Narrative before reading
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What do the pictures tell me?
Narrative before reading
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What do I already know about ______________?
Narrative before reading
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Who?
Narrative during reading
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What?
Narrative during reading
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When?
Narrative during reading
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Where?
Narrative during reading
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Why?
Narrative during reading
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How?
Narrative during reading
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What do I think will happen next?
Narrative during reading
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Who were the main characters?
Narrative after reading
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What was the setting?
Narrative after reading
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What was the problem?
Narrative after reading
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How was the problem solved?
Narrative after reading
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Why did _________________ do ____________________________?
Narrative after reading
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Graphic Organizers