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Comprehension
and
Vocabulary
Strategies
Discussion Web
This is a reading strategy which allows teachers
to demonstrate that old adage which says
‘there are 2 sides to every question’.
Focuses on all four facets of communication:
reading, thinking, listening, and writing.
Sample Discussion WEB
Machines now do most of the work.
The Industrial revolution
provided jobs for many people
especially immigrants.
More products were now
affordable for the common man.
The cost of living dropped which
helped working people.
Labor saving devices become
available and were used in
factories and homes.
YES
Workers received very low pay &
could barely make a living.
Mass production work in a factory
NO dehumanized the worker who
became a cog in a machine.
Did the Industrial revolution
help working people???
Working conditions were
not safe and unhealthy.
Workers had to work long hours with
little time off.
Workers were no longer skilled &
could not look forward to owning
their own business.
Double-Entry Diaries
This is a version of Two-column notes (a.k.a.
Cornell notes). They are tailored for students
to monitor their comprehension while
reading.
Double-entry diary on BACTERIA
Textbook passage and pg #
This is important because…
• Pg 325- Heterotrophic
bacteria are unable to make
their own food so the feed
on plant and animal matter
• Pg 326- Autotrophic
bacteria can make their own
food
• These get rid of wastes.
• Eats other stuff
(plants/animals) like me
• Makes own food like a plant
Vocabulary Four Square
Maps
• Developed by Eeds and Cockrum in 1985.
• This is a very useful strategy for learning
new vocabulary words. Especially words
which are abstract and students may not
have much schema for.
• There are several forms.
Swagger
Athlete
Crash
Actors/models
Someone who walks
with attitude.
‘Thinks they are all
that.’
Quiet kid
Brainy kid
Vocabulary Overview Guide
This is a graphic organizer which allows
students to ‘move away’ from memorizing
dictionary definitions and move into
vocabulary ownership.
Using clues and tricks to learn the meanings of
new words.
Haggard
Clue: Hag
Explain: Someone who looks worn out
Use: Laurie’s teacher looked haggard after all
he did during class.
Incredulously
Clue: too incredible
Explain: you really cannot believe something
Use: The parents were incredulous that Fudge
could be that naughty.