Facilitating Students Comprehension: Text

Factors

Tompkins Chapter 9

Stories Formats-picture books, chapter

books, novels Genres-Folklore, Fantasies, Realistic

Fiction (p. 292) Elements of Story Structure

Plot Sequence of events involving characters in

conflict situations Divided into beginning, middle, end

Conflicts between: characters and nature characters and society

characters in the story

and within a character

Conflicts A problem Roadblocks High Point Solution

Characters

AppearanceActionDialogueMonologue

Setting Location Weather Time Period Time

Point of View

First person Omniscient Limited Omniscient Objective

Theme Underlying meaning of the story Explicit vs. Implicit

Narrative Devices p. 301

Dialogue Flashback Foreshadowing Imagery Suspense Symbolism Tone

Informational Books/Expository Texts Nonfiction Genres-

Biographies

Alphabet Books

Figure 9--10 The Five Expository Text Structures

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Figure 9--10 continued

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Poetry Picture Book Versions of a Single

Poem Collections Anthologies

Types of Poems Rhymed Narrative Haiku Cinquain Acrostic Five-Sense Free-Verse I wish… If I were… Odes Concrete Poems

Teaching about Text Factors Mini-lessons Comprehension Strategies Reading and Writing Activities