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Story Map

Overview

Providing a story map ahead of time or having students create a map during or after reading helps learners understand and expand their Genre Knowledge. A story map visually highlights and organizes important elements of a text to support deeper reading comprehension.

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  • Teachers can model a story map by previewing aspects of a text, such as setting and characters, to help activate students' Background Knowledge. When students then complete their own story maps during and/or after reading, they can visually organize the story concepts to better retain them in their Short- and Long-term Memories.

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  • Providing flexible, adaptable story maps within a product allows learners to organize and digest the texts they read. This also relieves some of the cognitive load from Working Memory so readers can focus on comprehension.

    • Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Learner Background
    Safety
    Background Knowledge
    Socioeconomic Status
    Sleep
    Physical Well-being
    Primary Language
    Adverse Experiences
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Sense of Belonging
    Cognition
    Short-term Memory
    Working Memory
    Long-term Memory
    Metacognition
    Language and Literacy
    Background Knowledge

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