Currently, many questions in the curriculum are designed to develop student background knowledge or to help students make connections between the text and their prior experience. (edutopia.org)
Review the key story elements (i.e., characters, setting, conflict, resolution development) to activate student background knowledge before reading a text. (goalbookapp.com)
English teachers can incorporate these maps of plot settings in American literature as informational texts in order to build student background knowledge. (thoughtco.com)