Support Cards embedded throughout the course provide links to background knowledge, make connections between concepts, and provide reminders for students to apply active reading strategies when they will most support comprehension. (apexlearning.com)
To support comprehension of specific rhetorical terms - purpose, voice, format, topic, context, etc. - and develop a common language, we can practice while conferencing, the class creates general, but tentative, definitions of each. (edutopia.org)
Researchers advise teachers to support comprehension before students read by eliciting and building upon ELLs» prior knowledge and experiences relevant to story theme, setting, and content. (brown.edu)