Mapping+Strategies

**Mapping Strategies**
 * **Story Mapping Procedure **
 * Used to improve reading comprehension through a schema-building technique.
 * **Pictorial Story Map **
 * Used as an organizer for readers, and students are asked to fill in the map components as they read
 * **Map Components - Narrative Story **
 * Setting
 * Problem
 * Goal
 * Action
 * Outcome


 * The teacher initially models the story mapping procedure by pointing out information related to the story map components and having students write the correct answer on the story map outline.
 * Story mapping brings the reader's attention to important and interrelated parts of a story and provides a framework for understanding, conceptualizing, and remembering story events.

All Above Information was Taken From: Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)
 * **Critical Thinking Map **
 * The important events, points, or steps that lead to the main idea
 * The main idea itself
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Other viewpoints and opinions of the reader
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The reader's conclusion upon reading the passage
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Any relevancy the reader perceives for contemporary situations

http://speedreadingzone.com/strategies-for-teaching-comprehension/

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/22800/

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