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Tasks of the Before-Reading Stage for Older Stories
Examples of Before-Reading Activities
1. Building a Bridge
In the before-reading stage, the tasks outlined above as well as the tasks below can be adapted as required to support, motivate and engage older students in the reading process.
In class the teacher can help to build a bridge between information which is "known" and information which is "new." To build a bridge between known and new, the teacher can:
• Review what has been learned to date.
• Ask "What do we already know?"
• Ask questions to draw on students' life experiences: "Do you know...?" • Use the table of contents of the text to put the new topic in context.
• Link new material to concept maps or webs of material learned
