Building Background Knowledge through Reading: Rethinking Text Sets

To increase reading volume and help students access challenging texts, the authors propose a four-dimensional framework for text sets. The quad text set framework is designed around a target text: a challenging content area text, such as a canonical literary work, research article, or historical pri...

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Published inJournal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 433 - 444
Main Authors Lupo, Sarah M, Strong, John Z, Lewis, William, Walpole, Sharon, McKenna, Michael C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wiley-Blackwell 01.01.2018
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Content Area Reading
English Instruction
Fiction
Knowledge Level
Nonfiction
Reading Instruction
Reading Materials
Science Instruction
Social Studies
Teaching Methods
Visual Stimuli
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ISSN1081-3004
1936-2706
DOI10.1002/jaal.701

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Summary:To increase reading volume and help students access challenging texts, the authors propose a four-dimensional framework for text sets. The quad text set framework is designed around a target text: a challenging content area text, such as a canonical literary work, research article, or historical primary source document. The three remaining dimensions include visual texts (e.g., a video, pictures), informational texts to build students' background knowledge and vocabulary, and an accessible young adult novel or current events article to help students engage with the topic. Working together, these texts can build students' background knowledge, make the target text accessible to students, and also allow them to synthesize information across sources. The authors suggest that quad text sets are useful in English, science, and social studies classrooms.
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706
DOI:10.1002/jaal.701