Schema+-+Background+Knowledge

7 Keys to Understanding Text ** Schema - Background Knowledge ** Activate and Build Upon Prior Knowledge

* Text-to-self connections your life and what you already know

 * Text-to-text connections things you have read before

* Text-to-world connections things you know about the world

"That reminds me of ........" "I remember......." "My connection here is ......."

 abridged and adapted from: ARA Conference, 10.21.2008 Susan Zimmerman.