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Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Prior knowledge is what they already know.
- Information gathered from texts they have previously read becomes part of their prior knowledge.
Skills
- Use prior knowledge to make comparisons between texts.
- Determine similarities between a text they are currently reading and a text that have read in the past.
Understanding
- Their prior knowledge can help make connections between texts.
- Each text they read increases their background knowledge, and they can make connections to new texts to improve their comprehension.
Vocabulary
- Prior knowledge
- Determine
- Similarities
