Schema

=Schema is the collection... = =like a living SCRAPBOOK of your memories... = =what you've seen, heard, thought, tasted, and felt. =

=When we read, this "scrapbook" of memories helps us to constantly connect to the text, to the author; this helps us to understand or comprehend what we are reading.=

=We CONNECT with what we are reading, with the characters, with the author...=

=I am THINKING... What connections, relationships, associations am I able to notice as I read?= =Good readers can relate or are reminded of:= == =TIPS: = That reminds me of...time, place, person, thing, text This makes me think of... I remember... reading, seeing, hearing, feeling...
 * events or experiences in their own lives
 * something they've learned before
 * other books, movies, songs, poems, or text
 * people, issues, world happenings