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Cummins, Sunday; Quiroa, Ruth E. – Reading Teacher, 2012
The purpose of this "teaching tips" article is to describe practical classroom instruction that helps elementary students write expository responses to narrative texts. It focuses on the importance of scaffolded, interactive discussions comprised of a combination of teacher think alouds and similar student responses before, during, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Protocol Analysis, Teaching Methods
Thralls, Charlotte – 1981
A theory of textual processing signals--cues to guide the response of any reader to a narrative text--can be evolved from Gerald Prince's theory of reading interludes and William Labov's work on narrative evaluation. An examination of these signals in two personal experience narratives written by students in remedial and freshman writing courses…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Narration, Reading Comprehension
Muth, K. Denise, Ed. – 1989
Reflecting the concerns of researchers and practitioners about children's text comprehension, this book defines and provides examples of narrative and expository text and describes research-based strategies for helping children comprehend these two types of text. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Research on Stories: Implications…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Models, Narration

Gordon, Christine J. – English Quarterly, 1988
Reports a study, using sixth graders' introspective self-reports, to determine the context in which students use knowledge about narrative text structure, how they use this knowledge, and why they do not always employ this knowledge. (RAE)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 6, Literacy, Narration
Fitzgerald, Jill; Teasley, Alan B. – 1983
A study investigated whether direct instruction in story constituents and their interrelationships could enhance children's organization in story writing. It was hypothesized that the special instruction could provide children with an internalized prototype story structure that could serve as a heuristic or planning device for organizing…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Creativity, Grade 4
Braun, Carl – 1984
An addition to the "wholeness of language" debate, this document is divided into two sections. The first reviews theories regarding the reading writing relationship, suggesting that an awareness of the interdependencies and commonalities among various forms of communication may provide insights leading to students learning to read like…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Language Processing, Narration, Reading Comprehension