Reading Comprehension
RAP
Appropriate Grade Level: 4-12
Procedures/Steps:
This strategy uses the acronym RAP to help students remember the steps to increase their own reading
comprehension.
1. Read a paragraph.
2. Ask yourself what the paragraph was about.
3. Put the main idea and two details in your own words.
Comments and/or tips:
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Have posters of this strategy for students to use for reference.
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Introduce this strategy by modeling to class on the board or on an overhead.
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Use a check list with the acronym that students can check off the steps as they complete them.
Source:
Margolis, H. & McCable, P.P. (2003). Self-efficacy: A key to the motivation of struggling learners.
Preventing School Failure, 47(4), 162-169.