6. Which strategies to focus on with learners at this level

• At this level, it’s important to keep things simple, as there’s so much for learners to think about as they read. Focus your explicit instruction on these key strategies:
  - activating background knowledge
  - asking and answering questions
  - analysing text structure
  - summarising

• View the video of Sue outlining these four strategies. We will then look at each of these strategies in turn.

SD 4 strategies