Cooperative Story Mapping

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Abstract
There is broad consensus that the ultimate goal of all reading instruction is to produce competent readers who comprehend what they read. This article describes one technique designed to promote greater reading comprehension development in students at various points along the reading achievement continuum. We call this technique cooperative story mapping. Cooperative story mapping combines the use of a story grammar strategy with cooperative learning procedures to create an activity in which all students are actively engaged in analyzing and discussing stories. Cooperative story mapping encourages students to interact with each other to share and extend their understanding of narrative text. This interaction is then expanded through whole class discussion. The result, we believe, is greater overall comprehension development.