Read more to learn more: comprehension

Dymock, S. (2007). Comprehension strategy instruction. Teaching narrative text structure awareness. The Reading Teacher 61(2), 161-167.

Narrative strategy instruction gives students a more elaborate understanding of stories. It is one of a number of comprehension strategies children should be taught to use. Research shows that students who have a good understanding of narrative text structure have fewer problems comprehending this text type

Dymock, S. (2007). Comprehension strategy instruction. Teaching narrative text structure awareness. The Reading Teacher 61(2), 161-167.

Higher level language skills—inferencing, comprehension monitoring, and text structure knowledge—are critical to good reading comprehension and its development. These higher level skills play an important role in a reader’s (or listener’s) construction of a representation of a text’s meaning that is both accurate and coherent

Willingham, Daniel T. (Winter 2006/2007). The usefulness of brief instruction in reading comprehension strategies. American Educator 30, 39.

Teaching reading strategies is a low-cost way to give developing readers a boost. The main effect of strategy instruction may be to push the reader toward a new understanding of reading. It is not just a matter of decoding words but is more a matter of comprehending a meaningful message that the author is trying to communicate, and the student hasn’t truly “read” the material until he or she understands the message.

Kilpatrick, D.A. (Summer 2020). How phonology of speech is foundational for word recognition. Perspectives on Language and Literacy, 46 (3), 11-15.Herron, J. & Gillis, M. B. (Summer 2020). 

Encoding as a Route to Phoneme Awareness and Phonics: A Shift In Literacy Instruction. Perspectives on Language and Literacy, 46 (3), 11-15.