1 Story Pyramid
Madison Long
Strategy Overview:
- Story pyramids allow for students to dive deeper with texts and breakdown information into specific sections to analyze.
- This strategy allows for students to not only grow in their reading literacy development, but also in their communication and self confidence abilities.
- Students are to depict certain components of the content to relate back in how these elements are integrated within the story.
- The benefits of this activity include “reading comprehension, vocabulary building, critical thinking, engagement with texts, summarization, analytical skills, support learning for students with disabilities, positive classroom environment”
Strategy in Action
A story pyramid activity allows for students to breakdown specific elements of a story and analyze how the components are intertwined. Story pyramids are a fun way for students to be creative in their writing expressions and expand on their comprehension of the material and content of the text.
Student Example
- Students read a content specific story.
- After reading the text, students can interact with the key elements of a story like characters, plot, setting, and conflict.
- Students then can begin to work on the story pyramid and fill in missing essential information that they gathered from the text.
