He also includes opportunities for his students to:

7.5a	describe character development,
7.5b	compare and contrast forms including short story and play, and finally
7.5g	summarize the text.

Mr. Sutliff uses modeling, writing, and discussing to help his students become comfortable with comprehension beyond the literal level, as making inferences requires thinking more cognitively strenuous than comprehending details or main ideas. Moreover, by requiring that his students put thoughts on paper, he makes their metacognition visible.

By using Readers’ Theater and providing rehearsal time, Mr. Sutliff builds in opportunities for previewing and rereading text, both of which are important to the development of fluency and comprehension.