97 Till - Gist -

Pre-divide text for students to prevent them from feeling overwhelmed by long passages.

Encourages readers to connect new data to prior knowledge ("schemata") to form a unified mental image.

According to resources like Reading Rockets and Lit in Focus , this strategy transforms passive reading into an active critical thinking task.

Underline or highlight only 2–3 key points or words per section.

The strategy—formally known as "Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts"—is a high-impact literacy technique designed to help readers synthesize complex information into concise summaries. By limiting summaries to exactly 20 words , it forces the reader to distinguish between essential "who/what" details and secondary trivia. 📝 Core Mechanics of the GIST Strategy