Trace a Word Through a Text
Use repetition and reference to build precise understanding.
Teaching sequence
- Highlight a technical term and each reference to it.
- Draw arrows between repeated words, pronouns and synonyms.
- Check that each reference points to the intended concept.
- Summarise the idea using the term precisely.
Materials and purpose
a short paragraph with a recurring technical term
Use a precise language move to make subject understanding visible, then check it on fresh content.
Check and transfer
Give a short new paragraph and collect one accurate reference chain.
Adjust the support
Offer a brief model, useful vocabulary and partner rehearsal where needed. Keep the subject goal; reduce one prompt on fresh content and record what was independent.
Across subjects
Worked example
In a paragraph about erosion, “this process” should refer clearly to erosion, not to a nearby event such as rainfall.
Teacher language
What does this phrase refer to here?