Story structure.
Much research on the reading comprehension of children on the elementary grades has focused on teaching strategies for identifying key information in narrative text.
The strategies have typically involved training children to ask themselves questions about the basic components of stories as they read: characters, setting, goals of the characters, action taken, and outcome.
In some studies, children were taught to record this information on grapic organizers.
The National Reading Panel found evidence that these techniques impproved comprehension and recall of stories, most notably for poor readers.