Idea — A lead-in activates what learners already know about a topic before they meet the text. It primes top-down processing, generates interest, and sets context. Keep it short.
Example — Before a text about smartphones: ‘What did you use your phone for this morning? Three things. Thirty seconds.’ That is a lead-in.
Try — Write a one-minute lead-in for a text you teach. Make it personal and spoken, not written.
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