Writing ComprehensionIn any interaction with a text, the text is virtually useless unless the reader can understand its meaning. Since narrative, expository, and poetic texts all have different reasons for being written and different forms of presenting the text, different strategies are needed to understand these texts. There are also many reading strategies that can be used for all of these types of texts. In order to describe strategies for developing activities that facilitate the understanding of narrative, explanatory and poetic texts, we must first understand what understanding means. we must then better understand how the human brain works. “Comprehension is a creative, multifaceted thinking process in which students engage with the text,” Judith Irwin (1991) defines comprehension as a reader's process of using the author's prior experiences and text to construct meaning useful to that reader for a specific purpose. » (Tompkins, 2010, p. 258) With both of these definitions of understanding, they use the word process in the definition. The use of this word implies that understanding is not immediate and that there is a process that can be used to obtain it. This process uses both the working memory and the long-term memory portion of the Brian, and a brief understanding of this process is essential. There is a limit to how much a person can hold in short-term memory and strategies used to teach comprehension must take this into account. By using strategies that limit the amount of information used in short-term memory, the student can process this information and achieve a better understanding of what they read. The purpose of reading is to put understanding of......middle of article......hing the English language arts. London: Routledge, retrieved from: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/routengart/comprehensionJulie Coiro, JC (2011). Assessment frameworks for teaching and learning English and language arts in the digital age. Handbook of Research in English Language Arts Teaching. Retrieved from: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/routen gart/assessment_frameworks_for_teaching_and_learning_english_lingual_arts_in_a_digital_ageSweller, J. (2005). Learning aids and strategies. Encyclopedia of cognitive sciences. Retrieved from: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/wileycs/learning_aids_and_strategies Tompkins, GE (2010). Literacy for the 21st century A balanced approach. Boston: Pearson.