The document describes the reading process and what readers may experience when comprehending a text. It presents two scenarios - one where the reader clicks and understands the text, forming a clear mental model, and another where the reader experiences clunk and does not understand the text, unable to form a coherent mental model. It then lists strategies readers can use when experiencing clunk, such as rereading, solving unclear words, or reconsidering their mental model of the text.

1. Read a section of
the text
CLICK! CLUNK.
I understand I don’t get what’s in the
what is in the text. text! I can’t make a
I can make a mental model, or my
mental model. mental model doesn’t
make sense.
REREAD SOLVE THINK
Did I miss an Is there a word Is there a twist
important that I need to in the story?
detail or sound out or Maybe I need
figurative understand? to change my
language? mental model.