THRILD is a before reading strategy that is used with informational or expository text. The strategy provides a framework for new information. It activate prior knowledge and helps students connect new information with what is already known, as well as setting a purpose for reading. Explicitly teaching key reading comprehension and learning skills - making connections, self-questioning, visualising, inferring, determining importance, summarising, synthesising and self-monitoring - can help students become more purposeful, active readers, thinkers and learners.