PRESENTATION OUTLINE
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES
Will help you feel confident as you read—and understand—increasingly challenging texts.
ANNOTATIONS
Capture a reader’s reaction to a text. Your reactions might include questions about unfamiliar vocabulary words or inferences about a character’s relationship to the events in the plot.
Peer Review
Should always strive to be honest, constructive, and specific. An honest classmate points out problem areas, providing constructive feedback and suggestions for how to make it better. Takes place when a group uses discussion to reach new understandings about a topic.
COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS
Is similar to the phrase “two heads are better than one?” Basically, it means that two people thinking about or working on something is better than one person doing it alone. takes place when a group uses discussion to reach new understandings about a topic. It involves listening carefully and responding thoughtfully.
TEXUAL EVIDENCE
May be a word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph that led you to make an inference or draw a conclusion.
CONTEXT CLUES
Allow you to infer what an unfamiliar word means. Later, you can check your initial analysis of a word’s meaning against its dictionary definition. As you repeat this process, you will improve your vocabulary and rely on a dictionary less and less.
STORY ELEMENTS
Something that contributes to a work of fiction, one of several building blocks that make it effective. These usually include setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
SHORT CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE
Is a brief, organized written composition that answers a prompt.
TEXT DEPENDENT RESPONSES
Is your opportunity to show what you know after a first read of a text. These responses are meant to be short, concise answers that include supporting evidence from the text.
