Literacy Retreat 2019
SECRET SITE
Synthesize Information from Several Sources
Read for Understanding
Establish reader foundations
Decode the prompt/task
Execute a complex task
Write to the Test Lady when no audience is identified
Access additional resources with after-reading writing prompts
Achieve the Core offers dozens of mini-assessments.
Modify writing-about-reading frames to generate reading-response prompts.
Access grade-level passages that include close-reading questions and a variety of after-reading writing tasks.
Value info from multiple sources
Maintain source-specific notes
Gain information from many different sources
Value Multiple Sources mini-lesson | Smartboard
Read Many Different Sources PDF
Red Puzzle Piece
Yellow Puzzle Piece
Blue Puzzle Piece
Green Puzzle Piece
Analyze Collected Information
Combine details to synthesize new ideas
Synthesize from Multiple Sources mini-lesson. PDF | Smartboard
Small-Group Activity on Christopher Columbus
Smekens Strategies to practice synthesizing ideas
Eighth graders sort the pros/cons of genetic engineering.
Bridget Longmeier (Seymour, IN) uses T-charts to collect information from multiple sources.
Organize syntheses to fit genre
Organize to fit the text structure
Utilize the Organize It Table Tent to select the appropriate order of information. Simple assembly.
Generate the written response
Support each synthesis
The Yes, MA’AM strategy can be adapted to fit the requirements of an extended reading response.
Blend evidence and elaboration
