What do we write in the margins Ask Questions What is happening in the selection What about vocabulary Make Connections Think of similarities between the selection and these three things other texts ID: 338170
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Marginalia
What do we write in the margins?
Ask Questions What is happening in the selection? What about vocabulary?
Make Connections Think of similarities between the selection and these three things: other texts, the world, and yourself.
Make predictions/inferences Figure out what might happen next. How might the selection end?
What is important information? Why is it important? How is it relevant to the rest of the selection?
Interpret what the author is saying
Read “between the lines.” Look for unstated main ideas or reasoned arguments that
lead the reader to draw a conclusionSlide2
Marginalia cont.
Write the gist of what you know so far.Review key points, and check if your understanding has changed at all because of what you read.
Analyze the author’s writing technique What strategies has the author used in his/her writing?Evaluate what the author is saying For opinions about what you read, both during and after readingSlide3
Expository Paragraph Structure
Topic sentenceFacts/evidenceElaboration/explanation of fact/evidenceConcluding sentence
Each paragraph needs a topic sentence and a concluding sentence. Where we have flexibility is with the evidence and the elaboration. We can include numerous facts and detailed elaboration to make our paragraphs more thorough.Slide4
Responding to Text
When responding to a prompt based on a text, be sure to work on incorporating evidence from the text into your response.
Explain Sirota’s reasoning for having public funded colleges and universities.