Previewing a text allows you to find the important clues that authors use to communicate meaning to their readers. It also help you zero in on where exactly you can…
Summarizing is an important skill for analyzing information and recording it for later review. When you summarize, you actively process information as you read, listen, or watch. You make meaning…
Note taking is an important skill for recording information—and your response to that information—for later review. When you take notes, you actively process information as you read, listen, or watch.…
For many people, drawing a picture to represent new information helps them remember it easier than writing it in words. As you are watching a video or presentation, try drawing…
An I-Search is a way for you to research and write about a topic that personally interests you. As you complete these organizers, you'll think about your questions and how…
Working with your peers and/or studio facilitator, complete the table below. The goal of this activity is to identify what we already know about the topic so that we can…
Working with your peers and/or studio facilitator, complete the table below. The goal of this activity is to identify what we already know about the topic so that we can…