Think Alouds
Cornell Notes
Text Tagging
Inferences
Connections
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A strategy is a _____.
What is plan/useful tool for reading?
100
Cornell notes look like and upside down ____.
What is "T"?
100
Rather than using words, we use _____ when we are text tagging.
What is SYMBOLS?
100
When making inferences, we first consider what we know from the _______.
What is TEXT?
100
Name two of the three types of connections we practiced:
What is text to text text to self text to world
200
Why might a strategy be useful?
They help you understand/comprehend what you read. They help you engage with the text more. They help you remember what you read more. They provide something to turn back to if you need direct quotes later. etc.
200
This goes on the left side of Cornell Notes.
What is a direct quote from the passage/text?
200
In text tagging, an exclamation point (!) means:
What is "This is cool/exciting"?
200
When making inferences, we consider what we know from our _______ second.
What is BRAINS?
200
If I was reading The Lord of the Rings and stopped to compare what I read to what I had read in The Chronicles of Narnia, I would be making a text to ______ connection.
What is TEXT?
300
What is a think aloud?
You read, pause, and say what you are thinking about the text out loud. You have a CONVERSATION with your text.
300
This goes on the RIGHT side of the Cornell Notes.
What is my thoughts/reactions to the text/quote?
300
In text tagging, a question mark (?) means:
What is "I have a question about the story"?
300
We combine what we know from the text with what we know from our brains to make an _______.
What is INFERENCE?
300
When I read that Tris, the main character in Divergent was afraid of birds, I made the connection that I was similar because I am also afraid of birds. This is an example of a text to _____ connection.
What is SELF?
400
TRUE or FALSE: You need to pause while reading when doing a think aloud.
What is TRUE?
400
This goes in the BOTTOM section of the Cornell Notes.
What is SUMMARY?
400
In text tagging, a heart means:
What is "I LOVE this!"?
400
Why do we make inferences?
What is "to help us fill in the holes the author left out"?
400
When my seniors read Sunrise Over Fallujah, they compare the events in the book to the current events in Iraq. This is an example of a text to ______ connection.
What is WORLD?
500
Think alouds are helpful because it allows you to have a _______ with your text.
What is conversation?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Why might Cornell Notes be useful?
They give you notes to turn back to when you need to have an overview of what you were thinking. It allows you to continue to have a conversation with your text. It allows you to see where you were confused.
500
In text tagging, a RED FLAG means:
What is "HELP!! I don't know what's going on!"?
500
What is Miss Friesz's rabbit's name?
What is WINSTON?
500
Why do we make connections when reading?
They help us relate to the text and show that the text explores relevant ideas.
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