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- Literary Elements
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- Compare & Contrast
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- Make Connections
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Literary Critical Thinking
- Author's Purpose
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- Evaluate Reasoning
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Informational Comp
- Main Ideas
6-10
- Summarize
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- Make Inferences
6-10
- Interpret Vocabulary
6-10
- Sequence
3-5

Informational Analysis
- Text Features 
6-10
- Compare & Contrast
6-10
- Make Connections
6-10
- Author's Purpose 
3-5
- Apply Information
3-5

Info Critical Thinking
- Author's Purpose 
6-10
- Evaluate Reasoning
6-10
- Extend Information
6-10

 

Extend information beyond the informational text—make generalizations, draw conclusions, apply information, give a response to an informational text
Informational Critical Thinking - Reading EALR 2.4.1, 2.4.5

     

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Step 1 - Choose a question from the list below by highlighting it.

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Step 2 - Copy the question to the clipboard. (Edit-copy or Ctrl-C) Be sure you haven’t copied the italicized notes which are included for clarification.

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Step 3 - Go to your Word document and paste the question into the appropriate area. (Edit-paste or Ctrl-V) 

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Step 4 - Customize the question to match the information in the poem.

   

Multiple Choice Stems (1 Point)

 

#. Based on the information in the selection, which <solution> would help <situation outside of text>?
a. <solution>
b. <solution>
c. <solution>

d. <solution>

Grade 6,7,8,10

#. After reading this selection, what generalization can be made about <information in selection>?

a. <generalization>
b. <generalization>
c. <generalization>

d. <generalization>

Grade 6,7,8,10

#. Based on the information the in the selection, what conclusion can be drawn about character/event/idea/concept?
a. <conclusion>
b. <conclusion>
c. <conclusion>

d. <conclusion>

Grade 6,7,8,10

#. Who would find the information in the selection most useful?
a. <answer>
b. <answer>
c. <answer>

d. <answer>

Grade 6,7,8,10

   

Short Answer Stems (2 Points)

   

#. How might the selection be useful to someone who wanted to (do something related to the selection)? Include four details from the selection in your answer.

Grade 6,7,8,10

 

Extended Response Stems (4 Points)

 

#. How might the selection be useful to someone who wanted to <do something related to the selection>? Include four details from the selection in your answer.

Grade 6,7,8,10

#. Suppose you are on a committee to <idea related to selection>. Provide four ideas from the selection that could best be used to encourage people to <committee goal related to selection>.

Grade 6,7,8,10

 

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