Learning to write about reading, raise our level of questioning, and deepen discussions
Theme
Main Idea
Characters
Comparing and Contrasting elements
Investigating issues and developing them further
Using and analyzing nonfiction texts
Mining texts for relevant information
Summarizing
Noticing essential details and differing perspectives
Organizing debates and employing different strategies
Comparing and Contrasting texts and viewpoints
Strategies for determining the meaning of vocabulary
Identifying and analyzing text structures
Comprehension of nonfiction texts
Summarizing and Synthesizing
Learning from research
Comparing and contrasting texts, structures, author's craft techniques, and author's goals
Setting, Characters, Problems that Multiply, Symbolism, how they are alike and different across texts, and how they affect the story and its theme in similar and different ways
Real-life connections/lessons
Reading across texts
Self-assessing
Elaborating on discussion and digging deeper in conversation