"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." - from Madeleine L'Engle's Newberry Medal Acceptance Speech

Friday, September 12, 2014

Readers observe and infer meaningful details in a text.



Readers observe and infer meaningful details as they read a text for the first time. They stop and annotate (underline, write in margins or post-its) as they read. What to annotate:
    1. Surprising, complex, or memorable details about characters, main and minor; strong feelings, minor and major problems, dialogue that reveals something significant about characters
    2. Setting – time period, place, historical details
    3. Important and unclear/difficult words and phrases
    4. Issues and themes – what do you notice about the society? What problems exist (poverty, crime, discrimination...)? Themes are universal truths or ideas/messages.

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