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Informational Texts Strategiesin English/Language Arts

Gradual Release of Responsibility

Table Talk

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Student A

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Student A

Student A Partner Talk

Student B

Student Stop and Jot

Turn & Talk

Square & Share

Find ONE partner

What type of talk is most valuable in our classrooms?

Monologic Talk:-Teacher gives information-Teacher provides analysis and interpretation-Teacher asks questions to check for understanding

Dialogic Talk:-Students often talk to answer their own questions-Students talk with each other to create understanding

Strategy #1: Possible Sentences

Greenwich Time News

sleeping depressed mood

exams increased

sleep alertness

ignore school

exams teens

early buses tardiness

school car accidents decrease learning

decent breakfast

academic performance

Strategy #1: Possible Sentences

• Teacher selects 15-20 words/phrases from selection that are meaningful but not unfamiliar to students (not new vocabulary words)

• Students work with partners (both write)• Tell them: Create 5 possible sentences from the text we

will read using 2-4 words per sentence. All the words must be used.

• Students report, teacher records sentences on screen. Students listen and only add sentences that are different from those posted.

• Students suggest questions for each sentence, then read text to verify sentences and answer questions.

• Students revise sentences to reflect meaning from text.

Strategy #3:

Really??

Strategy #2: Really??

• After first reading, ask students to make 3 columns on their paper and head them• “What I found surprising” • “Why it surprises me” • “What does this suggest?”

• Model the strategy for students. The last column will list inferences that can be made

• Turn & Talk with partner, each sharing one surprise/why/inference with each other

• Teacher collects contributions from the class and records on screen

• Students brainstorm further questions they have about the topic

Strategy#3:

Somebody…wanted…but…so… Hard At Work

by Rita UpadhyayJanuary 24, 2003

Strategy #3: Somebody…wanted…but…so

• After first reading, ask students to make 4 columns on their paper and head them• “Somebody” • “Wanted”• “But”• “So”

• This is a SUMMARIZING strategy that requires students to read closely and to look for various points of view

• Have students stop & jot on their paper, turn & talk, then contribute to class list on screen

• Write longer, more detailed summary statements for each• Have students write a brief constructed response by choosing

one of the statements and elaborating upon it with evidence from the text

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