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Determining Importance
Determining Importance
- Adolescents need to determine the author's purpose and voice to read more critically (Schoenbach & Greenleaf, 2009).
- Using media like news reports, can help students determine main ideas and author's purpose (Bruce, 2009).
- Adolescents should be able to search for information "to solve informational problems" in the workplace (Burke, 2007).
- Book trailers offer adolescents the ability to create timelines and the understanding of what important information to leave out in order to create suspense (Kajder, 2007).
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3-2-1 Note TakingHow to Implement:
After modeling for two sections, have students stop at the end of each section and record three important words, two important ideas, and 1 summarizing title for the section. Purpose: Students notice the value of text features and determine what is important to record for each section. Often times I avoid lots of writing and reading because it becomes too much for students to handle. Most students welcome this system because it seems more practical and purposeful. Resource: Janet Allen led one of the professional developments at the high school where I taught. She shared this strategy with us and gave us a handout with this strategy in it. |
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