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Breaking Down the Question/Prompt

Essay or commentary prompts usually either point students to a specific textual feature or a specific effect/meaning/feeling created within the text.

Students who develop an awareness of the conventions of a literary form or a non-literary text type will become better

This protocol helps students independently synthesize information, events, or key ideas from a work/body of work. Process Ask students to

This protocol helps students generate ideas in response to a work. Process Give students a writing task, asking them to

This activity helps students organize information and identify conceptual trends. This activity models a process that students can use when

This simple protocol helps students identify and synthesize the most important point in a work. As students share their most