Chapter 11: Summarizing and Synthesizing Information

1. Adding Personal Response

1.1. Making personal connections to readings

1.2. Text to text

1.2.1. Text to self

1.2.1.1. Text to world

2. Seeking Answers to Questions

2.1. Attempt to answer questions that have no answer

2.2. Active reading

2.3. Challenging yourself while reading

3. Three Big Ideas

3.1. Writing

3.2. Retelling

3.3. Building Knowledge

4. Background Knowledge

4.1. Connecting new to the known (180)

5. Retelling to Summarize

5.1. Brief retelling of a story (important facts)

6. Paraphrasing

6.1. Making margin notes (182)