Synthesizing When you use synthesizing you look at the parts of text and pull them together. Your main goal is to learn how they affect reading together. Synthesizing is like a jigsaw puzzle. You piece together different parts of reading into a whole picture.

Using synthesizing with nonfiction When reading nonfiction you connect into a picture that makes sense. For example with a story you are interested in finding subject and facts about it: What ,who ,when ,were ,why and how. Your main goal is to pull all of those together into a clear picture.

who when what where why how

Timelines 1723 1730 1753 1776 Ben Franklin leaves Boston at age 17. In Synthesizing you can use a Timeline for nonfiction so that you can pull all the information together 1723 1730 1753 1776 Ben Franklin leaves Boston at age 17. Ben Franklin marries Deborah Read. Franklin Becomes known as a scientist and inventor Franklin helps write Declaration of Independence

Using the strategy You can use synthesizing with almost all text fiction or nonfiction. Synthesizing can be used with long works. It helps you keep track from beginning to end. Like characters plot setting and style.

Using Synthesizing with Fiction When using a folktale, story, novel, or play look at different parts of a story. You need to see the plot, characters , setting, and much more. Synthesizing helps you pull all of those things together and show their connections.

Synthesizing fiction theme plot style setting point of view character

Pop Quiz  What is one part of synthesizing in fiction? Who, plot, or what What is one part of synthesizing in nonfiction? Setting, style, or how Is synthesizing like? A puzzle, monopoly, or a card game In 1723 Ben Franklin does what? Go surfing, sign the declaration of independence or leave Boston? continued

Pop Quiz (continued)  True or False does synthesizing work with all types of writing?

Answer Key to pop quiz Q1:Plot Q2:How Q3:A puzzle Q4:Leaves Boston Q5:False

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