Wednesday, April 20 QW – 5 minutes – ½ page Driverless Cars- What are you thinking now? What is your current claim?

Annotating to Make Evidence Visible Highlight Pro Highlight Con Summary Notes in margin Jigsaw Text Set: The text set includes 4 articles that provide a variety of perspectives. Articles provide appropriate choices for a range of readability needs. Allow students to select a text, distribute the text randomly, or a teacher can distribute the texts to meet the needs of various readers. Consider copying the texts on different colors of paper. This makes distribution easier, and it also makes it quick for students to identify partners for the jigsaw research work. Focus and Strategy for Reading: Students will read a single article to prepare for sharing focused research on the issue. In this activity, an interactive reading process matters. Students read to develop background knowledge and become an expert on one writer’s perspective. Before Reading: Answer the question: Where do you stand on this issue? Review the note-catcher categories to focus reading. During Reading: Annotations that support this deep but quick reading might identify 3 specific things: 1] evidence that is for or against the reader’s current claim/stance; 2] key words in text or evidence; and 3] star or number evidence to identify and rank key evidence. This annotation system makes it easy to quickly go back and find the appropriate evidence to complete the note-catcher. * 3 key evidence Line of Reasoning was developed by Linda Denstaedt.

Jigsaw Note-Catcher: Purpose of the Article Most Logical, Relevant Evidence [Illustrating & Authorizing] Possible Limitations of Evidence of Source [Countering]  What is the writer’s or expert’s perspective or claim on the issue? What angle on the issue is discussed?    What seems to be the most logical and relevant evidence? Could the evidence be used to illustrate, authorize or extend?   What evidence raises questions or seems limited? Could the evidence be used to counter? If students have never used this note-catcher before, model how to read, annotate, and analyze a text to prepare to share research with jigsaw partners. Reflective Question. How do these questions support and focus student research and reading? Line of Reasoning was developed by Linda Denstaedt.

What are you thinking now? What is your current claim?