1. Student Expectation
8.12B Evaluate graphics for their clarity in communicating meaning or achieving a specific purpose.
Ask a couple of students to rephrase the SE in their own words.

2. Break It Down
Graphical Elements: A graphical element shows or explains information in the text. Pictures, maps, charts, time lines, and diagrams are all examples of graphical elements. As you read, use graphical elements to help you understand information. Compare information in the text with information in the graphic sources.

3. Break It Down
Graphs & Charts
Diagrams
Maps
Tables
Pictures
Timelines

4. Break It Down
When analyzing a graphical element you need to ask yourself the following questions:
What is the topic?
What does it say?
Why was it included?

5. What is the author’s purpose for including each of these photos?
Station 1
What is it about?
What is the author’s purpose for including each of these photos?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 1 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.

6. How do the 3 illustrations apply to the text?
Station 2
What is it about?
How do the 3 illustrations apply to the text?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 2 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.

7. Station 3 Create a caption for this photo.
What would be a logical inference based on this photo?
Create a caption for this photo.
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 3 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.

8. Station 4 What is the topic of this diagram?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 4 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
What is the topic of this diagram?
Why would this diagram be placed in an article?

9. Station 5 What is the topic of this graph?
What was the author’s purpose for including this graph?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 5 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
Excerpt from Scholastic’s UpFront Magazine.

10. Station 6 What is the topic of this bar graph?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 6 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
Excerpt from Scholastic’s UpFront Magazine.
What is the topic of this bar graph?
What was the author’s purpose in using this bar graph?

11. What is this image about?
Station 7
What is this image about?
What would be the topic of an article that this image would help support?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 7 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
Excerpt from Scholastic’s UpFront Magazine.

12. What is the topic of this pie chart?
Station 8
What is the topic of this pie chart?
What can you infer about an article that the information from this pie chart would help support?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 8 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
Excerpt from Scholastic’s UpFront Magazine.

13. What is the topic of this bar graph?
Station 9
What is the topic of this bar graph?
What do you predict will happen to music sales in the next 10 years based on the bar graph?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 9 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
Excerpt from Scholastic’s UpFront Magazine.

14. Station 10 What is the topic of this pie chart?
What type of article would benefit from using this pie chart?
Discuss the graphical elements and the critical thinking questions from Station 2 with the students. Have them justify their answers by pointing out aspects of the graphical element on the powerpoint slide.
Excerpt from Scholastic’s UpFront Magazine.