The Six Step Process
1. Predict – Based on the title, your knowledge of the author, and any pictures available to you (ie. Cover), predict what you think the story will be about (1-2 sentences).
2. Question – Ask yourself the following ten critical thinking questions while you are reading the story. Use these questions for your annotated reading. Write the questions and answers in this section of your 6 steps.
a. What form of literature is this story (heroic, sacred, wisdom, myth, folk tale)? OR What persuasive appeal is used by the author? Explain your answer (Logos, Pathos, Ethos).
b. What is the author’s purpose?
c. What are the major themes within this literature? Provide examples from the text to support your ideas.
d. What are the major conflicts? Are they internal or external? How are they resolved?
e. What can I learn about the culture?
f. What can I learn about the author?
g. What is the mood/tone of this story?
h. Is there any symbolism found within the story? Explain.
i. What other literary elements are used in this story. Explain/describe them.
j. What is my own personal opinion (feelings) about this story? Explain.
3. Clarify - write down anything that you didn’t fully understand then write what your conclusion is based on research/interview/discussion.
4. Visualize - Take one small event from the story and expand it into a paragraph using describing words (Make a cool story for me).
5. Connect – Real World; Other literature; Personal. Write a paragraph for each connection (elaborate your idea). Choose 2 of the 3 options.
6. Evaluate – Write (at least) a 5 paragraph essay based on what you have learned from the above 5 steps. Ensure you have a thesis you can argue and provide evidence from the literature and at least 1 other credible source to support your claim. Provide in-text citations and a bibliography.
1. Predict – Based on the title, your knowledge of the author, and any pictures available to you (ie. Cover), predict what you think the story will be about (1-2 sentences).
2. Question – Ask yourself the following ten critical thinking questions while you are reading the story. Use these questions for your annotated reading. Write the questions and answers in this section of your 6 steps.
a. What form of literature is this story (heroic, sacred, wisdom, myth, folk tale)? OR What persuasive appeal is used by the author? Explain your answer (Logos, Pathos, Ethos).
b. What is the author’s purpose?
c. What are the major themes within this literature? Provide examples from the text to support your ideas.
d. What are the major conflicts? Are they internal or external? How are they resolved?
e. What can I learn about the culture?
f. What can I learn about the author?
g. What is the mood/tone of this story?
h. Is there any symbolism found within the story? Explain.
i. What other literary elements are used in this story. Explain/describe them.
j. What is my own personal opinion (feelings) about this story? Explain.
3. Clarify - write down anything that you didn’t fully understand then write what your conclusion is based on research/interview/discussion.
4. Visualize - Take one small event from the story and expand it into a paragraph using describing words (Make a cool story for me).
5. Connect – Real World; Other literature; Personal. Write a paragraph for each connection (elaborate your idea). Choose 2 of the 3 options.
6. Evaluate – Write (at least) a 5 paragraph essay based on what you have learned from the above 5 steps. Ensure you have a thesis you can argue and provide evidence from the literature and at least 1 other credible source to support your claim. Provide in-text citations and a bibliography.