Synthesizing Claims
Speaker/Writer's will make claims implicitly and explicitly throughout a text. Students must learn how to identify these claims and synthesize them into a concise statement that accurately accounts for a speaker/writer's central claim. This lesson will support students as they learn how to summarize a speaker/writer's central claim.
Where is this in the Reading Process: Step 5
Explicitly Teach: Explain. Connect. Model. Practice.
Cycle of Independence: I do. We do. They do. You do.
Origin: This work is inspired in part by Liane Bryson, a professor in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department, San Diego State University. Jonathan LeMaster's work on rhetorical reading and writing is the main influence behind this activity/skill.
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