Friday, January 29, 2010

I predict...

I predict that my book will teach me a lot about Teddy Roosevelt and his passion for and determination to save America's wildlife and the wilderness in which that wildlife lives.

Sentence Starters

When reading a book, it can sometimes become difficult to compute all of the information your gathering. Often times it is easier to think of small parts of the book and what you can learn from each part. Then you can take all of these "learnings" and build them together to try and find a theme or a purpose of your book.

A good strategy to do this is to reflect on your reading from time to time. In this class we're going to use sentence starters. Sentence starters can often be associated with elementary school, but are still a powerful tool that helps to focus thoughts and get those thoughts down on paper...

We'll use these sentence starters to share our thoughts on our particular books...

We'll start with this one: I predict...

Simply finish the sentence as it relates to your book. I'll start.

I predict that my book will teach me a lot about Teddy Roosevelt and his passion for and determination to save America's wildlife and the wilderness in which that wildlife lives.

You'll contribute to this conversation by writing your own "I predict..." statement. Use the comment box below. Please include your first name.