How do you grow your own ideas about a topic when you read?

1. How do you grow your own ideas about a topic when you read?

2. In this lesson you will learn how to grow ideas about a text by asking questions as you read and using what you already know to try to answer those questions.

3. What do you already know about the topic?

4. Some students are sleepy readers.

5. Why would slaves have to pretend they weren’t listening? It says “you pretended you weren’t listening.”

6. This makes me think slaves would be punished harshly if they showed interest in the war.

7. 1 • Stop when you wonder something. 2 • Think about what you already know that could help you answer that question. 3 Jot your idea with the words, “This makes me think…”

8. In this lesson you have learned how to grow ideas about a text by asking questions as you read and using what you already know to try to answer those questions.

9. Read this section of text. Jot down your question and what it makes you think.

10. Read your own nonfiction text. • Try these sentence starters for growing ideas: • This makes me wonder… • This makes me think… • This is just like… • This surprises me because…

11. Read this section of text. Jot down your question and what it makes you think.