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Insight Stems Extending an Open-Ended Response. Add a sentence to your open-ended response (somewhere in the second paragraph) to show that you have INSIGHT about the text you read. 4 th MP-Entry #1 H 4/18 Extending the Text Connect to the text; This reminds me of…
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Insight StemsExtending an Open-Ended Response Add a sentence to your open-ended response (somewhere in the second paragraph) to show that you have INSIGHT about the text you read.
4th MP-Entry #1 H 4/18 Extending the Text • Connect to the text; This reminds me of… ***2 different types*** • Reconnect to the text; This makes me realize…BIG IDEA ABOUT A TOPIC • Add an insightful comment; use a STEM such as Perhaps…or If…then… or As a result…
Read the prompt, and underline the required parts • Use boxes and bullet to plan for 5 mins before I write • Write at least 4 paragraphs (INTRO / CONCLUSION) • Add humor (letter—add a funny PS) • Similes, Metaphors, Exaggeration • Add rhetorical questions • Sound “real” with personal, specific details
Insightful Comments Perhaps Suzanne should have kept her mouth shut. (Evaluate actions, speculate what may happen, or speculate what happened past) If Suzanne did not tell the nephew what she knew, then she would not have been kidnapped. As a result of knowing too much, Suzanne had to sacrifice her life. It is sometimes better to leave things unsaid.