2. “We want students to know the difference
between information and knowledge so we teach
kids to think so they can acquire and use
knowledge.”
~Stephanie Harvey, ILA Annual Conference, 2015
3. Common Core State Standard
Analyze how two or more texts
address similar themes or topics in
order to build knowledge or to
compare the approaches the authors
takes
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Editor's Notes
Practice – 15 minutes
We are going to participate in the Important Thing protocol. Our purpose is to answer this question: click to show animated question
Everyone takes notes while watching the video
Work in pairs
One reads the excerpt from On A Beam of Light and takes notes on What are the Important Ideas? Graphic
One reads the excerpt from Genius and takes notes on What are the Important Ideas? Graphic
Pair and share information learned from both texts
Everyone completes The Important Thing summarizer
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