Synthesising




 * Language and questions we use when synthesising **


 * I predicted… would happen, but know I think …
 * My ideas have changed after reading this. I now think …
 * If you could change one aspect of the story what would it be? Explain your reasons for making the change?
 * What new things has this book offered you?
 * How has this book influenced your decision making when choosing a book?
 * What different title for the book/chapter could you come up with?
 * What changes would you make to the story? (character, setting, plot)
 * How was the information in the text the same/different as the information in … (another text).
 * Eliminate one of the characters. How would the story be different if that character was not in the story?
 * What was a different ending to the story and what impact would it have on the characters?

Thinking evolves through a process. Reader's thinking changes as they gather more information. New information makes the reader re-evaluate their ideas to form new thinking and ideas.

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