Quotation Center
Quotation Center
This center provides an ideal opportunity for students to continue to build their close reading muscles and well as work on the skill synthesis by pulling on all their previous learning about this period in U.S. history. Many teachers have found that placing a quote at the center of a large piece of chart paper and teaching kids to “write around” the quote works well. For example, you might place each of these quotes on its own sheet of chart paper:
Why do you think they said this?
What was happening during the time period in which this quote is from?
What do all the words mean?
How does it make you feel?
How would you feel if you lived during this time period?
This center provides an ideal opportunity for students to continue to build their close reading muscles and well as work on the skill synthesis by pulling on all their previous learning about this period in U.S. history. Many teachers have found that placing a quote at the center of a large piece of chart paper and teaching kids to “write around” the quote works well. For example, you might place each of these quotes on its own sheet of chart paper:
- Each group will analyze a quotation from the center or choose an appropriate quote for the content area you are exploring.
- Groups will closely read the quote and discuss.
- Say to each other...“I notice... I think... I wonder... I know... This connects to...”
- Think about the following:
Why do you think they said this?
What was happening during the time period in which this quote is from?
What do all the words mean?
How does it make you feel?
How would you feel if you lived during this time period?
- Think of some or all of the ideas above and get a large piece of paper. Write the quote in the center of the paper and then add all your thinking around the quote. This is called a "write around".
- Discuss and share with other groups what this quote means to you.