Amanda Solarsh & Gina Tesoriero

Amanda Solarsh & Gina TesorieroSimon Baruch Middle School New York City Department of EducationGrades 6-8

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Paired Passages support literacy

0Requires students to read, analyze, and comprehend two related texts and then use the information gathered from the texts to respond to a writing prompt by synthesizing the information in both texts

View Sample Paired Passage Prompts Student supports Teacher Toolkit

Create your own paired

passage prompt!


0 “A literate citizen should be able to evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used to generate it. Scientific literacy also implies the capacity to pose and evaluate arguments based on evidence and to apply conclusions from such arguments appropriately.” (National Science Education Standards, page 22)

0*Scientific texts can be especially challenging for students because they often include figures, tables, data, and complex vocabulary that is lacking in other texts (Carol Lee and Anika Spratley 2009)

0*Students need to develop strategies to comprehend and analyze complex science issues like global warming for example to develop critically literate skills, like real scientists ( Maria Grant and Diane Lapp 2011)

SCIENCE LITERACY RESEARCH


PAIRED PASSAGESHitting the top of Blooms Taxonomy!


Strategies for reading and writingSupporting students as they engage with challenging texts and writing

prompts

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Paraphrasing

0 Skill used by proficient readers to support comprehension

0 “In the head” strategy that can later be used to support annotations

0 Requires direct modeling and instruction

0 Paraphrasing ≠ Summarizing


Annotate Text


Text Coding


Reading with a guiding question0 When the text contains a lot of information that is not

directly relevant to the students’ purpose for reading.0 When students are reading to find evidence to support a

scientific explanation.0 Can be used once or multiple times (close reading)

Example(s)*What evidence do scientists have to predict future earthquakes?*What are the disadvantages of using solar power?


Writing Supports

Teacher Tool Kit

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Steps to developing paired passage task


Selecting Texts

0 Electronic Sources0 Current Events/News Articles (online)

0 Print Sources0 More traditional text/information

*Lexile Levels and Text Complexity need to be considered


Task Development Tool


Questions?


Create your own paired passage promptUse the Task Development Tool as a guide

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