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Making Making Judgments Judgments
Created by Risa UdellCreated by Risa Udell
Making JudgmentsMaking Judgments
Active readers make judgments and form Active readers make judgments and form opinions about the characters’ decisions opinions about the characters’ decisions and actions.and actions.
Be An Active Reader!Be An Active Reader!
1.1. Ask questions.Ask questions.
2.2. Make connections.Make connections.
3.3. Form an opinion.Form an opinion.
Ask QuestionsAsk Questions
Look at the whole situation and ask yourself Look at the whole situation and ask yourself these questions.these questions.
Is this fair?Is this fair?
Was this a good decision?Was this a good decision?
Was this a bad decision?Was this a bad decision?
Make ConnectionsMake Connections
Active readers think about their own Active readers think about their own experiences as they read.experiences as they read.
Active readers think about what they would Active readers think about what they would have done in the same situation.have done in the same situation.
Form an OpinionForm an Opinion
Active readers can agree or disagree with Active readers can agree or disagree with the actions of a character.the actions of a character.
Support your decision bySupport your decision by considering the whole situationconsidering the whole situation evaluating the good points and the bad pointsevaluating the good points and the bad points thinking about your own beliefs and personal thinking about your own beliefs and personal
experiencesexperiences
Read the following Read the following story.story.
Stacy is on her sled at the top of Stacy is on her sled at the top of a hill. She notices that ice a hill. She notices that ice covers most of the hill. Stacy is covers most of the hill. Stacy is worried that her sled might slip worried that her sled might slip on the ice. She is also excited on the ice. She is also excited because her sled might go faster. because her sled might go faster. Stacy jumps on her sled and Stacy jumps on her sled and begins to slide down the hill.begins to slide down the hill.
Write – Pair - ShareWrite – Pair - Share
Think about Stacy’s situation. Think about Stacy’s situation.
What was her decision. What was her decision.
Write it on your whiteboard. Write it on your whiteboard.
Reread the story.Reread the story.
Find statements from the Find statements from the story that tell about Stacy’s story that tell about Stacy’s feelings about sledding on feelings about sledding on the icy hill.the icy hill.
Make a T ChartMake a T Chart
Make a T Chart. Make a T Chart.
On one side write the good things about her On one side write the good things about her decision.decision.
On the other side write the bad things about On the other side write the bad things about her decision.her decision.
TT
Making JudgmentsMaking Judgments
Be an active reader!Be an active reader!Think about the entire situation.Think about the entire situation.Think about the good things that Think about the good things that
happen because of a decision. happen because of a decision. Think about the bad things that Think about the bad things that happen because of a decision.happen because of a decision.
Think about your own beliefs and Think about your own beliefs and experiences. experiences.