Synthesizing Information

Synthesizing Information

Q4 Module 3

Prepared by:

Jaime E. Robrigado, MT II

Expectations:

• At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

  1. define synthesizing;

  2. identify steps or techniques in synthesizing essential information; and

  3. synthesize essential information from a given text

LOOKING BACK:

Synthesizing

Is one of the most challenging reading strategies for students to master, simply because it requires students’ multiple skills and strategies together. When students synthesize, they are made aware of how their thinking changes and evolves as they read a text. It is important that students learn to synthesize to form new ideas and opinions.

Synthesizing

is neither summarizing nor compiling information. You are not just looking to create summary of a subject, but you are also bringing different ideas to form a larger one. You collect new information, form new thoughts and ideas, and evolve our thinking.

Synthesizing

a text is the process of pulling together background knowledge, newly learned ideas, connections, inferences, and summaries into a complete and original understanding of the text. It is an on-going process that builds and grows as a reader gets deeper into the text.

Make synthesizing easy with the use of the ADD Method

A – Already Know – Students think about what they already know about the topic

D – During Reading – Students learn and think about new facts in the text.

D – During Discussion – Students should talk with their partners about what they learned and know on the topic.

Example:

The Tale of Chunnhyang

1. What I already know?

2. What did I learn and think about the new facts in the text?

3. What should we talk about what we have learned and know on the topic?

Make use of the following thinking stems

I used to think, but now I think …

My new thinking is …

I’m beginning to think …

At first my thinking was … Now my thinking is …

While I was reading, I started to think …

My perspective has changed …

I started to realize that …

In the end, I understand that …

My new understanding is …

Synthesizing Template:

• Title of reading material

• The topic is about…

• What I already know about…

• Key details from the material

• Now I think, the author wrote this because...

• The big idea is about...

• I think the story is important because...

A synthesis can form:

• a new understanding, something a reader has not considered before until reading the

  text

• a deeper understanding, becoming more aware or appreciative of an idea after

  reading a text

• a changed understanding, thinking differently as a result of the text.

Remember:

• Summary - a short version of the original source material

• Synthesis - a combination of essential information taken from two or more sources

Agreement:

1. Review the video lesson to be placed on our G classroom

2. a. Review your short story entry. b. Apply the ADD technique and supply the needed details in the synthesizing template. c. Write your answers in your notebook.