Writing as a Tool of Thought

Fill in the blank: Writing is a tool to ______ ideas.

• analyze

• ignore

• hide

• destroy

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What does metacognition mean?

• Writing quickly

• Becoming more aware of how you think

• Reading out loud

• Memorizing facts

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Which of the following is a habit for metacognition?

• Suspend judgement

• Ignore analysis

• Memorize facts

• Avoid thinking

Fill in the blank: Analysis is a set of habits for making sense of the ______.

• world

• weather

• music

• numbers

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

What are heuristics?

• Procedures that serve as aids to discovery

• Mathematical formulas

• Random guesses

• Scientific laws

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

According to the slide, slowing down leaps to conclusions helps you spend more time with data, which requires learning to dwell comfortably with _________.

• uncertainty

• confidence

• precision

• certainty

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

According to the instruction, what should you focus on when analyzing a subject?

• A) Generalizing about the subject as a whole

• B) Looking closely at the details, on individual words and sentences

• C) Ignoring the details

• D) Only the main idea

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Fill in the blank: When analyzing a subject, it is important to look closely at the ________, rather than generalizing about the subject as a whole.

• details

• opinions

• summaries

• assumptions

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

According to the image, what questions does analysis ask and answer?

• A) Who? When?

• B) Why? So what?

• C) Where? How?

• D) What? Which?

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Fill in the blank: ______ before argument - understand before making a judgment.

• Analysis

• Judgment

• Conclusion

• Debate