RAPP

Reading RAPPS and RAPPlies


 * Paragraph 1: R ECAPITULATE your reading as a writer ...What has transpired in your reading? Begin with recognition of the author and their __works__  ...choose a summary verb...synthesize the who, what, where, when, why, and how of your reading in a summary paragraph. (6 sentences - just like our current events summary)
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 * Paragraph 2: A CKNOWLEDGE how the author’s craft affected you as a reader. Discuss what you noticed about how the author’s use of words, sentence artistry, and figurative language triggered metacognitive conversations in your head as you read. ...Begin with a topic sentence that overviews your general feelings or observations telling the reader what to expect in the paragraph and then provide EVIDENCE, EXAMPLES, and EXPLANATION including quotes and page numbers to substantiate your thinking.
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 * Paragraph 3: P OSTULATE...depending on where you are in the book, this could mean make a prediction about what you feel, and can justify with your thinking and textual evidence, what will happen next; or simply elaborate on your opinion of the theme, setting, mood, or a particular character whose traits intrigue or astound you. Or simply, how did your thinking change - and what are you thinking now and why?


 * Step 4: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> P <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ERUSE... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">your writing as a reader <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">...to enliven tired verbs, brighten dull adjectives, and provide more information using brush strokes and a correctly punctuated variety of sentences.

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