The Importance of Analysis

It was time to refresh our memories on what analysis is and why teachers are always asking students to do it. As we begin second semester, students should be showing a growing understanding of how to look at a text and create a deeper meaning from it than the words themselves provide. For sixth graders, learning to analyze is one of the single most important skills they will learn this year.

I've linked some resources from today's lesson that you are welcome to review and/or ask your child to discuss with you. The more practice your child gets learning how to take apart a text and make his/her own meaning from it, the better they will succeed through the rest of middle school and into high school. 

Learning To Think: A Foundation For Analysis (video - *watched in class)

Deepening Text Analysis Through Student Talk (video)

Teaching Students How to Analyze Text (article)

Teaching Students to Dig Deeper (article)
Critical Approaches to Literature (Prezi)

Let me know if you need any other resources for this important skill.