Synthesis

= Synthesis   = · Develop new understandings from reading a text. · Add new information to existing personal, environmental, and literary knowledge. · Integrate new information into existing personal, environmental, and literary knowledge. · Reorganize personal, environmental, and literary knowledge based on new information. · Think about what the text really means. · Think about how the texts fits or doesn’t fit with what is known. · Deepen understanding of topics, concepts, or ideas by integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge. · Expand personal understandings by incorporating experiences lived vicariously through texts.