Infusion Lessons: Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking in Language Arts : Book C1 Grades 5 and 6

by Swartz, Robert J.; Kiser, Mary Anne; Reagan, Rebecca

• ISBN13: 9780894557330
• ISBN10: 0894557335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Critical Thinking Co
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Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Language Arts Skills Matrix	viii
What Is Infusion?	1	(10)
Special Learners and Infusion Lessons	11	(10)
Decision Making (DM)	21	(24)
Introduction to Decision Making	21	(24)
The Bear, Waiting for Anya	23	(9)
Keeping the Secret, Shiloh	32	(13)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	42	(3)
Problem Solving (PS)	45	(22)
Introduction to Problem Solving	45	(22)
A Clash of Two Cultures, I Heard the Owl Call My Name	47	(9)
Survival, Hatchet	56	(11)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	65	(2)
Comparing and Contrasting (CC)	67	(30)
Introduction to Comparing and Contrasting	67	(30)
The Triangle, Aida	69	(8)
Blood Brothers, Sign of the Beaver	77	(8)
Which is Better, the Book or the Movie?, Shiloh	85	(12)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	93	(4)
Classification (CL)	97	(22)
Introduction to Classification	97	(22)
Lots of Books	100	(8)
Words and Images	108	(11)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	114	(5)
Determining Parts-Whole Relationships (PW)	119	(20)
Introduction to Parts-Whole Relationships	119	(20)
Story Parts, The Wreck of the Zephyr	121	(7)
Kings and Queens, Knights and Serfs; The Door in the Wall	128	(11)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	135	(4)
Sequencing (SQ)	139	(16)
Introduction to Sequencing	139	(16)
I'm King of the World!, Around the World in a Hundred Years	141	(14)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	152	(3)
Finding Reasons and Conclusions (RC)	155	(18)
Introduction to Finding Reasons and Conclusions	155	(18)
Women's Rights?, You Want to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?	157	(16)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	170	(3)
Uncovering Assumptions (UA)	173	(12)
Introduction to Uncovering Assumptions	173	(12)
Charlotte's Confessions, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	175	(10)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	182	(3)
Generating Possibilities (GP)	185	(24)
Introduction to Generating Possibilities	185	(24)
The Aftermath, Night of the Twisters	187	(10)
Communication	197	(12)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	205	(4)
Creating Metaphors (CM)	209	(12)
Introduction to Creating Metaphors	209	(12)
Hannalee and the Persimmon Seed Button; Turn Homeward, Hannalee	211	(10)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	218	(3)
Determining the Reliability of Sources (RS)	221	(26)
Introduction to Determining the Reliability of Sources	221	(26)
Immigrants, Immigrant Kids	223	(11)
Did it Really Happen that Way?, Charley Skedaddle; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; The Boy's War	234	(13)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	243	(4)
Causal Explanation (CE)	247	(36)
Introduction to Causal Explanation	247	(36)
Murder at Sea!, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	249	(7)
The Titanic	256	(27)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	276	(7)
Prediction (PR)	283	(24)
Introduction to Prediction	283	(24)
A Hunting We Will Go, Sign of the Beaver	285	(8)
Am I My Brother's Keeper?, Number the Stars	293	(14)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	303	(4)
Generalization (G)	307	(12)
Introduction to Generalization	307	(12)
Are All Fairy Tales Alike?	309	(10)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	316	(3)
Reasoning by Analogy (RA)	319	(12)
Introduction to Reasoning by Analogy	319	(12)
A Matter of Property	320	(11)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	328	(3)
Conditional Reasoning (CR)	331	(16)
Introduction to Conditional Reasoning	331	(16)
Alice Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	333	(14)
Reproducible Thinking Maps and Graphic Organizers	344	(3)
Appendix	347	(22)
Materials for Lesson Planning	348	(7)
Writing Templates for Prose and Poetry	355	(14)
Index	369