So, your students are fully versed in many close reading strategies, they’ve noticed, noted, whispered, and have mountains of texts and ideas. Now what? Well, the Short Answer Response and the Funnel/Hourglass analysis, that’s what! I have begged, borrowed, and outright pilfered these ideas from two great mentors, Kim McClung and Holly Stein, and provided some Google doc links, too.
The Funnel Paragraph in Literature Analysis
Funnel Paragraph Lesson Plan Template/Example
What It Says graphic organizer – student example
Example of Funnel Paragraph with my notes/based on Steinbeck