1. Making Judgments Created by Risa Udell

2. Making Judgments Active readers make judgments and form opinions about the characters’ decisions and actions. Active readers make judgments and form opinions about the characters’ decisions and actions.

3. Be An Active Reader! 1. Ask questions. 2. Make connections. 3. Form an opinion.

4. Ask Questions Look at the whole situation and ask yourself these questions. Look at the whole situation and ask yourself these questions. Is this fair? Was this a good decision? Was this a bad decision?

5. Make Connections Active readers think about their own experiences as they read. Active readers think about their own experiences as they read. Active readers think about what they would have done in the same situation. Active readers think about what they would have done in the same situation.

6. Form an Opinion Active readers can agree or disagree with the actions of a character. Active readers can agree or disagree with the actions of a character. Support your decision by Support your decision by considering the whole situation considering the whole situation evaluating the good points and the bad points evaluating the good points and the bad points thinking about your own beliefs and personal experiences thinking about your own beliefs and personal experiences

7. Read the following story. Stacy is on her sled at the top of a hill. She notices that ice covers most of the hill. Stacy is worried that her sled might slip on the ice. She is also excited because her sled might go faster. Stacy jumps on her sled and begins to slide down the hill.

8. Write – Pair - Share Think about Stacy’s situation. What was her decision. Write it on your whiteboard.

9. Reread the story. Find statements from the story that tell about Stacy’s feelings about sledding on the icy hill. Find statements from the story that tell about Stacy’s feelings about sledding on the icy hill.

10. Make a T Chart Make a T Chart. Make a T Chart. On one side write the good things about her decision. On one side write the good things about her decision. On the other side write the bad things about her decision. On the other side write the bad things about her decision.T

11. Making Judgments Be an active reader! Be an active reader! Think about the entire situation. Think about the good things that happen because of a decision. Think about the bad things that happen because of a decision. Think about your own beliefs and experiences.