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Tell a story about this picture using one or two sentences.
ContinueDescribe what is happening in this picture.
ContinueNow tell a new story about this picture using one or two sentences.
ContinueGreat job! Remember, when you read, the ideas in those texts are just like the parts of these pictures. You put the parts together to comprehend the text. That’s synthesizing.
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Synthesizing means learning from what you read and adding new ideas to what you already know.
First choose a picture. Then write one or two sentences about the picture. Be creative.
Then choose another picture. Describe what you think is happening in the picture.
Finally, write a short story about the new picture that is created.