Prose and Table Together
Combine written information with data to answer one question.
Worked classroom example
Across subjects
The prose says each packet contains four seeds; the table lists three packets. Combine the sources to find twelve seeds.
Use this example to make the language move visible. Select subject content appropriate to the class’s age and prior knowledge.
Teaching sequence
- Read the question and identify what information it needs.
- Find one useful detail in the prose and one in the table.
- Explain how the details work together.
- Check that neither detail has been taken outside its context.
Materials and purpose
a short explanation and a related table
Use a precise language move to make subject understanding visible, then check it on fresh content.
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Prepare
Use a short explanation and a related table. Choose a second example that checks the same language move without repeating the original answer.
Classroom task
Combine written information with data to answer one question.
Check independent transfer
Change one table entry and ask learners to recompute and explain.
Collect a response on fresh content. Note what was achieved without the model, partner or teacher prompt, then choose one next teaching step.
Teacher language
Teacher language
Which part comes from the words, and which from the table?
“What does the source actually say, and what are you inferring?”
“What cannot be concluded from this evidence alone?”
Respond to the learner
Identify one successful meaning or language choice. Ask about one gap, allow thinking time, then invite a revision. Check the revised move again on a fresh example.
Adjust support and challenge
Offer a brief model, useful vocabulary and partner rehearsal where needed. Keep the subject goal; reduce one prompt on fresh content and record what was independent.
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More support
Chunk the source, gloss essential terms and model one evidence selection. Keep the question’s reasoning demand. Allow familiar-language notes or another response mode when checking subject understanding.
Greater independence
Change the content, evidence or audience. Remove the completed model and ask learners to explain a choice. Increase subject complexity only when it fits the curriculum and prior knowledge.
Choose the next step
If subject meaning is insecure, reteach the concept. If the concept is understood but the English is unclear, model one useful language relationship and invite a fresh response.