1. RAGG/WAGG Readers/Writers Analytical Generative Grid

2. This is a useful technique for students who are writing papers about texts.It can be employed when students are generating material, developing their work, or revising.

3. WAGG/RAGG is particularly helpful when: When students are having a hard time understanding the texts. When students say, “I have nothing to say.” When students say, “This is boring.”

4. How to use the RAGG/WAGG In brief, students list out the main points from the text. As they list the points, they analyze the points/claims by looking at the evidence provided and by considering the techniques employed.

5. The grid below can help.

6. North

7. North

8. North

9. Pre-analysis writing In what ways did you find North to be true/false/persuasive/unpersuasive. Write about this for a few minutes

10. In class activity: use the grid to analyze the section I assign to your group.

11. Discussion/Writing How did the WAGG/RAGG, our collective analysis and our discussion change your reading of North? Please write a bit about this. I will collect it next week.