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How to do a CLOSE READ?

How to do a CLOSE READ?. Harvard Writing Center. Expeditionary Learning. Read the whole thing slowly and think about the central message or main idea. Get the GIST

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How to do a CLOSE READ?

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  1. How to do a CLOSE READ? Harvard Writing Center Expeditionary Learning • Read the whole thing slowly and think about the central message or main idea. Get the GIST • 2) Re-read passage one sentence at a time. Underline things that you know about. Circle or underline words that you do not know. • 3) Re-revisit text in order to find answers to clarifying or text-dependent questions. • 4) Write the gist or message of the paragraph in the margin. • Read with a pencil in hand, annotate the text. branding/marking codes • Look for patterns in the text – repetitions, contradictions, similarities • Ask questions about the patterns you’ve noticed – especially how and why?

  2. PROCESS of a CLOSE READ • COLD READ - Students read silently and independently. • GET the GIST • For second reading, (Read alouds, Re-READING) Attend to Don’t Wait questions and/or student questions • Text-Dependent Questions • Ask Lower the Level questions (which are EBQs at different levels) • Address the LITERAL and INTERPRETATION LEVELS of understanding the text • Evidence-based Questions continued (4 spectrum variables) • Scaffolding the process for students to learn and to be able to do on their own after practice, practice, practice. Aim is to build stamina in students’ abilities.

  3. Shift in teaching and learning We should be… Read – Write/Think – Talk Read – Think/Talk – Write Instead of… Read – Talk – Write

  4. RESOURCES and Samples Engage E2CCB: (Appendix B) http://engagee2ccb.weebly.com/ela-ccls-resources.html E2CCB School Library System: Click here for direct access to the School Library System web site. http://www.e2ccb.org/sls OTHER>>>> NY TIMES Upfront http://upfront.scholastic.com/ Robert H. Jackson Center – Teacher Tool Kit American Red Cross – Exploring http://ehl.redcross.org/ Making Evidence-based claims http://engageny.org/resource/making-evidence-based-claims-ccss-grades-6-12-lesson-series/ Engage NY - Exemplar http://engageny.org/resource-tags/exemplars/ NYC Dept. of Education http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm Google Search – HATS: Beyond the Bubble Library of Congress

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