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Teachers College Columbia University Raising the Level of Close-Reading Twitter: @MaryEhrenworth mary@readingandwritingproject.com www.readingandwritingproject.com. Raising the Level of Close Reading & Argument. Creating Shared Beliefs and Vision
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Teachers College Columbia University Raising the Level of Close-Reading Twitter: @MaryEhrenworth mary@readingandwritingproject.com www.readingandwritingproject.com
Raising the Level of Close Reading & Argument • Creating Shared Beliefs and Vision • Honing Methods to Increase Agency and Transference • Studying Text Complexity • Deepening Engagement With Writing About Reading • Working on Evidence-based Argument Across the Curriculum
Common Core Close Reading • Say back what the text says and suggests (standard 1) • Determine central ideas, themes, morals, lessons (standard 2) • Connect parts of the text (standard 3)
Common Core Close Reading • Analyze figurative language, symbolism, metaphor (standard 4) • Analyze structural choices (standard 5) • Discern perspective and point of view (standard 6)
Common Core Close Reading • Compare and contrast multiple versions or different media (standard 7) • Analyze overall argument (standard 8) • Compare and contrast how texts develop similar themes/ideas (standard 9)
Instructional Read Aloud • ‘Interrupted reading’ (Donna Santman, Shades of Meaning) • Partner discussion (Lucy Calkins, The Art of Teaching Reading) • Prompting, practice, feedback, practice (John Hattie, Visible Learning for Teachers) • Deepening reading practices (Robert Scholes, Protocols of Reading, Lehman & Roberts, Falling in Love With Close Reading)