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Reading Like a Detective

Reading Like a Detective. NC DPI English Language Arts. New ELA Resource: 40 Ways to Read Like a Detective: Supporting Text-Centered Instruction.

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Reading Like a Detective

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  1. Reading Like a Detective NC DPI English Language Arts

  2. New ELA Resource: 40 Ways to Read Like a Detective: Supporting Text-Centered Instruction Text-centered instruction is a fundamental practice when teaching the North Carolina Standard Course of Study in English Language Arts. This resource is a practical tool exploring 40 ways to return students to the text to write, find evidence, read deeply, and become strong independent readers. Each research-based strategy is accompanied by a description, suggested instructional activity, and resources.

  3. Main References • 40 Things to Do with a Text, by Braham and Gaughan • Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives, by Fisher, Frey, and Lapp • Making Thinking Visible, by Ritchhart, Church, and Morrison • Notice and Note, by Beers and Probst • The Art of Slow Reading, by Newkirk

  4. Text Impressions • Write a speech using all the words listed. • Share your writing with a partner. • Share out. • Read the original text silently and annotate as you read. (As you read, make comparisons to your initial predictions) • humility • honor • transcends • dreams • presence • destiny • sacrifice • accomplices • naive • neutrality • jeopardy

  5. Sentence-Phrase-Word • A sentence that captures the central idea • A phrase that uses powerful language • A word the author uses that they found effective

  6. Zoom InThoughts?

  7. What new things do you see? • How does this change your hypothesis or interpretation? • Now, what are you wondering about that is not observable in the text or image? • What is Rockwell’s opinion of Lincoln. Provide evidence from the text to support your analysis.

  8. Text 1 Text 2 Unique Characteristics/Features Similarities

  9. Side by Side Discuss: • Are there things that the writer can accomplish with words that the artist cannot accomplish with paints, and vice versa? • How does this change your hypothesis or interpretation? Explain.

  10. Culminating Activity Write a summary comparing and contrasting the ways in which the authors characterized Lincoln, paying close attention to HOW they accomplished what they set out to do. Cite evidence.

  11. 40 Ways to Read Like a Detective LiveBinderResources: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/297779 Click on the tab labeled, 40 Ways to Read • This will give you access to all the strategies

  12. How to Order Title: 40 Ways to Read Like a Detective: Supporting Text-Centered Instruction Item #: CM194 Cost:    $8.00 To Order Contact NC DPI’s Publications Sales Office: 919-807-3470 1-800-663-1250 (inside NC only) Email publications@dpi.nc.gov.

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