Transcript Close Reading - Illinois State

How to Use the
Close Reading
Shift Kit
Shift One:
Engage with Complex
Text
Table of Contents
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Critical Directions
PowerPoints
Articles and Research
Webinars
Videos
Websites
Handouts—these are not listed in the table
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International Reading Association Guidelines
(Critical Direction)
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Use of challenging texts
Foundational Skills
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Writing
Disciplinary Literacy
Diverse Learners
The attached link from RI places the information into a chart form.
A Primer on Close Reading
(Critical Direction)
• Close Reading defined
• Key questions:
– What is close reading of text and what are essential
attributes?
– How and for what purposes should teachers employ
this strategy?
– What is the role of background knowledge in reading
comprehension and when should teachers activate or
provide background knowledge?
– What should teachers/district leaders consider as they
prepare to implement Close Reading into practice?
The Art of Close Reading
(Critical Direction)
• Key Questions:
– For what purpose are students reading the text?
– For what purpose did the author write the text?
– What systems of meaning are in the text?
– What ideas can be interconnected within the text
and beyond the text?
– How does the structure of the text extend
thinking?
PowerPoints
• Illinois State Board of Education
– K-5
– 6-12
• Timothy Shanahan
– K-12
Research
• Closing in on Close Reading by N. Boyles
Key Question: What does it mean to bring
this strategy into the classroom?
• Engaging Children in Close Reading:
Multimodal Commentaries and Illustration
Remix by B. Dalton
Key Question: How does inferring and
technology connect with close reading?
Research
• Close Reading in Elementary Schools by D.
Fisher and N. Frey
Key Question: How can close reading be applied to
the elementary classroom?
• Teaching students to closely read with
texts: How and why by D. Lapp
Key Question: How can infusing primary sources
help students develop critical literacy skills?
Research
• The Power and Potential of Primary Sources By
D. Morgan and T. Rasinski
Key Question: How can infusing primary sources help
students develop critical literacy skills?
• Engaging the Adolescent Learner: Text
Complexity and Close Readings By Doug
Fisher and Nancy Frey
Key Question: What factors make a text complex
and how can close reading better equip students
to meet the CCSS?
Handouts
• Planning Text Dependent Questions
– What are text-dependent questions?
– Start with a high quality text
– Non text-dependent questions
Text Dependent Questions
1.Identify key ideas and core understandings of
the text.
2.Start small and build confidence.
3.Target vocabulary and text structure.
4.Tackle tough sections head-on.
5.Create coherent sequences of text dependent
questions.
6.Identify the standards that are being addressed.
7.Create the culminating assessment.
www.achievethecore.org Text Dependent Resources
Resources
• Dr. McClennen’s Close
Reading Guide
– Doing a close reading
– Writing it
• Close Reading Exemplar
Tasks
Book Titles
• Beers, K. and Probst, R. (2013). Notice and
note: Strategies for close reading. New
Hampshire: Heinemann.
• Brummett, B. (2010). Techniques of close
reading. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
• Cummins, S. (2013). Close reading of
informational text: Assessment-driven
instruction in grades 3-8. New York: Guilford
Press.
Book Study Ideas
• Begin a book study with a group.
• Start an independent study and become a
teacher leader on a topic.
• Some books have study guides or podcasts
from the authors available from the
publishers—check out their websites!
• Share your knowledge—start a wiki, a
newsletter or blog in your district.
Check back often!
• Please check back often for new articles,
research, powerpoints or books that might
assist you.
• As your professional knowledge deepens
around the topic of Close Reading, please
contact us with your ideas:
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