Transcript Close Reading and TDQs for lesson

Close Reading
and TDQs
(Text Dependent Questions)
for
Education and Earning Potential
lesson
Objective
O Topic:
Close Reading
O Do:
Close read an article and
write a text dependent question
O Level:
Applying
Complete the
Close Reading
Anticipation Guide
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Steps to Close Reading
(bright yellow handout)
Closely Read first two
paragraphs of the article
The Rising Cost of Not Going
to College (Lexile 1730)
Independently, write a text
dependent question.
Use your Checklist for
Evaluating Text Dependent
Question, Quality and
Performance Task to make
sure it is a quality question.
Share your text dependent
questions with the group
CTE Staff Examples
Close Reading Anticipation
Guide
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Any text can be used for close reading.
Text dependent questions are easy to write.
Text dependent questions do not require students to have
background knowledge of subject matter.
Text dependent questions require students to go back and
read the text.
Close reading requires students to read text several times.
Text dependent questions require students to think at
higher levels.
Complex text can be any text you assign in class.
Text dependent questions can be facts.
Close reading involves a series of steps to follow.
Writing tasks and answering text dependent questions are
the same thing.
Text selected for close readings
should have these facts in
common
O Short, worthy passages
O The practice of reading text several
times
O Annotation
Final thoughts on choosing
articles for close reading
O Articles must first be read closely by you, the teacher
O Worth reading
O Of sufficient complexity to be challenging yet “doable”
Time for lunch!