CLOSE READING Turn to a partner and discuss what you think “close reading” is. (don’t just say reading something closely)

Close Reading Close reading is reading carefully to consider what a source says and the language used to say it. Questions to ask yourself when close reading: – What is the main message of this source/what claims does the author make? – What evidence does the author use to support those claims? What words, phrases, or images does the author use to convince the reader that he/she is right? – How is this document supposed to make the reader feel? – What information does the author leave out?

Assignment Working with a partner or by yourself, complete the Close Reading handouts that were passed out to you. Do Not Do the following examples on the PowerPoint

Write the following questions on a sheet of paper 1.Where was this cartoon published? 2.When was this cartoon published? 3.Why was this cartoon created? 4.Who was the audience for this cartoon? 5.What is the main message of this cartoon? 6.What details from the cartoon support the illustrator’s message?

The Daily Mail, October 29, This cartoon, depicting US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, was published in a British newspaper during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was an incident in October 1962 during which there was widespread fear that the Cold War was about to become a nuclear conflict.

Alcohol poisons and kills; Abstinence and Prohibition save lives and safeguard health … The decision of science, the final opinion … after a hundred years of education upon the subject, was thus stated by Dr. S.S. Goldwater, formerly Health Commissioner of New York City. “It is believed that the [decrease in] the consumption of alcohol by the community would mean less tuberculosis, less poverty, less dependency, less pressure on our hospitals, asylums, and jails.” “Alcohol impairs the tone of the muscles and lessens the product of laborers; it [decreases] the skill and endurance of artisans; it impairs memory, multiples industrial accidents, causes chronic diseases of the heart, liver, stomach and kidney …” Justice Harlan speaking for the United States Supreme Court, said: “We cannot shut out of view the fact within the knowledge of all, that the public health and the public safety may be endangered by the general use of intoxicating drinks.”

Statement read at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the National Temperance Council, Washington DC, Sept. 20, The National Temperance Council was dedicated to the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. Many temperance organizations were created in the early 20 th century to fight the production and consumption of alcohol. The 18th Amendment to the US constitution, ratified in 1920, made it illegal to produce or drink alcoholic beverages. 1.Who wrote this statement? 2.When was this document written? 3.Why was this document written? 4.Who was the audience for this document? 5.What is the main message of this statement? What claims does the author make? 6.What evidence does the author use to support the message? 7.How is this document supposed to make the reader feel?