Take a “Close” Look Using Close Reading Strategies with CCSS A.L. Corbett Middle School Bridget Black, 6 th Grade ELA Kanelia Cannon, 8 th Grade ELA Tara Davis, Keyboarding/Computer Applications Sandra Watts, 7 th /8 th Grade SS South Carolina Middle School Association 37 th Conference March 1, 2014

 “Close Reading is a central focus of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It requires students to get truly involved with the text they are reading. The purpose is to teach them to notice features and language used by the author. Students will be required to think thoroughly and methodically about the details in a text. “  Teacher-modeled  Gradual release of responsibility -Learning A-Z What is Close Reading?

 “Close reading teaches students to seek out micro-levels of understanding……When students are taught to read a text closely they become more skilled at locating evidence within a sentence or a paragraph or a page of a text or story. Then orally or in writing, they can justify answers to text-dependent questions based on evidence. These are basic close reading skills as outlined by the Common Core English language arts Standards that every student must know to succeed in college and career.” -Learning A-Z What is Close Reading?

 “Close reading is an intensive analysis of a text in order to come to terms with what it says, how it says it, and what it means”  First read- Figure out what a text says; comprehension  Second read-Figure out how a text is worked; organization, literary devices, quality of evidence, word choice  Targeted re-reading or total re-reading  Third read-go even deeper; what does the text mean; what is the author’s point; What does it have to say to me about my life or my world? How do I evaluate the quality of this work— aesthetically, substantively? How does this text connect to other texts I know? -Timothy Shanahan What is Close Reading?

 Teacher-modeled  Gradual release of responsibility  Text-dependent  Read and reread  It’s about more than comprehension!!!!  Comprehension-Analysis-Synthesis Big Ideas

 To model literacy strategies before, during, and after reading in order to improve comprehension, analysis, and synthesis  To demonstrate for students how literacy strategies can be applied in science, social studies, math, and elective classes Why These 5 Strategies?

Close Reading Foldable

1.Look at the pictures. 2.Look at the captions and read them. 3.Look at the maps, charts, and graphs. 4.Look at the titles and headings? 5.Read the first and last lines of each ¶ for more information. 6.Ask questions. Give yourself a reason to read. Read Around the Text

 What are six steps you take to identify a good book? Introduction to Read Around the Text

Student Responses

 Students have the opportunity to preview text to be read.  Students can improve their comprehension by setting a purpose for their reading and activate prior knowledge. The Purpose of Read Around the Text

Activity

Student Results

K.I.M. Vocabulary Three-tiered vocabulary Isabel Beck and Margaret McKeown

Annotating the Text THINK ALOUD by writing on the text.

 Scaffolds reading comprehension  Students think about their thinking (metacognition)  Initially, the teacher is the coordinator  Teacher-modeled  Gradual release of responsibility Reciprocal Teaching

 Students have two voices-the voice that reads the words and the conversation voice that talks back to the text.  Modeled  Track your thinking on post-it notes Inner Conversations

Tonya Mohr “Our inner conversation is us thinking to ourselves while we are reading. This helps readers monitor their comprehension, understand what they are reading, stay engaged in their reading, and take their thinking deeper.” – Tonya Mohr

Questions?

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