1. Close Reading and TDQs (Text Dependent Questions) for Education and Earning Potential lesson

2. Objective O Topic: Close Reading O Do: Close read an article and write a text dependent question O Level : Applying

3. Complete the Close Reading Anticipation Guide.

4. Steps to Close Reading (bright yellow handout)

5. Closely Read first two paragraphs of the article The Rising Cost of Not Going to College (Lexile 1730)

6. 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.

7. Share your text dependent questions with the group

8. CTE Staff Examples

9. Close Reading Anticipation Guide AgreeDisagree AgreeDisagree xAny text can be used for close reading. xText dependent questions are easy to write. x Text dependent questions do not require students to have background knowledge of subject matter. x Text dependent questions require students to go back and read the text. x Close reading requires students to read text several times. x Text dependent questions require students to think at higher levels. xComplex text can be any text you assign in class. xText dependent questions can be facts. xClose reading involves a series of steps to follow. xWriting tasks and answering text dependent questions are the same thing.

10. 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

11. 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”

12. Time for lunch!