1. Cognition and Close Reading

2. What’s the message? What prior knowledge was needed for understanding?

3. What’s the message? What prior knowledge was needed for understanding?

4. Core Knowledge Foundation
COGNITION
Eric Donald Hirsch
and the
Core Knowledge Foundation

5. What prior knowledge is needed for understanding?
Georgetown never expected Villanova to become a Cinderella story during March Madness,1985.
Rome was not built in a day.

6. Materials
1. Chief Joseph Speech 2. Pencil, Red Pen, Your Own Pen 3. Purple Half Sheet - Evidence Enforcers 4. Personal Competency Builders within a Close Reading Lesson

7. Close Reading of Complex Text is Multi Layered s

8. Close Reading of Close Reading in a s
1st READ What the Text Says 2nd READ What the Text Does, How It Works 3rd READ What the Text Means

9. Me…Teacher
You…Student

10. Foundational Annotation Marks
Underline central ideas or key phrases
Circle unfamiliar words and phrases.
Write margin notes with your questions, comments, surprises, etc.
Wow, this reminds me of…
I am not sure what this word means…
Key idea here…

11. Lean in, look at, listen actively Act interested
Discussion Protocols
Sit/stand up straight
Lean in, look at, listen actively
Act interested
Nod, up down=yes, left right=no
Take turns talking

13. 1st READ What the Text Says Close Reading of Informational Text

14. Read 1 Text Dependent Questions - Literal
What is this speech mostly about?
What concerns does Chief Joseph have about the health and welfare of his people?

15. READ 1 Evidence Enforcers
READ 1 – What the Text Says
I think this speech is mostly about… because the text says…
I think a concern Chief Joseph has is…because the text says…

16. 2nd READ What the Text Does, How It Works

17. Read 2 Text Dependent Questions - Structural
Which words or phrases impact me as a reader?
What is the tone of this speech?
How does the text structure, like sentence length, convey Chief Joseph’s mood?

18. READ 2 Evidence Enforcers
READ 2 – What the Text Does, How It Works
I think the tone is ……because the author used words like …and those made me feel…
Something I noticed about the text structure is …and this makes readers like me feel…

19. 3rd READ What the Text Means

20. Read 3 Text Dependent Questions - Inferential
What does Chief Joseph mean when he says, “From where the sun now stands”?
What is it about the word forever, “I will fight no more forever” that makes this statement so unforgettable?
What does the speech inspire you to do?

21. READ 3 Evidence Enforcers
READ 3 – What the Text Means
When the Chief says, “From where the sun now stands”, I think he means…
I think the word “forever” in the last line is so memorable because…
This speech inspires me to…

22. PERSONAL COMPETENCY BUILDERS
within a
CLOSE READING LESSON
Let’s discuss what you noticed and recorded