1. Teachers College Columbia University Raising the Level of Close-Reading Twitter: @MaryEhrenworth mary@readingandwritingproject.com www.readingandwritingproject.com

2.   Creating Shared Beliefs and Vision  Honing Methods to Increase Agency and Transference  Studying Text Complexity  Deepening Engagement With Writing About Reading  Working on Evidence-based Argument Across the Curriculum Raising the Level of Close Reading & Argument

3.   Say back what the text says and suggests (standard 1)  Determine central ideas, themes, morals, lessons (standard 2)  Connect parts of the text (standard 3) Common Core Close Reading

4.   Analyze figurative language, symbolism, metaphor (standard 4)  Analyze structural choices (standard 5)  Discern perspective and point of view (standard 6) Common Core Close Reading

5.   Compare and contrast multiple versions or different media (standard 7)  Analyze overall argument (standard 8)  Compare and contrast how texts develop similar themes/ideas (standard 9) Common Core Close Reading

6.   ‘Interrupted reading’ (Donna Santman, Shades of Meaning )  Partner discussion (Lucy Calkins, The Art of Teaching Reading)  Prompting, practice, feedback, practice (John Hattie, Visible Learning for Teachers )  Deepening reading practices (Robert Scholes, Protocols of Reading, Lehman & Roberts, Falling in Love With Close Reading ) Instructional Read Aloud