1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational text. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational. Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary. Shifts in ELA from TNCore.org

2. TNCore Rationale for Close Reading “The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts ask students to read closely and carefully. They require careful, close reading be done with texts of greater complexity than has generally been the case in America’s public schools.” www.tncore.org

3. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  The text is worth the time…

4. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  The text of the exemplar is presented early within the lesson…

5. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  Students …read the text independently …listen to the text selection read orally …return to the text repeatedly

6. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  Subsections of the full passage are singled out for …rereading and …investigating with questions that can only be answered by carefully consulting the text

7. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  Tier Two words and difficult syntax emphasized with discussion of text-dependent questions

8. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  Deepen comprehension through discussion BEFORE students respond through a writing task

9. TNCore Key Components of Close Reading  The text is worth the time…  The text of the exemplar is presented early within the lesson…  Students …read the text independently …listen to the text selection read orally …return to the text repeatedly  Subsections of the full passage are singled out for …rereading and …investigating with ?s that can only be answered by carefully consulting the text  Tier Two words and difficult syntax emphasized with discussion of text-dependent ?s  Deepen comprehension through discussion BEFORE students respond through a writing task

10.  Bring today’s materials with you.  Bring an excerpt that you will teach this year that you can relate to “In Pursuit.”  Bring two other excerpts that you will teach this year. Close Reading II: Preparation