how to use the close reading shift kit
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How to Use the Close Reading
Shift Kit
Shift One:Engage with Complex
Text
Table of Contents
• Critical Directions• PowerPoints• Articles and Research• Webinars• Videos• Websites• Handouts—these are not listed in the table
of contents
International Reading Association Guidelines (Critical Direction)
• Use of challenging texts• Foundational Skills• Comprehension• Vocabulary• Writing• Disciplinary Literacy• Diverse LearnersThe attached link from RI places the information into a chart form.
A Primer on Close Reading(Critical Direction)
• Close Reading defined• Key questions:– What is close reading of text and what are essential
attributes?– How and for what purposes should teachers employ
this strategy?– What is the role of background knowledge in reading
comprehension and when should teachers activate or provide background knowledge?
– What should teachers/district leaders consider as they prepare to implement Close Reading into practice?
The Art of Close Reading(Critical Direction)
• Key Questions:– For what purpose are students reading the text?– For what purpose did the author write the text?– What systems of meaning are in the text?– What ideas can be interconnected within the text
and beyond the text?– How does the structure of the text extend
thinking?
PowerPoints
• Illinois State Board of Education– K-5– 6-12
• Timothy Shanahan – K-12
Research
• Closing in on Close Reading by N. BoylesKey Question: What does it mean to bring
this strategy into the classroom?
• Engaging Children in Close Reading: Multimodal Commentaries and Illustration Remix by B. DaltonKey Question: How does inferring and technology connect with close reading?
• Close Reading in Elementary Schools by D. Fisher and N. FreyKey Question: How can close reading be applied to
the elementary classroom?• Teaching students to closely read with
texts: How and why by D. LappKey Question: How can infusing primary sources
help students develop critical literacy skills?
Research
• The Power and Potential of Primary Sources By D. Morgan and T. Rasinski
Key Question: How can infusing primary sources help students develop critical literacy skills?• Engaging the Adolescent Learner: Text
Complexity and Close Readings By Doug Fisher and Nancy FreyKey Question: What factors make a text complex and
how can close reading better equip students to meet the CCSS?
Research
Handouts
• Planning Text Dependent Questions– What are text-dependent questions?– Start with a high quality text– Non text-dependent questions
Text Dependent Questions
1.Identify key ideas and core understandings of the text.
2.Start small and build confidence.3.Target vocabulary and text structure.4.Tackle tough sections head-on.5.Create coherent sequences of text dependent
questions.6.Identify the standards that are being addressed.7.Create the culminating assessment.
www.achievethecore.org Text Dependent Resources
Resources
• Dr. McClennen’s Close Reading Guide– Doing a close reading– Writing it
• Close Reading Exemplar Tasks
Book Titles• Beers, K. and Probst, R. (2013). Notice and
note: Strategies for close reading. New Hampshire: Heinemann.
• Brummett, B. (2010). Techniques of close reading. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
• Cummins, S. (2013). Close reading of informational text: Assessment-driven instruction in grades 3-8. New York: Guilford Press.
Book Study Ideas
• Begin a book study with a group.• Start an independent study and become a
teacher leader on a topic.• Some books have study guides or podcasts
from the authors available from the publishers—check out their websites!
• Share your knowledge—start a wiki, a newsletter or blog in your district.
Check back often!
• Please check back often for new articles, research, powerpoints or books that might assist you.
• As your professional knowledge deepens around the topic of Close Reading, please contact us with your ideas: plscomments@gmail.com
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