Close reading cmrc
- 1. Close Reading: A Deliberate Downshift Reference: Fisher and Frey Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D. www.fisherandfrey.com MRA President
- 2. Today’s Targets We can consider why we need to redefine text/literacy We can define Close Reading We can examine strategies to support our students in their rereads
- 3. The Australian Library Journal August 1995 To be literate an individual must recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the information needed Ultimately literate people are those who have learned how to learn.... Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.
- 4. Purpose of Literacy (reading and writing) “Think of literacy as a spine; it holds everything together. The branches of learning connect to it.” ~Phillips and Wong, 2010 cited in Focus by Schmoker Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.
- 5. A return to “what works” For centuries, • Close reading/underlining and annotation of text • Discussion of the text • And writing about the text informed by close reading, discussion, and/or annotation have been the heart of both what we learn and how we learn, the key to acquiring both the knowledge and intellectual acumen that transform lives and overcome poverty like no other factor. ~Schmoker, 2011 Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.
- 6. What do the experts have to say? Handout: Comparing Leading Authors Views of Close Reading Note Similarities/Differences across experts Pair/Share
- 7. When to and when NOT to Read Closely?
- 8. 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
- 9. 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. As well as select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks.
- 10. “Standard 10 defines a grade-by-grade ‘staircase’ of increasing text complexity that rises from beginning reading to the college and career readiness level.” (CCSS, 2010, p. 80)
- 12. Our goal with complex text is to slow the reader down.
- 13. How can we use Close Reading to provide this staircase of complexity. Opinions, Arguments, Intertextual Connections Inferences Author’s Purpose Vocab & Text Structure Key Details General Understandings
- 14. Background Knowledge & Front Loading “Activation alone, although important, doesn’t expand knowledge.”
- 15. Key Features: Short Complex Passages Limited Frontloading Repeated Readings—using these multiple opportunities to model “strategic reading” Text-Dependent Questions Annotation
- 16. Let’s Try It Purpose: What does Dr. Ablow believe is the psychological impact of Gangnam Style?
- 17. Let’s Read it Again Annotate considering: What is Dr. Ablow saying? Why is he saying it? HOW is he making his point?
- 18. Text-Dependent Questioning Text –Dependent Question Level of Complexity What evidence does the author provide General Understanding/Key Details to prove that Gangnam style is the “most popular song ever on YouTube”? What genre of writing is this article? How Text Structure and Vocabulary do you know? Why does the author repeat “I know” in the last paragraph? Return to the “purpose for reading”-- Author’s Purpose What does Dr. Ablow believe is the psychological impact of Gangnam Style? What conclusion can we draw from the Inferences comparisons the author makes between Gangnam Style and Blues and Soul and Rock n’ Roll? What examples does the author use to Opinions, Arguments, Intertextual suggest that our “culture is abandoning Connections meaning and feeling?”
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Editor's Notes
- #15: If vocabulary is used in a way that students couldn’t figure it out from context or structural analysis.Frontloading should not remove the need to read the text.Frontloading should not take readers away from the text to their own experiences. Kids get caught up in their own stories, they forget to believe the author.
- #16: Elementary adaptations:Who is reading. . .
- #17: Place article on 11X17 paper