Course: Close Reading as a Daily Strategy
Description
Close reading is thoughtful, critical analysis that focuses on significant details within text in order to develop a deep and precise understanding of the text. This builds on both comprehension and also the students’ ability to dig deeply into specific details to make inferences about the text. This module will focus on how to implement strong close reading practices in your classroom and how to build it into your day.
Covered Topics
Knowledge
Close reading is thoughtful, critical analysis that focuses on significant details within text in order to develop a deep and precise understanding of the text. This builds on both comprehension and also the students’ ability to dig deeply into specific details to make inferences about the text. This module will focus on how to implement strong close reading practices in your classroom and how to build it into your day.
Covered Topics
- What is close reading?
- How “close” is close?
- Scheduling for close reading
- Using complex texts for close reading
Knowledge
- Teachers understand that the expectations for students regarding reading changed with the common core standards. Close reading is a great strategy to meet the new rigorous expectations of deeply understanding complex texts.
- Teachers are able to use close reading to dig deeply into text in order to understand complex ideas.
- Teachers are able to use this strategy daily in reading instruction.
- If we use complex text with our students every day, they will be better prepared to understand themes and deeply analyze purpose in text through close reading.