Close Reading Content Area Departments

Content Area Team: Career and Tech

1. Read This: The Art of Close Reading (Part 1)

http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-one/509

2. Discuss This: Use Save the Last Word for Me strategy to discuss The Art of

Close Reading (Part 1)

After using the strategy, discuss how Save the Last Word for Me could be used in your classroom to help students collaboratively analyze text closely to gain deeper understanding?

3. View This: https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/tiny-house-collaborative-project-hth

4. Discuss This:

What role did close, analytical reading play throughout this project?

How do students apply their knowledge of environmental science when building?

How is collaboration structured and facilitated – both in terms of acquiring and presenting knowledge and in the construction phase?

What did students learn from this project – in terms of analyzing text, using knowledge to develop the structure and life-skills beyond school?

How does this approach fit with something you may already do in your classroom?

How can close analytical reading of text or other sources be incorporated?

5. Plan This: Use the remaining time to plan ideas to incorporate analytical reading with the goal of having students read closely to gain deeper meeting. What role will student collaboration play?