Close Reading Content Area Departments

Content Area Team: Language Arts1. 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: Close Reading – Robert Frosthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkK8jnaJnj4

Or Search You Tube for Close Reading Frost.mp4

Lesson Sequence: as describe in video First Read – Read individually and think about what each stanza means Share with partner what you think the poem means Full Group discussion Teacher Modeling Guided Practice

4. Discuss This: How did the Close Reading sequence aid in guiding students to the purpose of the

lesson? How does the teacher encourage students to use text evidence? What role did the teacher play in various parts of the lesson? How could reading a text multiple times assist in gaining a deeper understanding

of the text? How did the collaborative nature of the close reading assist students?

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