Close Reading Content Area Departments

Content Area Team: Social Studies

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, US History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKIUovilf5Y

Lesson Sequence: as describe in video First Read – Read to get a general understand. Annotate. Second Read –

o Prompt: What specifically does FDR tell Americans what the government will do to help them through the Great Depression?

Third Read –o Prompt: Consider the following – How does FDR describe the policy of “Good

Neighbor?”

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 answering students’ questions? 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 incorporate analytical reading with the goal of having students read closely to gain deeper meeting. What role will student collaboration play?