Close ReadingLorrie Irwin

What is Close Reading?

“Close Reading – an intensive analysis of a text in order to come to terms with what it says, how it says it, and what it means.”

Tim Shanahan

•Close Reading is a central focus of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

•It requires students to get truly involved with the text they are reading.

•The purpose is to teach them to notice features and language used by the author.

•Students will be required to think thoroughly and methodically about the details in a text.

Close Reading is…..

• Read with a pencil in hand – annotate the text• Look for patterns in the things you’ve noticed

about the text – repetitions, contradictions, similarities

• Ask questions about the patterns you’ve noticed – especially how and why

How to do a Close Read

Annotation is a note of any form made while reading text.

“Reading with a pencil.”

Annotation slows down the reader in order to deepen understanding.

People have been annotating texts since there have been texts to annotate.

Annotation is NOT highlighting.

“Every book has a skeleton hidden

between its covers. Your job as an analytic

reader is to find it.”

Adler and Van Doren

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http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2012/07/planning-for-close-reading.html