Third reading of a close reading
Annotations
First reading of a close reading
Second reading of a close reading
Purpose of Close Reading
text-dependent questions
To support students' reading performance with complex texts
students reread the text to analyze, evaluate, compare, or critique it; individual or collaborative written response is created
students reread and annotate for a specific purpose and discuss with a partner
assisted reading to "get the gist" using text-dependent questions and students provide text evidence to support their responses
notes about the text, such as key ideas, questions, and summaries in students' own words
answers can be found "right there in the text"; students provide text evidence
