Close Reading

What is the proper sequence for close reading?

• Read, think, write
• There is no specific sequence
• First read, second read, third read
• First read, second read, third read, fourth read

Why is close reading important?

• Teaches students to seek out a micro-level of understanding.
• It focuses on retelling a story.
• It focuses on main ideas and supporting details.
• It helps to see small print.

Ideally, who should read the text during the first reading of a close read?

• The teacher
• The student independently
• Your mom
• Partner reading

What is the recommended focus on a first reading?

• Craft and structure
• integration of knowledge and ideas
• Key ideas and details
• Staying awake

What is the recommended focus for a second reading?

• Key ideas and details
• Craft and structure
• Integration of knowledge and ideas
• Only vocabulary

What is the recommended focus of the third reading?

• Synthesis and anlysis
• Basic comprehension
• Key ideas and details
• Craft and structure

What type of questions are central in close reading?

• Open ended questions
• Yes or no questions
• Rhetorical questions
• Text depedent questions

Close reading was designed to attack what type of texts?

• Grade level ones
• Simple texts
• Complex texts
• Long texts

Is this the last question?

• yes
• no
• maybe
• who cares

Close reading was first created for this type of writing?

• picture books
• prose
• expository
• poems