读书READINGstrategies
OBJECTIVELearnerswillbeabletoapplyclosereadingstrategiestoanalyzeapieceofwriting.
WHATISCLOSEREADING?CloseReadingisacriticalanalysisofanexcerptorbriefpassageoftext.Itinvolvesreadingthetextthreetimesandusingapenorpenciltomakeannotations.Thegoalistohelpreadersdevelopadeepunderstandingofthetext.
THREEREADINGPHASESSecondReadDigalittledeeperThirdReadPullitalltogetherFirstReadGettheText
CLOSEREADINGKeysandmarkstouse?CE!
?CIhaveaquestion.Idontunderstand.LovethispartFavoritequoteMakingaConnectionThisremindsmeof______.MainIdea!Surprising!ImportantpartEEvidencethatsupportsthemainideaKEYSMARKSTOUSEThesemarksareaddedtothemarginsofthetextexcerpt.
Whatsthemainidea?Canyousummarizethetext?Whatjumpsoutatyou?Whatquestionsdoyouhave?FIRSTREADINGQuestionstoconsiderFIRSTREADING
Whattextfeatureswereused?Whatistheauthorspurpose?Howdoestheauthorfeelaboutthesubject?Whydidtheauthoruseparticularwordsandphrases?SECONDREADINGQuestionstoconsider
Whatinferencescanyoumake?Howdoestheauthorsupportkeyideas?Howdoesthisrelatetoothertextsyouveread?Howdoesthisexcerpthelpyouunderstandthetextasawhole?THIRDREADINGQuestionstoconsider
YOURTURNCompleteaCloseReadofyourassignedtextexcerpt.Besuretoincludetheclosereadingkeysmarksandanyadditionalannotationswhichwillhelpyoubetterunderstandthetext.
读书READINGstrategies