AgendaSession-2 Welcome Shifting Instruction Towards the Common Core Learning Standards Why Text Complexity matters? An introduction to Close Reading Focusing on Close Reading to deepen understanding

Outcomes Participants will… Familiarize with complex texts How to use close reading strategies to improve student comprehension A close look at text Dependent questions

WHY TEXT COMPLEXITY MATTERS … “if students cannot read complex expository text to gain information, they will likely turn to text-free or text-light sources, such as video, podcasts, and tweets. These sources, while not without value, cannot capture the nuance, subtlety, depth, or breadth of ideas developed through complex texts.” CCSS ELA Appendix A—pg 4

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do we help our students to comprehend complex texts?

WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS IN DEEPENING THEIR COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOSE READING 5

What is Close Reading?

What Do You Know About Close Reading

EXAMINING A PATTERNED READING OF “AIN’T I A WOMAN?” Sojourner Truth Women’s Convention Akron, Ohio December 1851

1 st Reading – Read to Get the Gist What is the speech about? What is Sojourner Truth’s argument? What claims and counterclaims does she make?

2nd Reading Read Again to Interpret the Ideas in the Text Sojourner Truth keeps repeating the question “and ain’t I a woman?” What do you think she means by that? Why do you think she keeps repeating the question? 10

3rd Reading – Read Again Differently to Analyze the Author’s Methods or Craft What methods does Sojourner Truth use to build and support her argument? How does each method work? 11

5th Reading Retrospective Reflect on the overarching questions and the genre 12

A Meta-cognitive Moment... How did your understanding of this complex text deepen as you used the patterned reading protocol? 13

VIDEO VIEWING Watch the video What did you understand by Close Reading ? Turn to your shoulder partner and talk.

DEEPENING COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOSE READING “Close reading is a careful and purposeful re-reading of a text.” – Douglas Fisher

Write what you understand by Close Reading (In the middle box)

BUILDING CAPACITY OF CLOSE READING “FOCUSED READING” Read pages from the article “Implementing the Common Core State Standards: ‘A Primer on Close Reading of Text’ ”. Use your Jounal to code your thinking as you read the article. 17

Write what you understand by Close Reading (In the center (inner) box)