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Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational text.
Reading, writing, and speaking grounded
in evidence from text, both literary and informational.
Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary.
Shifts in ELAfrom TNCore.org
TNCore Rationale TNCore Rationale for Close Readingfor Close Reading
“The Common Core State Standards for
English Language Arts ask students to read
closely and carefully. They require careful,
close reading be done with texts of greater
complexity than has generally been the case
in America’s public schools.”
www.tncore.org
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
The text is worth the time…
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
The text of the exemplar is presented early within the lesson…
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
Students…read the text independently…listen to the text selection read orally…return to the text repeatedly
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
Subsections of the full passage are singled out for…rereading and…investigating with questions that can only be answered by carefully consulting the text
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
Tier Two words and difficult syntax emphasized with discussion of text-dependent questions
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
Deepen comprehension through discussion BEFORE students respond through a writing task
TNCore Key Components TNCore Key Components of Close Readingof Close Reading
The text is worth the time… The text of the exemplar is presented early within the
lesson… Students
…read the text independently…listen to the text selection read orally…return to the text repeatedly
Subsections of the full passage are singled out for…rereading and…investigating with ?s that can only be answered by carefully consulting the text
Tier Two words and difficult syntax emphasized with discussion of text-dependent ?s
Deepen comprehension through discussion BEFORE students respond through a writing task
1Bring today’s materials with you.2Bring an excerpt that you will teach this year that you can relate to “In Pursuit.”3Bring two other excerpts that you will teach this year.
Close Reading II: Preparation
