Close Reading
What is Close Reading?
Reading something enough times so you can understand it, explain it to someone else, and ask and answer questions about it using evidence from the text.
Informational Text:
First Read
Second Read
Third Read
Fiction:
First Read
Second Read
Third Read
What is Close Reading?
Reading something enough times so you can understand it, explain it to someone else, and ask and answer questions about it using evidence from the text.
Informational Text:
First Read
- Highlight any headings in yellow.
- Read the text.
- Highlight important vocabulary or bold faced words.
- Think: What is the text mostly about?
- Share your thoughts with partner, teacher, in writing, etc.
Second Read
- Read the text again.
- Circle or underline unknown words.
- Highlight any parts of the text that are confusing or raise questions in your head.
- Highlight or underline parts that are surprising to you.
- Circle 3-5 keywords in the paragraph.
Third Read
- Go back to the text and look for evidence that will help you answer the questions.
- Write the question number next to the text evidence you used to answer the question. (Q1, Q2, etc.)
Fiction:
First Read
- Get the Gist
- When and Where does the story take place?
- What do you know about the main character?
- What are the important events in the story?
- Can you retell the story in your own words?
Second Read
- Dig Deeper
- From what point of view is the story being told?
- How is the story structured?
- How is the dialogue used in the story?
Third Read
- What inferences can you make?
- What is the theme of the story?
- How does it relate to other stories you have read? (Text to Text Connection)
- How does it relate to your life? (Text to Self Connection/Text to World Connection)