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Check your Understanding
1. Pair with another student and, using context clues and reference resources,
determine the meaning of any new words you need to define. Then choose six words from the vocabulary that have been underlined, bolded, and/or you have circled, and paraphrase the definitions to show your understanding. Discuss how the definitions help you understand the meaning of the document as a whole.
2. Choose two or three of the words you have examined that you think are significant to understanding the text. Use the words in sentences as part of a summary explaining the central ideas in the text and explaining how these words contribute to your understanding of the document.
Third Reading: Text-Dependent Questioning
Now read the text again, this time with the focus of reading to respond to the Key Ideas and Details interpretive questions. As your class discusses the text, write your responses to each question and highlight or underline the textual evidence that supports your answer. During discussions, you may also want to annotate the text to record a new or different meaning of the text.
Background Information: The United States Constitution is the document that defines the roles of various parts of our government. It also helps to define the rights of each American citizen. It was written by a committee during a meeting called the Constitutional Convention, between May 25 and September 17, 1787. Over the years, additions and changes have been made to the text in the form
of amendments. The first amendment, among others, was adopted in 1791. The Constitution lays the foundation for all American laws, and a major task of the Supreme Court is to decide whether a law follows what is written in this document.
Close Reading Workshop 5 • Close Reading of Informational Texts in Social Studies/History 5
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