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Close Reading WoRkshop
Close Reading of poetry
Learning Targets
• Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
• Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
• By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently and independently.
• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one on one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Close Reading for Meaning
To read closely means that as readers, we should not just consider what information is conveyed by a text, we must also consider the author’s use of diction, imagery, syntax, and structure to create effects such as tone and theme.
In this workshop, you will read three different texts and will practice close reading using strategies that will help you make meaning of the text. Your teacher will guide you through the first activity. In the second activity, you will work in a collaborative group to read and respond to the text. For the third activity, you will work independently to apply close reading strategies to determine meaning in a new text. The fourth activity provides an opportunity for students to assess their knowledge and understanding.
leaRning sTRaTegies:
Diffusing, Close Reading, Graphic Organizer, Marking the Text, Questioning the Text, Rereading, Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Choral Reading, TP-CASTT, Predicting, Think Aloud
Introducing the Strategy
Marking the Text
Select text by highlighting, underlining, and/or annotating for specific components, such as diction, imagery, literary devices, and vocabulary.
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aCademiC VoCabulaRy
Diction refers to word choice intended to convey a specific effect. Imagery refers to details and description a writer uses to appeal to a reader’s senses. Syntax refers to the arrangement of words and grammatical elements in a sentence. Poetic structure refers to the arrangement of lines and stanzas in a poem.
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