Teachers College Columbia University Raising the Level of Close-Reading

Teachers College Columbia University

Raising the Level of Close-Reading

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Creating Shared Beliefs and Vision

Honing Methods to Increase Agency and Transference

Studying Text Complexity

Deepening Engagement With Writing About Reading Working on Evidence-based Argument Across the

Curriculum

Raising the Level of Close Reading & Argument

Say back what the text says and suggests

(standard 1)

Determine central ideas, themes, morals, lessons (standard 2)

Connect parts of the text (standard 3)

Common Core Close Reading

Analyze figurative language, symbolism,

metaphor (standard 4)

Analyze structural choices (standard 5)

Discern perspective and point of view (standard 6)

Common Core Close Reading

Compare and contrast multiple versions or

different media (standard 7)

Analyze overall argument (standard 8)

Compare and contrast how texts develop similar themes/ideas (standard 9)

Common Core Close Reading

‘Interrupted reading’ (Donna Santman, Shades of

Meaning)

Partner discussion (Lucy Calkins, The Art of Teaching Reading)

Prompting, practice, feedback, practice (John Hattie, Visible Learning for Teachers)

Deepening reading practices (Robert Scholes, Protocols of Reading, Lehman & Roberts, Falling in Love With Close Reading)

Instructional Read Aloud