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Every Reader a Close Reader

Expand and Deepen Close Reading in Your Classroom

Samantha Cleaver

Close reading, the purposeful, focused reading and rereading of text, is more than an education buzzword. Every Reader, a Close Reader defines and unpacks the components of close reading and explores how to apply it within the context of the Common Core State Standards so that every student will be able to implement close reading strategies in class and independently. Drawing expertise and ideas from research, as well as teachers from across the country, Every Reader, a Close Reader serves as both an instructional guide and professional development tool for classroom teachers and instructional leaders to use when starting or strengthening close reading at the classroom level. In addition, this book includes chapters that focus on developing the close reading skills of students who are struggling readers, English language learners, or gifted learners.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 252 • Trim: 7 x 10

978-1-4758-1473-6 • Hardback • July 2015 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-1-4758-1474-3 • Paperback • July 2015 • $50.00 • (£38.00)

978-1-4758-1475-0 • eBook • July 2015 • $47.50 • (£37.00)

Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Education / Administration / General, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts

Every Reader a Close Reader

Expand and Deepen Close Reading in Your Classroom

Hardback

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Close reading, the purposeful, focused reading and rereading of text, is more than an education buzzword. Every Reader, a Close Reader defines and unpacks the components of close reading and explores how to apply it within the context of the Common Core State Standards so that every student will be able to implement close reading strategies in class and independently. Drawing expertise and ideas from research, as well as teachers from across the country, Every Reader, a Close Reader serves as both an instructional guide and professional development tool for classroom teachers and instructional leaders to use when starting or strengthening close reading at the classroom level. In addition, this book includes chapters that focus on developing the close reading skills of students who are struggling readers, English language learners, or gifted learners.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 252 • Trim: 7 x 10

978-1-4758-1473-6 • Hardback • July 2015 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-1-4758-1474-3 • Paperback • July 2015 • $50.00 • (£38.00)

978-1-4758-1475-0 • eBook • July 2015 • $47.50 • (£37.00)

Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Education / Administration / General, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts

Author

Samantha Cleaver has worked in education for more than a decade as a special education teacher and instructional coach. As a coach, Cleaver has worked with middle grade teachers and school leaders to focus and strengthen reading instruction.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Foreword
Introduction
- Close Reading: The Best Reading You Can Do
- Reading Theory: A Brief History
- Close Reading and the Middle School Reader
- Every Reader a Close Reader Overview
  - In This Book
  - Using This Book
- WeAreTeachers Survey
- Getting Started: Understanding Yourself as a Reader
Chapter 1: Close Reading and the Common Core
- Introduction to the Common Core State Standards
  - Key Points
- Using the Common Core ELA Standards
- Close Reading and the Common Core
  - Key Points
- What’s Different? The Shifts in the Common Core
  - Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Text
    - Shift 1: Implications for Close Reading
  - Shift 2: Knowledge in the Disciplines
    - Shift 2: Implications for Close Reading
  - Shift 3: The Staircase of Complexity
    - Shift 3: Implications for Close Reading
  - Shift 4: Text-Based Answers
    - Shift 4: Implications for Close Reading
  - Shift 5: Writing From Sources
    - Shift 5: Implications for Close Reading
  - Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary
    - Shift 6: Implications for Close Reading
  - Key Points
- Writing Close Reading Objectives
  - Key Points
- Next Step: Getting Ready to Read
Chapter 2: Getting Complex: Selecting and Using Close Reading Texts
- Reading Complex Texts: A Gatekeeper Skill
  - Key Points
- Defining Text Complexity
  - Quantitative Measures
  - Qualitative Measures
  - Interpretive Complexity: Reader and Task Considerations
  - Key Points
- Planning to Use Complex Texts
  - Selecting Perfect Passages in Literature
  - Selecting Perfect Passages in Informational Text
  - Choosing Multiple Texts
  - Key Points
- Gaining Purpose
Chapter 3: Setting the Stage: Welcome Students to Text and Set a Purpose for Reading
- The Purpose Behind the Purpose
  - Key Points
- Welcoming Students to The Text: A Case for Frontloading
  - Key Points
- Using Questions to Set a Purpose for Reading
  - Creating Text-Based Essential Questions
    - Questions
    - Statements
    - Should Questions
  - Key Points
- Purpose Setting to Dig Deep
  - First Reading: Comprehension Seeking
  - Second Reading: Analyze the Text
  - Third Reading: Digging Deeper
  - Key Points
- Making Every Reading Purposeful
Chapter 4: Talking to Text: Enhance Student Comprehension through Text-Dependent Questions and Annotation
- Crafting Text-Dependent Questions
  - Key Points
  - Creating Sequences of TDQs
  - Key Points
- Annotation: Talking to Text
  - Key Points
- Citing Text
  - Quotations
  - Paraphrasing
  - Key Points
- Citing Evidence from Multiple Texts
  - Key Points
- Using Text Evidence
Chapter 5: Applying Close Reading: Create Dialogue and Craft Arguments
- Logic, Evidence and Critical Thinking: Defining Argument
  - Key Points
- Crafting Argument
  - Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
  - Key Points
- Dialogic Discussion
  - Key Points
  - Facilitating Discussion
  - Setting Norms for Discussion: Accountable Talk
  - Key Points
- Writing Argument
  - Key Points
- Building Student Ownership
Chapter 6: Letting Students Lead: Create Ownership over Close Reading
- Transfer of Close Reading Skills
  - Key Points
- Identifying Student Strengths
  - Key Points
- Applying the Gradual Release Model to Close Reading
  - Key Points
- Getting Specific: Releasing Various Aspects of Close Reading
  - Student-Selected Texts
  - Student-Created Questions
  - Independent Annotation
  - Student-Led Discussion
- Building the Foundation
Chapter 7: Leveling the Field: Empower Struggling Readers with Close Reading
- The Common Core and Special Education
  - Provide Multiple Means of Representation
  - Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression
  - Provide Multiple Means of Engagement
  - Key Points
- Understanding Why Students Struggle with Close Reading
  - Key Points
- Planning and Leading Close Reading Lessons for Struggling Readers
  - Working with Complex Text
    - Accessing Complex Text in the General Education Classrom
    - Accessing Complex Text in the Resource Classroom
  - Questioning
  - Interacting with Text: Annotation and Citing Text Evidence
  - Discussion and Writing
- Leveling the Playing Field
Chapter 8: Engage English Language Learners in Close Reading
- English Language Learners and Close Reading in the Common Core
  - Learning Academic Vocabulary
  - Engaging in Higher Order Thinking
  - Opportunities to Interact
  - Key Points
- Strategies to Plan and Lead Close Reading with English Language Learners
  - Working with Text
  - Questioning and Citing Text Evidence
  - Participating in Discussion
  - Argument Writing
- Close Reading with ELLs
Chapter 9: Raise the Bar: Challenging High-Achieving and Gifted Learners in Close Reading
- Gifted Students, the Common Core, and Close Reading
  - The Common Core and Gifted Students
  - A Framework for Gifted Students
  - Key Points
- Planning and Leading Close Reading for Gifted Learners
  - Working with Complex Text
  - Reading (and Rereading) for Purpose
  - Participating in Discussion
  - Writing Argument
  - Executive Functioning
- Keeping Close Reading a Challenge
Chapter 10: The Ultimate Question: Assessing Close Reading
- Developing Effective Formative Assessment
  - Questioning
  - Observation
  - Writing
  - Key Points
- Using Formative Assessment Information
  - Giving Effective Feedback
    - Deep Feedback
    - Impression Feedback
  - Key Points
- Summative Assessment
  - Using Rubrics
  - Close Reading and Standardized Tests
  - Key Points
Appendix A: The MDR/WeAreTeachers Close Reading Survey
- Planning and Text Selection
- Setting a Purpose for Reading
- Annotation and Working with Text
- Respondent Demographics
Appendix B: Literature for Close Reading in Middle School
- Works of Literature: Novels
- Works of Literature: Short Stories
- Works of Literature: Poetry
- Picture Books for Middle School Readers
- Nonfiction: Books
- Nonfiction: Articles and Shorter Texts
- Nonfiction: Primary Sources
Appendix C: Lesson Plans
- Lesson Plan 4.1: Declaration of Sentiments
- Lesson Plan 4.2: Letters between John and Abigail Adams
- Lesson Plan 7.1: 6^th Mass Extinction
- Lesson Plan 8.1: Oranges by Gary Soto
Appendix D: Additional Tools
- Tool 1.1: Common Core Shifts: Self-Assessment
- Tool 2.1: Planning for Levels of Complexity in Text
- Tool 3.1: Survey: Why do Students Read?
- Tool 4.1: Annotation Self-Reflection
- Tool 5.1: Assess Students’ Argument Skills
- Tool 5.2: Dialogic Classroom Rating Scale
- Tool 5.3: Argument Writing Foldable
- Tool 6.1: Assess Student Readiness
- Tool 6.2: Assess Student Strengths
- Tool 6.3: Student Discussion Rating Scale
- Tool 7.1: Struggling Reader Needs Assessment
- Tool 8.1: ELL Needs Assessment
- Tool 9.1: Gifted Student Needs Assessment
- Tool 10.1: Format for a Dual Feedback Form
References

Index

Every Reader a Close Reader

Expand and Deepen Close Reading in Your Classroom

Samantha Cleaver

Every Reader a Close Reader

Expand and Deepen Close Reading in Your Classroom

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