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201516 Set up your paper for Cornell Notes Title your notes Close Reading What is Close Reading Close reading is a careful and purposeful reading reading ID: 712434

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Intro to Close Reading

English II2015.16Slide2

Set up your paper for Cornell Notes.

Title your notes:

Close ReadingSlide3

What is Close Reading?

Close reading is a

careful

and

purposeful reading

reading

of a text. Close reading slows us down and allows us to interpret difficult passages.It keeps us focused on our purpose for reading.For example: is this a passage written to argue with, to identify *the author’s figurative language, or to analyze?We leave our “thinking on the page” so that we can come back to it later on, like when we’ve got to write a paper or prepare for a discussion.To Annotate –is to supply with critical or explanatory NOTES; comment upon with notesSlide4

Close Reading:

actively interacting with the text

Close reading is a

multi-step process

that involves

reading

a

text more than one time. Close reading will always involve marking the text, aka annotating the text.To annotate means to supply with critical and explanatory NOTES (notes that explain)Annotating is more than highlighting; annotating is YOUR THINKING, and YOUR CONVERSATION with the text, in the margins of the page.Slide5

Yes, but what does it

look like? Write down four things you notice in these photos:Slide6

I keep reading the

same paragraph

over and over

because I can’t

concentrate.

Ahhh, this is so relaxing.

There’s no way I’m going to be able to annotate my article unless I get some peace and quiet.

This is NOT what close reading looks like. Slide7

This is how we will practice close reading this year.

We will always practice these 5 steps when we close read any text:

Number the paragraphs

Chunk the text

Underline/circle/highlight

(with a purpose)

Left margin: What is the author saying?Right margin: dig deeper into the text, describe what the author is doingWord bank stuff goes here: “The author is saying/doing what?”They all work together, and, in the end, you will understand, on a deeper level, exactly what you have read. Slide8

Step 1

Begin your close read by simply

numbering the paragraphs

. Slide9

Step 2 -

“Chunking” the Text

This step is

breaking

the text up into

smaller

sections, making it

easier to understand.Slide10

Step 3 -

Underline/Circle/Highlight

What you look for in a

text

will

vary

.

For an informative article, you will look for claims the author is making and the evidence s/he uses to support the claims.For poetry, you will look for figurative language and imagery.We will always approach a text with a purpose in mind, and this purpose should “drive” what you underline, circle, highlight in the text.With a PurposeSlide11

Step 3 - continued . . .

For

Articles of the Week

, you will

always underline

or

highlight

the following:Claims the Author is MakingThe Big Ideas Key DetailsYou will also and define any words you can’t figure out using context clues. With a PurposeCircleSlide12

Step 4 - What is the Author

Saying?

In the

LEFT MARGIN

you will summarize each chunk.

Summaries should be

limited, clear,

and specific.Slide13

Step 5 - What is the Author

Doing?

After you

understand

what the author is

SAYING

, you’re to examine what the author is

DOING.Use power verbs to identify the author’s purpose.Arguing, Comparing, Describing, Blaming, etc. You can ask questions in the R margin, you can represent info with picturesIn the RIGHT MARGIN you are digging deeper!Slide14
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