Full Description
Close Reading. Not in a very long while has a term been freighted with so much responsibility to pull every student out of a reading tailspin and into a great future of college and career readiness. Finally, here's a book that tunes out all of the hubbub and gets down to the business of showing how exactly to "get close reading right."
What makes Closer Reading such a have-to-have resource? Nancy Boyles knows full well that we'll never realize the promise of close reading unless we figure out where it fits in with existing literacy practices. So she magnifies all the planning that goes into powerful close reading lessons, while providing a wide-angle lens to answer our biggest questions—top among them how close reading relates to text complexity and strategic reading comprehension.
Chapter by chapter, Nancy delivers astoundingly practical ideas on how to import close reading into daily planning, including how to:
Connect close reading with other instructional practices (whole class, read alouds, guided reading, conferring)
Select rich texts and plan for initial close reading lessons
Deliver initial and follow-up close reading lessons
Engage students in peer practice after close reading
Coordinate comprehension strategies and close reading
Use close reading to deepen students' independent reading
Close—closer—closest. Yes, if we want our students to intimately understand a text's ideas, we'll need to make some shifts in our instruction. Fortunately, we now have Closer Reading to lean on as we go into higher gear.
A former classroom teacher and professor of reading, Nancy Boyles is a literacy consultant, who provides workshops, model lessons, and curriculum support to districts and organizations nationally, regionally, and locally. Over the course of her career she has received numerous awards , including New England Reading Association's Outstanding Literacy Leader Award and Connecticut Reading Association's Celebrate Literacy Award for exemplary service.
"Closer Reading, Grades 3-6, will become a treasured friend and guide, as you will value every tip, model lesson, and complex book recommendation. It is a must-have book for your professional library and for professional learning communities!"
—LAURA ROBB, Author of Unlocking Complex Texts
Contents
Foreword by Laura Robb
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Closer Reading: Closer Than What?
Chapter 2. Choosing a Complex Text for Close Reading
Chapter 3. Getting in the Mindset of Close Reading
Chapter 4. Supporting Readers Before Close Reading
Chapter 5. Supporting Readers During Close Reading
Chapter 6. Supporting Readers After Close Reading
Chapter 7. Moving Students Toward Independence in Close Reading
Chapter 8. Digging Deeper in Close Reading Through Rereading, Small-Group Instruction, and Independent Reading
Chapter 9. Close Reading for the Common Core--and More
Appendices
Appendix I. Templates for Designing Close Reading Lessons
Preparing for Close Reading
Planning for Close Reading
Appendix II. Sample Lesson Plan for Shared Reading: "She Was THAT Kind of Lady"
Text Selection and Preparation for Close Reading
Lesson Planner for Close Reading
Appendix III. Templates for After Reading
Template 1: Most Important Words
Template 2: Theme Chart
Template 3: Gist Statement and Brief Summary
Template 4: Noticing Text Structure and Genre
Template 5: Evidence From First Close Reading of a Text
Template 6: Paraphrase It!
Template 7: Words That Show Tone
Template 8: Looking Into Illustrations
Template 9: Viewing a Video
Template 10: Reading a Photograph
Template 11: Evaluating an Argument
Template 12: Reading and Evaluating a Primary Source
Template 13: Reading Like a Scientist
Template 14: Reading Like a Historian
Appendix IV. Websites for Short Texts
Appendix V. Bibliography of Picture Books for Close Reading
Works Cited
Index
