What is Close Reading?
What is the first thing you do when you have a text in front of you?
Preview the text!
What is a fiction text?
What is nonfiction?
It's about something real and it's teaching you about something (a topic)
What is poetry?
a way to tell us a story through expression
What is our goal when we are preview?
to figure out the genre & the thinking jobs that match the genre
What are jots?
Jots are important notes you take as you are reading!
How many thinking jobs does fiction have?
5
How many thinking jobs does nonfiction have?
3 teaching points
How many thinking jobs does poetry have?
3
What is another way of saying lesson learned?
Theme
What can you use to help guide your jots?
thinking jobs!
What are the thinking jobs for fiction?
characters, character change, problem, solution/outcome, lesson learned/theme
What are the thinking jobs for nonfiction?
topic, teaching pointS (main idea), and POV
What are the thinking jobs for poetry?
tone, literal meaning, deeper meaning
What strategies can you use to help you answer a short response question?
R.A.D.D or A.D.D
What do you do when you are done reading and jotting a text?
Write a main idea!
What is an outcome?
sometimes problems are not solved then are consequences (the result of something)
You can use P.I.E to help you figure out POV. What does each letter in P.I.E stand for?
P = persuade
I = inform
E = Entertain
How many times do you read a poem? Why?
3 times! To focus on one thinking job at a time
What strategy to do you use to help you figure out POV?
P.I.E
Why is close reading important?
to help us become stronger readers and to understand what we are reading about
There are 5 thinking jobs for fiction. Which one might not always be solved? Why?
character change because sometimes it's not about how a character changed throughout the story
POV stands for point of view. What does POV mean?
Author's purpose
How can you find the deeper meaning?
Become a detective!! You have to figure out the author's secret message (code)
How many details do you need to support your answer for a short response question?
2 details from the text