Close Reading Strategies & Author's Purpose, Audience, and Tone

Titles, pictures, summaries, and questions are all text features I should skim before reading

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What are the stages of reading and how many are there?

• Three: Before, During, and After

• Three: Prior knowledge, critical thinking, and inference

• Two: Before and After

• Two: During and After

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the term for purposeful engagement with the text?

• An alarm

• Passive reading

• Active reading

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Who benefits from using active reading strategies?

• Struggling readers and people who don't usually like to read

• High school aged readers

• Adult readers who enjoy reading

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

When you preview a passage or text, what information should you gather?

• A basic idea of what the passage/text is about.

• Details about the life of the author.

• Information about where, when, and how the book was published.

• The names of all the characters in the passage.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What are some strategies to use during your reading?

• Write notes/comments in the margins, ask questions, write down words you don't know (so you can look them up), and visualize what the text is saying (picture in your mind).

• Skim the text before you read.

• Ask your teacher questions about the topic.

• Mark out all of the unimportant information in the passage and summarize the main idea of the section.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

To improve my reading comprehension, I could do the following:

• Highlight important ideas

• Mark (circle) words that I don't know

• Make Connections/ Questions

• Stand on my head

• Write a summary

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What are Cornell Notes?

• Music in the written form.
• A note taking system used for organizing notes
• Notes that are taken in computer class
• A note that is written to a friend.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

“Despite the civil unrest happening in my city, I believe I can make things better and see real change in my lifetime.” This sentence represents a _____ tone.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of the author?

• The reason why an author writes.

• The message that an author is trying to communicate.

• The specific group that an author is writing to.

• The tricks and methods that an author uses to communicate.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6