Close Reading Questions

What is the purpose of close reading?

• To answer all the questions

• To understand a complex text

• To highlight everything

• To make connections

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does it mean to "get the gist" of the text?

• To annotate

• To reread

• To understand what the article is mostly about

• To get a good grade

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What should you ALWAYS do BEFORE reading?

• Call your mom

• Annotate

• Get the gist

• Read the questions

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RL.6.10

What should you do when you come across an unfamiliar word?

• Skip it

• Ask someone for help

• Cross it out

• Circle it

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.10

What does it mean to annotate?

• Make a connection

• Read the text

• Mark up the text

• Doodle

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

What is the purpose of a first read?

• Get the gist of the text

• Make connections

• Answer questions

• To memorize the text

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The second read is when you begin to...

• read the questions

• answer all the questions

• ask questions and annotate

• make inferences and become an expert on the text

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

What is the purpose of a third read?

• To understand the text and be able to respond to discussion.

• To number the paragraphs.

• To be able to say, "I read it three times!"

• You should only read the text once.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

We should use close reading when reading what kind of texts?

• Complex texts

• Long texts

• Very long books

• Grade-level texts

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Another way to describe close reading is reading ...

• quickly

• perfectly

• nicely

• carefully

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10