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Close Reading (Pre Assessment)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Close Reading?

a)

Close reading is thoughtful, critical analysis of a text.

b)

Close reading helps the reader focus on retelling a story.

c)

Close reading focuses on main ideas and supporting details.

d)

Close reading helps one to see small print.

2.
Ideally, who should read the text during the first reading of a close read?
a)
The teacher
b)
The student independently
c)

Small group

d)
Partner reading
3.
What is the recommended focus on a first reading?
a)
Craft and structure
b)

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

c)

Key Ideas and Details

d)

Annotating

4.
What is the recommended focus for a second reading?
a)

Key Ideas and Details

b)

Craft and Structure

c)

Integration of

Knowledge and Ideas

d)
Only vocabulary
5.
What is the recommended focus of the third reading?
a)

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

b)
Basic comprehension
c)

Key Ideas and Details

d)

Craft and Structure

6.
What type of questions are central in close reading?
a)

Open-ended questions

b)

True or False questions

c)
Rhetorical questions
d)

Text dependent questions

7.

Close reading was designed to address what type of texts?

a)
Grade level ones
b)
Simple texts
c)
Complex texts
d)
Long texts
8.

Detail

a)

when two characters are talking to one another

b)

a particular fact or piece of information provided in a story

c)

the absence of words

d)

a summary of a story

9.

When do you use close reading? (check all that apply)

a)

When reading about new subjects

b)

When reading a nonfiction article or text

c)

When you have to respond to a prompt using text evidence

d)

When reading short stories or poetry

10.

What makes text complex?

a)

Vocabulary

b)

Syntax

c)

Text Structures

d)

Text Features