Annotations
Third reading of a close reading
text-dependent questions
Purpose of Close Reading
First reading of a close reading
Second reading of a close reading
notes about the text, such as key ideas, questions, and summaries in students' own words
students reread the text to analyze, evaluate, compare, or critique it; individual or collaborative written response is created
assisted reading to "get the gist" using text-dependent questions and students provide text evidence to support their responses
answers can be found "right there in the text"; students provide text evidence
students reread and annotate for a specific purpose and discuss with a partner
To support students' reading performance with complex texts
