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Close Reading Template
Teacher

Text: (Focus chunk /portion for close read)

Major
Understandings
What do you want
students to know
after reading the
text?
What does the author
want them to know?
Purpose:

FIRST READ (Key Ideas & Details)
Focus: What does the text say?
Do not frontload vocabulary and prior knowledge or use pre-reading activities

Reading format:
___ Students Read Text
___ Teacher Reads Text
___ Partners Read Text
Text-Dependent Question(s)
Select appropriate number of cognitive level questions that will require students to use
evidence from the text.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Optional Materials:
__ Pencils
__ Highlighters
__ Post-it
__ Graphic Organizer
__ Chart Paper
__ Other

__Technology

Discussion Format:
__ Whole Group
__ Small Group
__ Pair-Share
Writing Format:
___Summary

__ Other _________________
Purpose:

Complex test
structures and
elements
___Vocabulary

SECOND READ (Craft & Structure)
Focus: How does the text work? What does the author mean?
Reading Format
___ Independent reading
___ Read Aloud
___ Paired Reading

___ Shared Reading
___ Think Aloud

Text-Dependent Question(s)
Select appropriate number of cognitive level questions that will require students to use
evidence from the text.

1.
___ Text Structure
___ Coherence

2.
3.
4.

___ Syntax
___ Text Features

5.
Optional Materials:
__ Pencils
__ Highlighters
__ Technology
__ Post-it
__ Graphic Organizer
__ Chart Paper
__ Other
Discussion Format:
__ Whole Group
__ Small Group
__ Pair-Share
Writing Format:
___ Analysis
__ Compare/Contrast
__ Other ____________
Purpose:

THIRD READ (Integration of Knowledge and Ideas)
Focus: What does the text mean? How does it connect to other information?
Reading Format
___ Independent reading
___ Read Aloud
___ Paired Reading

Other sources to be
integrated:

Text-Dependent Question(s)

Additional text
__ Articles
__ Primary Sources
__ Poetry

___ Shared Reading
___ Think Aloud

1.

Media
__ Video
__ Visual Art
__ Music
__ Technology
Quantitative
__ Charts
__ Data
__ Other __________

Select appropriate number of cognitive level questions that will require students to use
evidence from the text.

2.
3.
4.
5.
Optional Materials:
__ Pencils
__ Highlighters
__ Technology
__ Post-it
__ Graphic Organizer
__ Chart Paper
__ Other ____________
Discussion Format:
__ Whole Group
__ Small Group
__ Pair-Share
Writing Format:
___ Opinion/Claim/Evidence __ Critical Analysis
___ Evaluation/Synthesis
__ Other ___________

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  • 2. Teacher Text: (Focus chunk /portion for close read) Major Understandings What do you want students to know after reading the text? What does the author want them to know? Purpose: FIRST READ (Key Ideas & Details) Focus: What does the text say? Do not frontload vocabulary and prior knowledge or use pre-reading activities Reading format: ___ Students Read Text ___ Teacher Reads Text ___ Partners Read Text Text-Dependent Question(s) Select appropriate number of cognitive level questions that will require students to use evidence from the text. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Optional Materials: __ Pencils __ Highlighters __ Post-it __ Graphic Organizer __ Chart Paper __ Other __Technology Discussion Format: __ Whole Group __ Small Group __ Pair-Share Writing Format: ___Summary __ Other _________________
  • 3. Purpose: Complex test structures and elements ___Vocabulary SECOND READ (Craft & Structure) Focus: How does the text work? What does the author mean? Reading Format ___ Independent reading ___ Read Aloud ___ Paired Reading ___ Shared Reading ___ Think Aloud Text-Dependent Question(s) Select appropriate number of cognitive level questions that will require students to use evidence from the text. 1. ___ Text Structure ___ Coherence 2. 3. 4. ___ Syntax ___ Text Features 5. Optional Materials: __ Pencils __ Highlighters __ Technology __ Post-it __ Graphic Organizer __ Chart Paper __ Other Discussion Format: __ Whole Group __ Small Group __ Pair-Share Writing Format: ___ Analysis __ Compare/Contrast __ Other ____________
  • 4. Purpose: THIRD READ (Integration of Knowledge and Ideas) Focus: What does the text mean? How does it connect to other information? Reading Format ___ Independent reading ___ Read Aloud ___ Paired Reading Other sources to be integrated: Text-Dependent Question(s) Additional text __ Articles __ Primary Sources __ Poetry ___ Shared Reading ___ Think Aloud 1. Media __ Video __ Visual Art __ Music __ Technology Quantitative __ Charts __ Data __ Other __________ Select appropriate number of cognitive level questions that will require students to use evidence from the text. 2. 3. 4. 5. Optional Materials: __ Pencils __ Highlighters __ Technology __ Post-it __ Graphic Organizer __ Chart Paper __ Other ____________ Discussion Format: __ Whole Group __ Small Group __ Pair-Share Writing Format: ___ Opinion/Claim/Evidence __ Critical Analysis ___ Evaluation/Synthesis __ Other ___________