This document provides a template for conducting a close reading of a text in 3 reads. The first read focuses on the key ideas and details in the text. The second read examines the craft and structure of the text. The third read requires students to integrate knowledge from the text with other sources to determine what the text means and how it connects to broader topics. For each read, the template includes sections for the reading format, text-dependent questions to ask students, optional materials, and discussion/writing formats to employ.
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 ___________