Close Reading skills review
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Curipod generated lesson: "Close Reading skills review". #11-13
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Updated 5 months ago
1. Word cloud
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In a few words, explain what close reading is?
2. Slide
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Close reading is a critical analysis technique used to evaluate written texts. It involves reading the text multiple times to identify patterns and meanings. Practicing close reading skills can help you understand complex texts.
Close Reading Skills Review
3. Slide
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Critical Analysis: The evaluation of an idea, text, or piece of work based on its components. Patterns: A regular and intelligible form or sequence discovered in something usually complex or illegible. Meanings: The significance of something that is conveyed or suggested.
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4. Slide
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Close reading was popularized by the New Criticism literary movement. The term close reading was first used by American philosopher William Witherle Lawrence in 1917. Close reading is often used as a method of teaching literature in classrooms.
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5. Open question
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Work together in pairs: What is the most important skill to practice when close reading a text?
6. Open question
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Work together in pairs: What strategies have you found to be most helpful when close reading a text?
7. Poll
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What is close reading?
- A method of skimming a text quickly.
- A method of studying a text in detail to understand its meaning.
- A method of writing a text quickly.
- A method of summarizing a text quickly.
8. Poll
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What is an important part of close reading?
- Formulating questions.
- Making connections.
- Analyzing the text.
- Skimming.
9. Poll
300 seconds
When close reading, what is another way of understanding the text?
- Making assumptions.
- Using context clues.
- Drawing conclusions.
- Making predictions.
10. Poll
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When close reading, what is NOT an important part of understanding the text?
- Rereading the text.
- Making assumptions.
- Drawing inferences.
- Summarizing the text.
11. Poll
300 seconds
When close reading, what should you NOT do?
- Jump to conclusions.
- Look for details.
- Make predictions.
- Reread the text.
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