ara presentation 2015: stop reading fast

Stop Reading Fast ...start

thinking moreTammy GillmoreBatesville High/Lyon College

ARA Publications Chair

PARCC ACT AspireEnglish

Reading

Writing

Instructions v Instruction

Giving directions,

orders, steps to follow...

Providing insight for how to do

something...

This week in English 12...• Bell Work

• Video 1 - Channel 1• Video 2 - FoxNews• Video 3 - FoxNews

• What’s wrong with this activity?• ?• ?

Close Reading - Question for Anne FrankHow would you feel if you had to hide in a closet with little food for a long time?

How does Anne feel about hiding in the attic, and where are the passages that provide the evidence?

• BUT what about connections?

• ACT Aspire• Reading = just based on the text

• Writing = not text/based on background knowledge

• SO?

What is Close Reading?• Works with a short passage.

• Focus is intense

• Will extend from the passage itself to other parts of the text.

• Involves a great deal of exploratory discussion.

• Requires re-reading.

• Allows questioning of the text...especially in nonfiction texts.

Popular Close Reading Strategies

SignPostsContrasts and Contradiction

• Behavior that contradicts previous behavior.

• Why would the characterfeel/act this way?

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SignPostsAha Moment

• Character’s realization ofsomething that SHIFTS hisaction or understanding.

• How might this change things?

SignPostsTough Questions

• Reveals inner struggle.

• About what does this question make me wonder?

SignPostsWords of the Wiser

• Advice/insight of wiser character about life.

• What’s the life lesson andhow might it affect the character?

SignPostsAgain and Again

• Events, images, wordsthat recur.

• Why might the author bringthis up again and again?

SignPostsMemory Moment

• Flashbacks

• Why might this memory be important?

Four Corne

rs ofthe Text

3 BIG Questions1.What surprised me?

2.What did the author think I already knew?

3.What challenged, changed, or confirmed me?

Ask these questions when notice a Signpost.

SignpostsContrasts and Contradictions

• Sharp contrast

• Difference between 2 or more elements

SignpostsExtreme or Absolute Language

• Language that allows no compromise

• All, always

• OR seems to exaggerate

• Everyone...

SignpostsNumbers and Stats

• Specific quantities

• OR writer is vague, imprecise about numbers

SignpostsQuoted Words

• Expert opinions or conclusions

SignpostsWord Gaps

• Unfamiliar vocabulary

StrategiesThe scaffolds that make the invisible thinking process

visible. - p. 181

StrategiesBefore Reading

Possible Sentences• Teacher chooses words from the text; students create sentences.

StrategiesBefore Reading

KWL 2.0• Changed Column 2 to ask, “What do you want to know about the topics in Column 1?”

StrategiesDuring Reading

Somebody Wanted But So• Somebody in the text

• What did that Somebody want?

• But what happened?

• So what was the outcome?

See sample on page 205

StrategiesDuring Reading

Syntax Surgery• Must be able to write/draw on text.

• Connect parts of the text.

StrategiesDuring Reading

Sketch to Stretch• Transmediation: changing from one medium to another.

StrategiesAfter Reading

Genre Reformulation• Also known as Story Recycling

• Example: turn the expository text into a rap song

StrategiesAfter Reading

PosterWrite responses to text on the paper.

Cold ReadTurn and Chat

Which Question, Signpost, Strategy would you suggest?

Cold ReadTurn and Chat

What if we paired this text with “Jack and Jill”?

Your Thoughts? Experiences?

For More Information:• Gillmorepd.wikispaces.com

• tammy.gillmore@gmail.com

• tammy@arareading.org

ResourcesNotice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

Resources at Heinemann

TeachersPayTeachers

Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies

Resources at Heinemann