Close Readings

Close Readings:

1.  http://www.folger.edu/eduLesPlanDtl.cfm?lpid=886  (close reading of a sonnet)

2.  http://www.folger.edu/eduLesPlanDtl.cfm?lpid=814  (Shakespeare)

3.  http://lessonplans.dwrl.utexas.edu/content/workshopping-student-claims-close-reading (lesson plan - Shakespeare)

4.  http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/monroe-doctrine-close-reading#sect-activities (Monroe Doctrine)

5.  http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/personal-or-social-tragedy-close-reading-edith-whartons-ethan-frome#sect-thelesson  (high school)

6.   http://www.achievethecore.org/ela-literacy-common-core/sample-lessons/close-reading-exemplars/ (examples from K-12)

7.  http://michaelkmilton.com/2012/04/20/close-reading-and-the-magic-eye-a-quick-thought/

8.  http://iteach4results.wikispaces.com/file/view/Guide+to+Creating+Questions+for+Close+Analytic+Reading.pdf

9.  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/CloseReading.html

10. http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/reading_lit.html

11. http://theliterarylink.com/closereading.html

12. http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/09/14/what-is-close-reading-guidance-notes/

13. http://elaccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/file/view/CCSA+From+Snorkeling+to+Deep+Sea+Diving+2011+for+Participants.pdf (pages 11-28)

14.  http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-one/509 (Part 1 of 3)

15.  http://wac.newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/close.html

16.  http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-two/510  (Part 2 of 3)

17.  http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-three/511 (Part 3 of 3)

18.  http://www.engageny.org/resource/preparing-for-close-reading-with-students/  (video)

19.  http://www.ltftraining.org/Portals/ltftraining/docs/Understanding%20Shakespeare%208.pdf

20.  http://www.missionliteracy.com/page78/assets/Close%20and%20Critical%20Reading%20bookmarks%20June%202010.pdf

21.  http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/s/a/sam50/closeread.htm

22.  http://mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/close_reading.htm

23.  http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/close.html

24.  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/751/01/  (Shakespeare's Sonnets; poetry; high school)

25.  http://academic.reed.edu/writing/paper_help/close-reading.html  (useful guidelines; middle, high)

26.  Close Reading Tips

27.  http://www.missionliteracy.com/page15/page1/page2/assets/Close%20and%20Critical%20Reading%20bookmarks%20June%202010.pdf  (bookmark format, tips)

28.  http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec12/vol70/num04/Closing-in-on-Close-Reading.aspx

29.  http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar10/vol67/num06/The-Case-for-Slow-Reading.aspx (The Case for Slow Reading)

30.  http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pls/level2/ppt/l2crmodelingk-5.pptx  (PowerPoint K-5 examples)

31.  http://www.aacrc.net/close_read_pack.php  (A Close Look at Close Reading - step by step directions)

32.  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/common_core/pls/level2/html/close-reading.htm  (documents and video explanations)

33.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXdTXEzmzE  (video explanations, Dr. Seuss book)

34.  http://ifl.lrdc.pitt.edu/ifl/index.php/blog/index/close_reading_background_knowledge_and_historical_documents  (Anthony Petrosky)

35.  http://ifl.lrdc.pitt.edu/ifl/index.php/blog/index/another_perspective_on_close_reading  (Anthony Petrosky)

36.  http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/files/cal/pdf/texts-from-harvard.pdf  (interrogating texts; Harvard)

37.  http://4-12ela.idso.eportalnow.net/guided-highlighted-reading.html  (strategies, examples)

38.  http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/reading_lit.html  (close readings of a literary passage)

39.  http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/s/a/sam50/closeread.htm  (How to Do a Close Read)

40.  http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/09/14/what-is-close-reading-guidance-notes/  (What Is Close Reading0

41.  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/common_core/pls/level2/html/close-reading.htm  (examples - preview extensively before using with students; all grade levels)

42.  http://www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/critical-reading-writing/general-reading/strategies-for-close-reading/  (strategies for close reading)

43.  http://www.achievethecore.org/ela-literacy-common-core/sample-lessons/close-reading-exemplars  (close reading examples; various levels)

44.  http://www.middleweb.com/10734/number-one-close-reading-skill/  (Power of Questioning)

45.  http://www.livebinders.com/media/get/NjIzNTM3MA==  (quick review)

46.  http://www.saludaschools.org/Page/2357

47.  http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/close-reading-literary-texts-31012.html  (reminder that this is not new)