Close Reading Extra Study

Examples of metacognitive

* (Place this next to sentences you have [comments] about.) ! (Place this next to sentences that you are [surprised] or [excited] about.) ? (Place this next to words/sentences that you have [questions] about.) _ (Underline anything that you think is [important] in the story or article.)

Enumeration

A complete and ordered [listing] of all items.

Authors Purpose

the [reason] an author has for writing a story or article.

Main Idea

the most important idea that the author is trying to convey to the reader.

Cause and effect

Paragraphs are structured to show the relationship [between] events.

Step three: Putting everything together

What information [supports] the theme/main idea. How do this text [relate]to others that you have read? How does this text relate to your [life]? How does this text relate to what has happened in the [world]? What further [questions] do you still have that cannot be answered from the text?

Theme

[similar] to the main idea. However, themes is only used for fiction.

External text structure examples

Headings [Subheadings] Graphs/charts/images [Titles/Subtitles] Repeated words [Citation]

Steps to close reading

1) Getting the Gist, 2) Diving deeper, 3) Putting everything together

Plot diagram in order

1. Opening exposition 2. Conflict/slash Inciting moment 3. Rising actions 4. Climax 5. Falling action 6. Resolution

Compare and contrast

A pattern of organization in which the [similarities] and [differences] of two or more things are explored.

External text structure

Also know as textual features. These are ways in which an author organizes information within an article allowing the reader to better understand the concepts being talked about.

Internal text structure

Also known as organizational patterns. This is the way in which the author organizes their writing.

Organizing non-fiction examples

Chronological order, Compare and contrast, Order of importance, Enumeration, Cause and effect, and Problem and solution

Close Reading

Close reading is also used to focus on specific [skills] and [ideas] contained within a short story or article.

Order of Importance

Events are organized based on their level of [importance] or the order in which they need to be addressed.

Chronological order

Events in the text are organized based on when they [happen].

Problem and Solution

Information in a passage is organized by defining a [problem] and then providing a way to [fix] or solve the problem.

Finding the theme

Moral lesson, figure out the meaning yourself because sometimes the theme is not directly stated, give supporting details, also, make sure to find examples in the story in which the characters says or does something to get some kind of lesson out if it

Authors Purpose 2

Reason, Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Parts of the main idea

The main idea is made up of [2] parts. The [topic], the subject of a Nonfiction work. And the author's personal [feelings] about the topic.

What do these specific details do

These pieces of information are specific [reasons] the author uses in order to explain the main idea of his/her article. These pieces of information tend to answer the [questions]: who, what, where, when, why, and how that the main idea tries to explain.

Persuade

To convince the reader to believe in something.

Inform

To information about an idea or topic.

Entertain

To provide the reader with amusement or enjoyment.

Organizing fiction

Using the plot diagram

Step two: Diving deeper

What is the [theme]/[main idea] of the story/article? What's the story about What is the author's [purpose]? What are the defining [elements]of the story/article? Elements include: figurative language, text features, and organizational patterns. Why did the author choose to use these [elements] in the text? How do these elements [add] to the meaning/understanding of the text?

Step one: Getting the gist

What is this story/article [about]? What [information] jumps out at you? What new [words] have you identified/slash defined? What [questions] do you have?

Fiction

literature in [prose] form, especially short stories and novels, that describe imaginary events and people.

Metacognitive

markers to assist us in our readings.

Non-Fiction

prose, writing not in poetic form, that is based on facts, real people, or real events.

Metacognition

noun) the act of thinking about your own thought process

Supporting details

specific pieces of [information] about the main idea.