College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) for Adult Education, Reading Anchor One:
"Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text."
How do we fulfill the expectations of the CCRS with struggling readers, advanced readers and everyone in-between? Close Reading can be extremely engaging, productive and confidence-boosting for the struggling reader and the experienced reader alike. Follow-up will be provided for implementation guidance.
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Learn the close reading process and text-dependent questioning as aligned in the standards
- Experience a close reading lesson with understanding to classroom applications
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Learn strategies for helping students gather evidence, knowledge and insight from what they read
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Integrate appropriate scaffolds to enable all students to access complex text
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Learn to write text-dependent questions for both narrative and expository genres, and how to provide students with entry-points through discourse, visual media, and annotation
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Plan to apply close reading strategies and text-dependent questioning into upcoming lessons
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
Quinsigamond Community College, Room 107A, Administration Building
670 West Boylston St.
Worcester, MA 01606
United States
