Books with Strong Female Role Models
categories: English
October 2014 archive
Reading Comprehension – Using Evidence
categories: English
Text Dependent Questions
categories: Uncategorized
The phases of close reading
What does the text say?
How does the text work?
What does the text mean?
What does the text inspire you to do?
The distributed scaffolds of close reading
1. Multiple readings
2. Collaborative conversations
3. Annotations
4. Thoughtfully planned Text-Dependent Questions
Text Dependent Questions
categories: English
What does the text say? (General understanding and key details)
How does the text work? (vocabulary, structure, and author’s craft)
What does the text mean? Logical inferences and intertextual connections)
What does the text inspire you to do? (write, investigate, present, debate)
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher San Diego State University, USA