Close Reading Presentation PDF or PPT

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Poetry Lesson using Multiple Readings, Companion Texts, and a Continuum

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Resources:

• Blogs:
• A Non-Freaked Out, Focused Approach to the Common Core--Part 3--Close Reading by Dave Stuart, Jr
• Blog-a-thon Post 1: What #CloseReading Isn’t (Or At Least Shouldn’t Be)  by Christopher Lehman
• Written Conversations as PD by Buffy Hamilton
• FIRST EFFORTS AT WRITTEN CONVERSATIONS STRATEGIES: WRITE-AROUND TEXT ON TEXT by Buffy Hamilton 
• WRITING AROUND TEXT ON TEXT EFFORT 2: UNPLUGGED CONVERSATIONS FOR INQUIRY, PARTICIPATION, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MEANINGS by Buffy Hamilton 
• Articles and Books:
•  "Close Reading in Elementary Schools" by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey 
• Rigorous Reading: 5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher
• Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
• Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life by Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts 
• The Best-Kept Teaching Secret:  How Written Conversations Engage Kids, Activate Learning, Grow Fluent Writers . . . K-12 by Harvey Daniels
• Written Conversation Protocol--adapted from Harvey Daniels' work 

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