Close Reading Packs Tips

Why Close Reading Packs

Close reading requires students to analyze, evaluate, and think critically about a given text.

Close Reading Packs combine close reading skills with collaboration and communication skills to help students answer a Key Question, giving you a powerful tool to meet rigorous 21st century standards.

How to Use Close Reading Packs

Student Passages

• Passages enable students to practice close reading on cross-curricular topics in individual and group work settings.
• Encourage students to apply their learning with the Connecting Passage.

Student Response Sheet

• Guide students to record evidence needed to answer the Key Question.

Teaching Tips

• Use the Teaching Tips to help lead discussion and address important skills such as comprehension, author’s craft, and critical thinking.
• Guide student note-taking and teach re-reading skills and strategies to help students answer Key Questions and meet Common Core State Standards.