Close Reading

B-2 How to Foster World-Readiness Through Close Reading

 

Text Choice

Using Authentic Resources

Focus on the Lesson

• What the world eats in a week: Guatemala | Luxemburg

 

Guided Instruction 

• Moma (View, view with a purpose, confirm predictions, small group work with other murals, socratic seminar, performance assessment)

 

Collaborative Learning 

• German Infographic 

 

Annotate Images-Thinglink

• Guernika 

• Хвойный лес (Экосистема)-Coniferous forest (ecosystem)
• Dangerosité des centrales nucléaires en France
• Einkaufe Machen 
• Arabic Example
• China 
• 私とせかい
• Türiye Turistik Yerler Haritası
• Hebrew 
• Spanish: Ebola Infographic
• Spanish: Animales de Perú
• Spanish: El pequeño gigante
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Independent Practice

1. Use an infographic listed below, do a search for an infographic for a topic you teach, or create an infographic using one of the creators listed below.
2. Write a purpose & "text dependent" questions you could use to help students closely read this graphic/infographic. (This is not just a comprehension check.) 
• Identify evidence that supports the answers. Students should analyze, not just locate and repeat to answer your questions. 

 

Create Your Own Close Reading Task 

(Common question words/phrases for text dependent questions: How..., Why..., What can we infer & where is the evidence, What's the effect of..., comparison questions)

• How to write text-dependent questions infographic
• Arabic: Camping 
• Arabic: Arab on the Web 
• Arabic: How Much Time Do We Have 
• Arabic: Know your tire 
• Burmese: End the Cycle of Impunity    [English version also available here]
• Chinese: Tourism 
• Chinese: Environmental Impact of Pork    [English version also available here]
• Chinese:  Soup to your health
• Chinese: Feudalism, Then and Now 
• Chinese: How to protect your privacy 
• French: Reading Habits
• French: Driving Infographic 
• French: Nutrition Infographic 
• French: Recycling (Kitchen/Cooking habits)  
• Hebrew: Fire 
• Hebrew: Falafel 
• Italian: Holidays in Milan
• Italian: Immigration in Italy 
• Italian: Physiology of Stress 
• German: Diet-Climate Change (Source page: Vegetarismus.ch) 
• German: Deutsches Essen 
• German: Unser Essen in Zahlen 
• Japanese: Falling Birth Rate
• Japanese: Tea or Cup Noodles or The World of Sushi
• Japanese: Guide Map
• Japanese: Tripgraphics 
• Japanese: World Three Major 
• Portuguese: Human Rights 
• Russian: Ebola Infographic 
• Russian: Soccer
• Russian: Recipes 
• Russian: McDonald's World Menu 
• Spanish: Dejar de fumar  
• Spanish: Materials found and used by Kevin Gaugler

Lectura: ¿Cómo es el cuy?

Infográfico: Animales de Perú

Infográfico: El pequeño gigante

Sito Web: http://cuymagico.pe 

• Spanish: Ebola Infographic 
• Turkish: Various Infographics available (Right click to open image in new tab.)
• Turkish: Turks Everywhere  
• Dining Etiquette-in English looking at several different countries
• CSC Infographics Pinterest Board   

 

Option 1: Create or find an Infographic and create text dependent questions for it.

Option 2: Create or remix a Thinglink preparing questions that get students thinking more deeply about the language or culture they are learning.  

 

Technologies to Help with Close Reading Tasks 

• Annotation tools: diigo, hypothesis, ponder, marqueed, skitch , or bounce.

• Lingual.ly & Readlang create word lists which become flashcard practice for learning based on user selections in an online text. 

• Infographic creators: easlly, piktochart, or infogram.

 

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Other Reference Materials

• Deana Zorko's Pinterest Board on Close Reading for World Languages 

• Checklist for Evaluating Question Quality 
• How to write text dependent questions 
• Reading Like a Sleuth Infographic-Close Reading Guide for Teachers
• Read Like a Detective Infographic-Close Reading Guide for Students 
• WI DPI Reading Texts Types  
• ACTFL 21st Century Skills
• ACTFL World-Readiness Standards Summary