{"id":868,"date":"2016-04-17T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/educatingamerica\/blog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2016-04-17T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T10:40:12","slug":"close-reading-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2016\/04\/17\/close-reading-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Close Reading Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Close reading is engaged reading.<\/strong> It&#8217;s the opposite of read-as-fast-as-you-can. It encourages readers to read for <strong>deeper meaning<\/strong> and requires <strong>taking time to understand<\/strong> what is read. Here are a few tips to focus your thinking about close reading:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Practice close reading yourself.<\/strong> As you read ask <em>why<\/em> questions and open-ended questions to move beyond the written words.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read with a purpose.<\/strong> For example, How does the title reflect the story or text purpose? If it&#8217;s information about the world, how does this affect people, countries, beliefs, etc.?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Look for evidence. <\/strong>With <em>why<\/em> questions in mind, look for information in the text to support<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus on making personal connections. <\/strong>How does what you read connect to your life, your goals, your family?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask questions.<\/strong> Again, use open-ended questions to get the most from the material read.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expect misinterpretations.<\/strong> Life experiences may affect an understanding so be prepared to be wrong. It&#8217;s OK. Listen to others, see how your ideas fit in, then, be willing to step back and readjust your interpretation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Close reading is engaged reading. It&#8217;s the opposite of read-as-fast-as-you-can. It encourages readers to read for deeper meaning and requires taking time to understand what is read. Here are a few tips to focus your thinking about close reading: Practice close reading yourself. As you read ask why questions and open-ended questions to move beyond\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2016\/04\/17\/close-reading-tips\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,42,27,16,50],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assistant-tips","category-reading","category-organizers-games-activities","category-teacher-tips","category-thinking-questioning-strategies","tag-close-reading-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}