The Night Watchman Lesson Plan

Close Reading

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will practice close reading.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

Structure:

Before the activity, have students read an article about close reading, like this one from the University of Warwick (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/second/en227/closereading/).

To begin the activity, ask students what close reading is. Students will likely say that close reading is when you hone in on a short passage and do as much analysis as you can on it. Explain to them that there is a particular way of doing close reading, as evidenced by the article they...