Close Reading of Informational Sources

1. Strategic Close Reading of Informational Sources

2. A Repertoire of Strategies Needed for Close Reading

3. An Assessment-Driven, Three-Phase Plan for Learning

4. Selecting Sources

5. Introducing Sources and Teaching Students to Make Informed Predictions

6. Synthesis and Identifying Main Ideas

7. Monitoring for Meaning

8. Identifying and Explaining Key Details

9. Learning from a Source’s Visual Images and Other Features

10. Using Context Clues to Make Sense of Unfamiliar Vocabulary

11. Synthesis of Information from Multiple Sources

Appendix A. Lessons for Phase 2—Meet the Strategies

Appendix B. Study Guide