My pedagogy classes thus have provided several different learning experiences. My most recent learning experience was a close reading assignment that was to be completed in field. However, before I completed this assignment in my field placement, I engaged in one myself in my pedagogy classroom. It was at this point that I was able to see first-hand what a close reading actually is. The purpose of a close reading is to allow the student to “develop a deep understanding of what the author is saying and for students to figure out what is confusing and how to gain understanding (Mercado, 2015, ppt 8).” Before my professor showed me this and discussed this in class, I would’ve assumed a close reading was similar to that of a shared reading. Mercado
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The text is one of the important components of a close reading because it must “be short, worthy, and complex due structure, use of language conventions, levels of meaning, and knowledge demand (Mercado, 2015, ppt 9).” It’s important to pick a text that is a little complex for the students but also not too difficult that it’s above the students’ ability to understand.
While engaging in a close reading myself I was able to learn the process of a close reading, the procedure to a teacher should follow one conducting one. Through the engagement I learned that you must introduce the reading but not overload, allow the students to read the text on their own, introduce the annotations you …show more content…
However, I also feel there’s always room for improvement. My delivery wasn’t the best it could be. I also think the text-dependent questions could’ve been discussed further or not only answered verbally but perhaps maybe on paper too. If I would’ve had the students answer on paper first then discuss with a partner and following that discuss as a whole group maybe I would’ve gotten more accurate assessment results. I contemplate whether or not if writing their thoughts or answers for the text-dependent questions would help them while writing the main purpose of the text. Perhaps it could guide them on what they want to write. However, I do believe the lesson went fairly well as well as the planning. The only difficulty I faced was making sure my assessment aligned with my objective and standard. This always seems to be my problem so as a result I will practice writing these
The text is one of the important components of a close reading because it must “be short, worthy, and complex due structure, use of language conventions, levels of meaning, and knowledge demand (Mercado, 2015, ppt 9).” It’s important to pick a text that is a little complex for the students but also not too difficult that it’s above the students’ ability to understand.
While engaging in a close reading myself I was able to learn the process of a close reading, the procedure to a teacher should follow one conducting one. Through the engagement I learned that you must introduce the reading but not overload, allow the students to read the text on their own, introduce the annotations you …show more content…
However, I also feel there’s always room for improvement. My delivery wasn’t the best it could be. I also think the text-dependent questions could’ve been discussed further or not only answered verbally but perhaps maybe on paper too. If I would’ve had the students answer on paper first then discuss with a partner and following that discuss as a whole group maybe I would’ve gotten more accurate assessment results. I contemplate whether or not if writing their thoughts or answers for the text-dependent questions would help them while writing the main purpose of the text. Perhaps it could guide them on what they want to write. However, I do believe the lesson went fairly well as well as the planning. The only difficulty I faced was making sure my assessment aligned with my objective and standard. This always seems to be my problem so as a result I will practice writing these