Close Reading Analysis Sequence for High School

If you're feeling wobbly about working through unfamiliar texts with your students - especially seniores, or if you just need a really solid resource, then this is for you.  I first developed my literacy life-saver for planning my approach to texts, then later made these cards.  I just didn't feel as though I was covering all I needed to for text analysis until I developed both resources.   They're quite the crutch!
 
Print, cut and laminate, then sit sets of them in the middle of groups of students, or keep them on a shelf for students to run up and grab as they work through them.  Steps include:
 
Pre-reading:
Prior knowledge
Topic predictions
Genre predictions
Upcoming vocabulary
Post-reading
Clarify meaning
Highlight (key points and examples)
Visualise
Summarise
Cause and consequence
Revise predictions
Reading ON the lines
Reading BETWEEN the lines
Reading BEYOND the lines
Asking, What if...?
Purpose
Audience
Structure
Language features
Ideas
Personal response
 
Blank cards are included if you want to add another / alternative steps.  Also included is an accompanying slideshow which can be whipped up onto your big screen and typed into.  You might need it for:
extra instructions
questions about the text you're reading (for on, between and beyond the lines cards)
vocabulary you want students to find
chalk and talk upon completion
 
These are also excellent because students can see and physically lay out the aspects we look at when studying an unfamiliar text.   This is a tangible resource that will give both teachers and students confidence with close reading skills.
 
 Enjoy!