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unit 1
5 hours

Reading Closely for Textual Details Units


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This unit develops students’ abilities to read closely for textual details and compare authors’ perspectives through an examination of a series of texts about exploration of the South Pole.

The unit activities are organized into five parts, each associated with short texts. The parts build on each other and can each span a range of instructional time depending on scheduling and student ability.

Part 1 introduces students to the idea of reading closely for details through an examination of a range of text types. Part 2 introduces students to a particular process for close reading that involves questioning the text—at first generally and then in text-specific ways—to help them focus on important textual ideas and characteristics. Part 3 develops student proficiency by analyzing textual details for making comparisons across texts. Parts 4 and 5 develop students’ abilities to express their analysis, first through writing text-based explanations in Part 4 and then, in Part 5, through facilitating and participating in text-centered discussions.

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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Developing Core Proficiencies Program: Units in ELA Literacy. Available from engageny.org/resource/developing-core-proficiencies-program-units-in-ela-literacy; accessed 2015-05-29. Newer versions may exist from Expeditionary Learning.
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