About the Book

This book scaffolds teachers as they learn to develop effective text dependent questions across ELA, science, and social studies/history with the goal of assisting students to read closely and comprehend deeply.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Building Blocks of Effective Close and Critical Reading Lessons Close Reading Defined The Phases of Close Reading How Much Frontloading Is Too Much (or Not Enough)? Text-Dependent Questions Drive Close Reading Use Text-Dependent Questions Judiciously Question Yourself Videos Chapter 2. What Does the Text Say? An Invitation to Read Closely: Literal-Level Questions Why Students Need This Type of Questioning Why Classroom Discussion Is Crucial How Examining What the Text Says Addresses the Standards Using Text-Dependent Questions About What the Text Says Question Yourself Practice Text: General Dwight D. Eisenhower′s D-Day Invasion Statement to Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, June 6, 1944 Videos Chapter 3. How Does the Text Work? An Invitation to Read Closely: Structural-Level Questions Why Students Need This Type of Questioning How Examining How the Text Works Addresses the Standards Using Text-Dependent Questions About How the Text Works Question Yourself Practice Text: "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll Videos Chapter 4. What Does the Text Mean? An Invitation to Read Closely: Inferential-Level Questions Why Students Need This Type of Questioning How Examining What the Text Means Addresses the Standards Using Text-Dependent Questions About What the Text Means Question Yourself Practice Text: "Instances of the Communication of Cholera Through the Medium of Polluted Water in the Neighborhood of Broad Street, Golden Square" by John Snow Videos Chapter 5. What Does the Text Inspire You to Do? An Invitation to Read Closely: Action-Oriented Questions and Tasks Why Students Need to Complete These Types of Tasks How Examining What the Text Inspires You to Do Addresses the Standards Using Text-Dependent Tasks About What the Text Inspires You to Do Question Yourself Practice Text: Excerpt From Introduction to A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the United States Constitution by Roger A. Bruns Practice Text: The Bill of Rights: A Transcription Videos Coda Appendices: Texts and Questions for . . . Appendix I: High School English Appendix II: Middle School English Appendix III: High School Social Studies/History Appendix IV: Middle School Social Studies/History Appendix V: High School Science Appendix VI: Middle School Science References Index About the Authors About the Contributors