Where we’re heading…

Conceptual Foundation

Text Evidence

Text Analysis

Text-Dependent Question Components

Collaborati

ve Discussions

According to animal planet (2008), dolphins are known to form close bonds with other dolphins that may last an entire lifetime. Considering that female dolphins are more successful if they have contact with other dolphin mothers (Shute, 2010), it can be concluded that these marine mammals are very social creatures!

Access Points to Complex TextEstablishing a Clear Purpose

Include a “Hook,” motivating activity

Close Reading Analyze text through text-dependent questions

Collaborative discussions Encourage building on the ideas of others Express claims backed by evidence

Wide Reading Provide high interest reading daily Encourage idea sharing through ungraded follow-up

activities

• focus on students gathering evidence, knowledge, and insight from text

• do not rely on background knowledge or personal experiences

• require careful consideration of the text to answer

• develop conceptual foundation to support answers

• aid critical thinking in group and class discussions

• challenge the text with the text

Text-dependent Questions…

The Making of a Scientist

This exemplar lesson demonstrates the progression of text-dependent questions.

The Making of a Scientist by Richard Feynam

Vocabulary

Grade K The Hungry Caterpillar

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Grade 1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Grade 3 Fly Away Home

Grade 1-2 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Grade 5,8 Declaration of Independence

Close Reading and Text Dependent Questions

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Collaborative Discussion TimeSelect a lesson

Analyze the various components of the lesson Lesson Plan Teacher Guide Student Guide

Discuss ways you could modify to fit your grade level/subject

Middle math lesson included for analysis by math teachers

How to Create Text-Dependent QuestionsStep One: Identify Core Understandings and Key Ideas of the Text

Step Two: Start Small to Build Confidence with easy opening questions

Step Three: Target Vocabulary and Text Structure

Step Four: Tackle Tough Sections - Difficult syntax, dense information, tricky transitions, inferences

Step Five: Create Coherent Sequences of Text Dependent Questions Build toward gradual understanding of text’s meaning

Step Six: Identify the Standards That Are Being Addressed

Step Seven: Create the Culminating Assessment Text-based writing, Socratic Seminars , Class Debate

Resourceshttp://www.mybookezzz.org/text-dependent-questions-in-math/

Grade 1 Why We Need Rules and Laws ( LACOE website)

Grades 2-3 Fly Away Home Exemplar

Grade 5-6 The Making of a Scientist by David Liben, The Role and Responsibility of Citizens and Government in a Representative Democracy (LACOE website)

Grade 7 Close Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Tammy Butler

Additional Lesson Plans for all grade levels St. Joseph School District

Prompts for Text-Dependent Questions

Prompts for Text-Dependent Questions http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Prompts-for-Text-Dependent-Questions-488898

Text-Dependent Prompts for Writing http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Text-Dependent-Prompts-for-Writing-481547

Instructional Videos

Close Reading (Grade 1)

Higher Order Questions: A Path to Deeper Learning (Upper Elementary

“Creating Text Dependent Questions” (Upper Elementary)

Teaching Higher Order Thinking (Upper Elementary)

Cyberbullying Interactive Blog (Middle School)

Works CitedEngaging the Adolescent Learner by Fisher and Frey

Close Reading Teacher’s Guide to Asking Text-Dependent Questions

“The Hungry Catepillar” Example from Text Complexity PD Powerpoint. Mya Mikkelsen, 2012

What’s the Secret to Successful Close Reading? Strategic Preparation and Follow Up” by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey in Reading Today, October/November 2013 (Vol. 31, #2, p. 16-17), www.reading.org

Works Cited“Points of Entry” by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher

in Educational Leadership, November 2013 (Vol. 71, #3, p. 34-38), www.ascd.org

“Why Content Is King” by E.D. Hirsch Jr. and Lisa Hansel in Educational Leadership, November 2013 (Vol. 71, #3, p. 28-33), www.ascd.org; Hansel can be reached atlhansel@coreknowledge.org.

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