Analyzing Text

Looking at Specific Details in Text

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Table of Contents

• Goals for the lesson
• Specific details activity
• What is close Reading?
• Read Strategy
• Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How
• Short clip
• Practice
• Key questions to remember!

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Goals for this Lesson:

After using these learning materials, learners will be able to....

• Analyze text to find details
• Look at thoughts and actions within the text
• Show skills to understand a story

Let's see what we know! Do the activity on the next page about close reading

What is Close Reading

• To help comprehend text
• To gain a deep understanding of the text
• To know the message presented
• To focus on patterns and detail in the text
• To think critically about the text

• To make inferences

R E A D

Re-Read: What is this about?

Extract: How is this organized?

Ask: "What words stand out?"

Decide: What does the text mean?

What we look for

When

Who

Why

What

Where

How

Where we Look!

• Movies
• Books
• Films
• Articles
• ALL TEXT!

Watch this short clip

Think about the who, what, when, where, how, and why!

Review time!

Start

Who?

A young girl

A young boy

Correct!

What?

A young boy, over time, doesn't like space

A young boy, over time, dreams of going to space

Correct!

When?

Over years of time

In a single year

Correct!

Where?

In a classroom

In a town

Correct!

Why?

By selling lemonade, the boy could fly in his rocket

By selling cookies, the boy could go to the zoo

Correct!

How?

By selling lemonade, the young boy was able to achieve his goal in 'flying to space'

By selling cookies, the young boy was able to achieve his goal in 'flying to space'

Correct!

Good job! Now, you have practiced analyzing text!

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Questions we consider as we read text...

• What is the purpose of this text?
• What is the main idea?
• What evidence in the text supports the main idea?
• What are your thoughts?
• How do your thoughts connect to the text?

Now, you're ready to analyze the text! Always keep R.E.A.D in your mind when there is a story being told!