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A Closer Look at Close Reading: Three Under‐the‐Radar Skills Needed to Comprehend Sentences
Author(s) -
Mesmer Heidi Anne,
RoseMcCully M.M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.1639
Subject(s) - vignette , section (typography) , reading (process) , reading comprehension , psychology , anaphora (linguistics) , linguistics , comprehension , mathematics education , computer science , artificial intelligence , social psychology , philosophy , resolution (logic) , operating system
Close reading requires students to unpack the implicit relationships within and across sentences. The authors discuss three potential barriers to comprehension embedded within text that they have seen with their own students and with the teachers they have worked with: anaphoric relationships, connectives, and appositives. The authors begin each section with a vignette that provides an example of the problem area and a definition of each, with supporting research. The authors then conclude each section with strategies for teaching anaphora, connectives, and appositives.