Visual Literacy
Strategies for Close Reading
Based on Strategies from Notice & Note by: Beers and Probst
What We Did!!
When collaborating with teachers, we discovered that a weak area of student learning is comprehension and close reading. Especially, when students are reading independently. One of the teachers commented on a strategy that she had been researching and was going to try. The strategy, called sign posts, came from the book Notice & Note. Unfortunately, the text did not contain templates to use. This became a great opportunity to use and create visual aids for the students and teachers. So, we created the visual aids to correlate with six steps or texts clues for close reading.
- Contrast and Contradiction
- Aha Moments
- Tough Questions
- Words of the Wiser
- Memory Moment-Flashback
- Again and Again
Contrast and Contradiction
Contrast and Contradiction is when something happens in the story to a character or event that was unexpected or contradictory.
Aha Moment
An Aha Moment is when the student or the character has an "I realized" or "Now I know why..." moment.
Tough Question
Tough Question is the clue for when the character has a tough situation to handle. Also, this can be used if the student has a question about the text.
Words of the Wiser
Words of the Wiser is when the character is given advise from another person or source.
Again and Again
Again and Again is when the student notices text, situations, or repeated images repeated multiple times.
Memory Moment- Flashback
A Flashback is when the student or the character notices the text referring to a previous memory.