Independent Reading Organizers for Active and Close Reading

Teach your students skills for close reading and literary analysis!

Independent reading and reading workshop are a wonderful way to turn our kids into lifelong readers. However, many teachers fear that they won’t be able to teach specific skills and standards when their students are reading different books. I’m here to tell you that it’s very possible; in fact, I find that kids learn the skills of literary analysis more quickly when they have the freedom to choose their own books. (NOTE these can also be used with full class texts)

This resource offers you a variety of activities that you can use to help your students become active readers who can effectively analyze their texts. The activities will teach them the habits of active, close reading and will guide them to have meaningful discussions about literature.

NOTE this can be used for independent reading and for full class novels.

The resource includes:

✅ Detailed instructions for how to use the handouts and activities

✅ Handouts for the students that focus on individual literary elements

✅ Graphic organizers to help students prepare for written reflections and small group discussions about the literary elements they have been tracking

✅ An editable rubric

Literary Elements Covered:

⭐️ The basics of setting

⭐️ Setting & atmosphere

⭐️Setting as a tool

⭐️The basics of point of view

⭐️Point of view and perspective

⭐️Reliable and unreliable narrators

⭐️Narrative voice

⭐️The basics of conflict

⭐️Conflict resolution

⭐️Ways that authors create character

⭐️Understanding character (several options)

⭐️Author questions (a lead in to theme)

⭐️Developing theme

⭐️Author use of language

Everything is editable!

Would you like to see how I use these in my own classroom? You can read all about it in this blog post.

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• Literary Elements Mega Bundle of Lessons
• Active Learning Exercises for Reading & Writing
• Placemats for Discussing Universal Themes.
• Placemats for Talking About Text.

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