Close Reading- Close reading is an interaction that involves observation and interpretation between the reader and a text.
Close reading is important when you need a deeper understanding of the text. It helps when you don't really understand the text. Close reading helps with it. When close reading, be sure to make connections from your life to the text and look up unknown words. An example of annotating is summarizing major sections and looking up unknown words. One of the close reading strategies I personally enjoy is the REAP strategy.
R—Read the text on your own. (Jot down the title and author)
E—Encode the text by summarizing what you read using your own words.
A—Annotate the text by writing down one or two statements that explain some of the article’s
main ideas; include significant facts and/or quotes.
P—Ponder what you read. What is most interesting to you and why? What connection to your
purpose does the information provide?
In much simpler terms, here is what I comprehend from this.
R- Read the text by yourself, don't worry about anything else besides reading the text.
E- Dive deeper into the text. Summarize major parts of the texts in your own words.
A- Annotate.Write 1-2 sentences about the main parts of the text. Highlight interesting phrases and explain. Define unknown words.
P- Ponder. Ask yourself questions about the text. Make connections from the text to other texts or yourself.
