To the Teacher…
How to … close read
Helpful hints :
How to … close read a written text
How to … close read a visual text
1 Junior Fiction - from Geronimo Stilton
2 Discussion – What’s the greenest way to dry your hands?
3 Letter – Yours sincerely, Mrs Sharpeye
4 Procedure/instructions – Chocolate Beetroot Cake
5 Procedure/instructions – Science experiment: Conditions that cause rusting
6 Explanation – The United Nations
7 Film review – Mt Zion
8 Map – Coronet Peak Trail Map
9 Advertisement – WSPA
10 Magazine article – The Last Ocean
11 Advertisement – Two Hands bread
12 Explanation – The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
13 Newspaper article – Waihi Beach shop managers reckon they may make the country’s biggest hamburger
14 Dictionary – from Brewsers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
15 Book review – Gone by Michael Grant
16 Editorial – Hobbit’s LA premiere still a winner for NZ
17 Explanation – Fractures and dislocations
18 Poem – The Last Wolf speaks from the Zoo by Pie Corbett
19 Recount – From Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
20 Advertisement – Lone Star
21 Description – from The Keeper by Barry Faville
22 Advertisement – BurgerFuel
23 Advertorial – Toyota and The Warehouse
24 Explanation – Enrol and vote for the first time
25 Recount – Karetu School mural project
26 Poem – Behind the Scenes by Banjo Patterson
27 Explanation – Powhiri
28 Explanation – Harihair Coastal Walk
29 From the Editor – Makeover Magic, from Girlfriend magazine
30 Narrative – from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
31 Script – from Niu Sila by David Armstrong and Oscar Kightley
32 Poem – Tawera by Simon Williamson
33 Discussion – Kevin Milne’s thoughts on … self-service checkouts
34 Narrative – From Heriot by Margaret Mahy
35 Poem – Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost
36 Newspaper article – It may be English but it’s not always as we know it
Language terms
Concise descriptions of the purpose, structure and features of the different text types
Excellent models of a wide range of text types, including narratives, recounts, letters, film reviews, advertisements and poetry
A variety of question types to help students responds to texts on many levels
‘Open-ended’ activities to encourage research and composition of a range of texts