Tools for Teachers TextDependent Questions Crafting Textdependent questions

Session Objectives As a result of this session, participants will… Revisit Shift # 2

Tools for Creating Text-Dependent Questions: Text-Dependent Question Worksheet A systematic approach to creating textdependent

Progression of Text-dependent Questions Whole Across texts Standards Opinions, Arguments, Intertextual Connections 8&9 Inferences

“Close Reading” of a Stand-Alone Text © 2012 The Aspen Institute

Create 2 Text Dependent Questions for this Text © 2012 The Aspen Institute

Tools for Creating Text-Dependent Questions: Basal Reader/Textbook Review Worksheet A systematic approach to revising

Effective textdependent questions ask students to extract evidence from the text to make inferences

1. Thank you to the Aspen Institute for sharing their work. This work has

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Tools for Teachers: Text-Dependent Questions – Crafting Textdependent questions Implementing Key Shifts in the CCSS ELA Level 2 Session 3

Session Objectives As a result of this session, participants will… Revisit Shift # 2 - Reading and Writing Grounded in Evidence from the Text • Reexamine the characteristics of text-dependent questions. • Learn how to employ a structured process to create text-dependent questions at the word/phrase, sentence, and paragraph/passage levels. © 2012 The Aspen Institute

Tools for Creating Text-Dependent Questions: Text-Dependent Question Worksheet A systematic approach to creating textdependent questions for complex texts while aligning them with the demands of the CCSS. © 2012 The Aspen Institute

Progression of Text-dependent Questions Whole Across texts Standards Opinions, Arguments, Intertextual Connections 8&9 Inferences 3&7 Author’s Purpose 6 Entire text Segments Vocab & Text Structure Paragraph 2 Key Details Sentence Word Part 4&5 General Understandings Doug Fisher 1

Tools for Creating Text-Dependent Questions: Basal Reader/Textbook Review Worksheet A systematic approach to revising Basal reader/textbook questions to align them with the demands of the CCSS. BEFORE: Do you think our society values people’s appearance more than their character? Why or why not? AFTER How does Cyrano’s appearance influence his behavior? Is his perception accurate? © 2012 The Aspen Institute

Effective textdependent questions ask students to extract evidence from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions based on what the text says explicitly. Time to Reflect © 2012 The Aspen Institute

1. Thank you to the Aspen Institute for sharing their work. This work has been adapted with their permission. http: //www. aspeninstitute. org/publications/tools-teachers-implementing-keyshifts-common-core-state-standards 2. The Text-Dependent Questions by Tracy Watanabe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3. 0 Unported License. Based on the work of Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey.