Close Reading
Remember that the purpose of your Reading Journal is to help you develop the reading skills necessary to do well in Close Reading. Of course, a pleasant by-product of this is that you will be building your vocabulary and finding more out about important issues. If you need another Reading Journal, contact Jerry.
In case you've forgotten here's some of the links for the kind of papers you should be reading. Remember you need to be reading Comment or Opinion-based articles (ie. articles where the writer has an easily identifiable, and usually, strong point of view). Don't read straight news-reporting articles (ie. the kind of articles that you find on front pages).
Questions on meaning from context and linking questions
Close Reading revision - questions and answers
Feedback on practice Close Reading - 03 Feb
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Further advice and tips on Close Reading:
BBC Bitesize Close Reading Revision Page
BBC Bitesize Close Reading - Ask a teacher
Link to SQA website which gives marking guidance for Paper 1 (Close Reading) and Paper 2 from 2002 - 2008: http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/2463.html
This is an interesting, if at times more demanding, look at close reading: http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/closeread.htm
