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    This document discusses how to interact with text through close reading. It introduces several boxes that will appear throughout a text - Connection, Ask 2 Questions, Translate, and Inference. These boxes prompt the reader to make connections to their own lives, ask questions, translate or summarize sections, and make inferences based on clues in the text rather than being explicitly stated. The goal is to actively engage with the text and think deeply about what is being said and implied.

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    This document discusses how to interact with text through close reading. It introduces several boxes that will appear throughout a text - Connection, Ask 2 Questions, Translate, and Inference. These boxes prompt the reader to make connections to their own lives, ask questions, translate or summarize sections, and make inferences based on clues in the text rather than being explicitly stated. The goal is to actively engage with the text and think deeply about what is being said and implied.

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    Close Reading: How We Interact With Text: Connection

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    This document discusses how to interact with text through close reading. It introduces several boxes that will appear throughout a text - Connection, Ask 2 Questions, Translate, and Inference. These boxes prompt the reader to make connections to their own lives, ask questions, translate or summarize sections, and make inferences based on clues in the text rather than being explicitly stated. The goal is to actively engage with the text and think deeply about what is being said and implied.

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    Close Reading: How we interact with text

    Whenyoureadthroughthetext,youwillnoticeboxesthataskyoutolookalittledeeperatwhat
    youjustread.

    Youwillseethefollowingthroughoutourtext:

    Connection:

    Thismakesmethinkof_______________________________because________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    Youwillfillinthesentenceintheconnectionboxwhenyouseeitinthetext.

    Whenwereadatextweshouldtrytothinkaboutwhereweveseensomethinglikeitinourown
    life.Maybewehaveaconnectiontothewaythecharacterisacting,maybewehavea
    connectiontowherethestoryistakingplace,maybewevelearnedabouttheinformation
    before,maybewevereadanothertextthatremindsusofthisone.Bymakingconnections,we
    keepourmindsactiveandunderstandthetextmore.

    Ask2Questions:

    1.

    2.

    Itsassimpleasthat.Whenyouseethisboxinthetext,youwillgothroughthesectionyou
    havefinishedreadingandcomeupwithtwoquestions.Thesecouldbequestionsthatyou
    alreadyknowtheanswerto(questionsyoucouldasktoaclassmateonaquiz)ortheycouldbe
    questionsyouwanttoknowtheanswerto.

    Translate:

    Inthisbox,youwilltranslate(orsummarize)whatyouhavejustread.Thisboxchecksfor
    understandingandmakesyoureallythinkaboutwhatjusthappenedinthesectionthatyou
    read.

    Inference:

    Inferenceisafancywordthatasksyoutolookdeeperorreadbetweenthelines.Manytimes
    authorswillwritecreativesentencesthatdonttellthereaderexactlywhatshappening.For
    exampleanauthormightwrite,

    Shelookedoutthewindow,sighed,shruggedintohercoat,andgrabbedherumbrella

    Whatwastheweatherlike?

    Whatwordshelpedyoufigurethisout?

    Isthecharacterhappyorsadaboutthisweather?

    Whatwordshelpedyoufigurethisout?

    Theseareallinferencequestions.Nowhereinthetextdoestheauthortellyouspecificallywhat
    theweatherislike(rainingorcloudy)andnowheredoeshesaythatthegirlissadinsteadhe
    useswordslikesighedandshrugged.

    These,alongwithtextspecificquestions,willbeourguidetocloserreadingofTalesFromthe
    Odyssey.

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