About The Close Reading Library

 Welcome to the Close Reading  Library. Reading is a key aspect of knowledge acquisition. There are  various reading strategies to make someone an expert reader. Here, you  will  find one extremely important one: close reading. This site is  designed to provide teachers, parents, and most important, students  with the resources to master the close reading strategy. There are a  number or scholarly articles, videos, and related links  to help you become familiar with the reading strategy. There is  something here for everyone who wants to become extremely familiar with  this life changing skill.

Close reading is a method that allows readers to focus primarily on segments of a text rather than its entirety to gather its meaning. This is an excellent strategy to target the reading’s message, tone, and to decode any figurative language that might be used in the passage. This strategy provides the reader the opportunity to analyze a section of the text in a very critical manner. The benefits of close reading can last with readers for a lifetime. 

Visit the links in the menu for more information in the form of instructional websites, videos, and other related links.