Close Reading and
Annotation Routine
Pencil
You MUST read with a pencil or pen in hand!!
Surprises or things that are interesting includeMUST FIND @ LEAST 3
?
Questions I have or things that confused meMUST FIND @ LEAST 3
Notes
Make connections—@ least 1 per page Connect what you are reading to something you already know or your life today.Share
When you both finish, turn to peer and share surprises, questions, andconnections.
Think
In your reading, thinking and discussion:What changed, challenged or confirmed your thinking?
Re-
Read
Questions, Questions, Questions
• Answer the guided questions in writing with text evidence.
• Discuss answers with peer.
• Who is correct? Can both be correct? Why? Why not?
This chart is posted on the researcher’s classroom wall. This procedure is used for all primary and secondary source documents presented post middle stages of this case study. The chart has been adapted based on the work of Beers and Probst (2016) and Fisher and Frey (2015).
Appendix J: Guided Questions: The United States Constitution Guided Questions: The United States Constitution
Directions: Working collaboratively with a peer of your choice, on a separate sheet of notebook paper (MLA Heading), use your close reading and annotation of the U.S. Constitution to answer the following questions. Each person MUST individually complete assignment and turn in their own work—DO NOT COPY EACH
OTHERS WRITING! (Collaboration is for discussion of the topic.) You must TAG the question and supply text evidence for your answer in the form of a quote (follow the example). (Use the sentence stems provided or create your own.) Find the answers to questions 1-3 in the text and answer the questions. It does not have to be identical to the examples. Classwork Grade.
1. Who created the U.S. Constitution?
Answer Example: The people of the United States created the U.S. Constitution. The beginning of the document states “We the people of the United States … do establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
2. Why was the Constitution created?
Answer Example: The Constitution was written to create a better government among the
various states, “to form a more perfect Union.”
3. What were the overarching purpose of the new government?
Answer Example (notice the text evidence woven into the answer): The overarching purpose of the Constitution was to “establish Justice, insure peace, keep them [the people] healthy, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our children, do establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
4. What body is given all law making powers?
5. Describe the details of the make-up of the House of Representatives, including the
requirements to become a member (you must quote but no more than 10 words).
6. Of the original representatives in the House of Representatives, what percentage
of the total were from the southern states (if you are unsure how to calculate this ask your math teacher or a peer)? What impacted this percentage? How?
7. Describe the details of the make-up of the Senate, including the requirements to
become a Senator and who is in charge of the Senate (you must quote from the text in your answer but no more than 10 words).
8. What is the role of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the
11.If the President does not agree with a law passed by the House and Senate what happens? How can the House and Senate bypass the President’s approval?
12.How long does the President have to decide on a bill becoming a law?
13.What one thing surprises you about Article 1, section 8?
14.Article 1, Section 9 states in part that “A person cannot be punished for breaking a
law that was not a law when he broke it.” Explain why this idea is important. (Use the quote in your answer as textual evidence.)
15.What is the most surprising thing about Article 1, section 10?
16.What 2 positions are explicitly described as part of the executive? What are the
requirements for a person to be elected to either of these positions?
17.According to the Oath of Office for the executive what must all members of the
executive swear to protect?
18.Describe the Presidents power to make treaties and appoint members to the
Supreme Court.
19.In Article 2, Section 3 what does the Constitution explicitly say is the President’s
role regarding laws? What does this mean?
20.What happens if the President or other member of the Executive commit “crimes
that could hurt the country”?
21.Describe what Article 3 of the Constitution establishes.
22.What is treason?
23.What is the main focus of Article 4, sections 1 and 2? Why is this important to
you in 2018?
24.Describe the purpose of Article 4, Sections 3 and 4.
25.What is the procedure to change the Constitution (include details)?
26.What is the purpose of Article 6? What is one surprise in this Article? Why?
Appendix K: Guided Questions: The Bill of Rights Guided Questions: The Bill of Rights
Directions: Working collaboratively with a peer of your choice, on a separate sheet of notebook paper (MLA Heading), use your close reading and annotation of the Bill of Rights to answer the following questions. Each person MUST individually complete the assignment and turn in their own work—DO NOT COPY EACH OTHERS WRITING! (Collaboration is for discussion of the topic.) You must TAG the question and supply text evidence for your answer in the form of a quote (follow the examples from your work on the Constitution). Classwork Grade.
1. According to the introduction on page one of Primary Sources: The Bill of Rights,
What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights? What happened at the meeting and how would the changes become law?
2. Describe three specific rights that are guaranteed in Amendment 1 of the
Constitution.
a. Example using textual evidence (you may NOT use this one, there are 3 in addition to this 1): The first right guaranteed by the First
Amendment to the Constitution includes the right to practice any religion. The Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law setting up one national or state religion. It cannot stop anyone from being part of a religion.”
b. Example sentence starter to transition to next right: Another right created by the First Amendment to the Constitution is …
c. Example sentence starter to transition to the last right: The final right created by the First Amendment to the Constitution is …
3. What right is established by Amendment 2?
4. What does Amendment 3 guarantee? Why was that important to people in 1789?
5. What does Amendment 4 guarantee?
6. What rights are guaranteed in Amendment 5? Provide at least 2 examples of how
this is important in 2018.
7. What are 3 rights that are established by Amendment 6?
8. What right is guaranteed under Amendment 7?
9. What surprises you about Amendments 8, 9, and 10?
10.What does Amendment 10 infer about power between the states and the federal