GROUP#2: Week 4: Text Sets and Text-Dependent Questions by Faye Hausmann

Creating Text Sets for Your Classroom 👩🏼‍🏫

zfeh3 — 2025-07-02 21:22:47 UTC

This website walks through how to build text sets with purpose, using real classroom examples. Great for teachers looking to move beyond random groupings of texts! 📝

From ‘What?’ to ‘Why?’: A Ladder for Text-Dependent Thinking 💡

zfeh3 — 2025-07-03 12:31:02 UTC

A Text-Dependent Question (TDQ) Ladder🙋‍♂️🪜based on Bloom’s Taxonomy is a great way to scaffold questions that help students dig into a text, step by step. It supports all kinds of learners by meeting them where they are → starting with simple, surface-level questions and gradually moving toward deeper, more complex thinking 🧐. Along the way, it keeps everyone focused on the actual text (instead of just guessing) and builds confidence as students climb from basic understanding to higher-order thinking.

Making Sense of Structure: 5 Ways Texts Are Organized

zfeh3 — 2025-07-03 13:06:51 UTC

Understanding text structure helps students make sense of complex readings + improves their own writing, too!

I like how this visual breaks down the ⓹ most common types in a super student-friendly way.

*Great for science texts that jump between cause & effect, sequence, and description*

Text Set Resources

mandimartin16 — 2025-07-03 13:22:22 UTC

NYC Schools created a list of resources for students and educators for online databases for Text Sets.

The Power of Text Sets

mandimartin16 — 2025-07-03 13:24:50 UTC

This is a great resource that breaks down text sets and has links to other resources and articles!

Plan & Ask Text-Dependent Questions Video

mandimartin16 — 2025-07-03 13:27:35 UTC

This is a quick video that helps give reason and some other thoughts around TDQ's!

iddings1 — 2025-07-05 02:47:01 UTC

The article describes how themed text sets, comprising resources such as articles, videos, and graphs, enhance students’ background knowledge, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills. It offers practical strategies for engaging students, differentiating instruction, and promoting cross-curricular learning through activities like discussions, creative writing, and research.

iddings1 — 2025-07-05 02:48:58 UTC

Provides a practical guide for creating multimodal text sets with clear learning objectives. Outlines the steps: define a goal, select an engaging anchor text, and incorporate various media such as videos, articles, and images to enhance background knowledge and vocabulary.

iddings1 — 2025-07-05 02:50:14 UTC

Outlines a clear three-stage method for TDQs in close reading: literal comprehension, focus on structure and vocabulary, and inferential analysis. Includes sample questions and practical tips for implementation.

WHAT ARE TEXT SETS

zmmf12 — 2025-07-05 17:02:45 UTC

This defines text sets and why you should use them in your classroom

zmmf12 — 2025-07-05 17:11:42 UTC

Describes how to effectively use TDQs

What are inferential questions?

zmmf12 — 2025-07-05 17:18:09 UTC

A guide to what inferential questions are and how to ask them.

Literal Comprehension Questions

zmmf12 — 2025-07-05 17:23:46 UTC

This is a guide to literal comprehension questions. This contains a long list of comprehension question that can be used in your classroom