Artifacts

For this assignment, we were asked to select a text from any discipline and analyze the complexity of the text by looking at the Qualitative Dimensions (text structure, vocabulary, knowledge demands, purpose) and the Quantitative Dimensions (Lexile or grade-level measure).

The purpose was to practice evaluating what makes a text complex, what challenges students might face, and how to plan lessons or activities that support all students as they work with the text.

In this assignment, I planned a close reading routine using the Before–While–After (BWA) strategy with a 7th-grade science text about coral reefs. I included the lesson context, the BWA steps, scaffolds for students, and an example of student annotations.