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WRITE-ABOUT-READING TEMPLATES
EXCERPTS TO WRITE ABOUT
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Section 1. Evidence
Lesson 1. Ask and Answer Questions
Write-About-Reading Template: Ask Questions
Excerpt to Write About: “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
Lesson 2. Ask and Answer Questions Using Details
Write-About-Reading Template: Ask and Answer Questions
Excerpts to Write About: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Lesson 3. Use Details and Examples*
Write-About-Reading Template: Back Up Your Thinking
Excerpt to Write About: “Saturday at the Canal” by Gary Soto
Lesson 4. Quote From the Text*
Write-About-Reading Template: Question, Quote, Write!
Excerpt to Write About: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Lesson 5. Summarize in Literature
Write-About-Reading Template: Summary Planner
Excerpt to Write About: “The Mythical Story of Arachne” by Emma M. Firth
Lesson 6. Cite Evidence That Provides an Analysis*
Write-About-Reading Template: Cite Evidence Choice Board
Excerpts to Write About: “The Circuit” From The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez
Section 2. Relationships
Lesson 7. Describe Characters, Setting, and Sequence
Write-About-Reading Template: Look @ Literary Elements
Excerpt to Write About: “The Shepherd’s Mistake” posted by Brishti Bandyopadhyay in Folktales for Kids
Lesson 8. Follow Characters, Setting, and Sequence Over Time*
Write-About-Reading Template: Literary Elements Wheel
Excerpts to Write About: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Lesson 9. Notice Plot via Character Conflict/Change
Write-About-Reading Template: Think About Character
Excerpts to Write About: “The Julian Chapter” From Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories by R. J. Palacio
Lesson 10. Notice How Character Drives Plot*
Write-About-Reading Templates: Story Map; Write About Character and Plot
Lesson 11. Develop Theories About Characters
Write-About-Reading Templates: Create a Theory About Character; Compare/Contrast Characters
Lesson 12. Analyze Character*
Write-About-Reading Template: Character Essay: Task/Assessment Options
Excerpts to Write About: Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green by Helen Phillips
Section 3. Themes
Lesson 13. Determine Theme in Story
Write-About-Reading Template: What’s the Theme?
Excerpt to Write About: “The Mighty” posted by Brishti Bandyopadhyay in Folktales for Kids
Lesson 14. Analyze Development of Theme in Story*
Write-About-Reading Template: Pick a Question
Excerpts to Write About: The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Lesson 15. Determine Theme in Poetry
Write-About-Reading Template: Find the Evidence
Excerpt to Write About: “Mr. Nobody” by Anonymous
Lesson 16. Compare and Contrast Theme in Poetry*
Write-About-Reading Template: Elements of Poetry
Excerpts to Write About: “Dreams” and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes
Section 4. Point of View
Lesson 17. Whose Point of View Is It?
Write-About-Reading Templates: Point of View; Point of View: Advanced
Excerpts to Write About: I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall
Lesson 18. How Point of View Colors the Way a Story Is Told*
Write-About-Reading Template: Who Is Telling the Story?
Excerpts to Write About: “My First Step to the White House” by Chris Van Allsburg
Lesson 19. Compare and Contrast Narration in Different Texts
Write-About-Reading Template: Compare POV
Excerpts to Write About: “Medusa, Pegasus, and the Chimera” retold by Steven Zorn; Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing by Rebecca Fjelland Davis
Lesson 20. Analyze Contrasting Points of View*
Write-About-Reading Template: Two Views
Excerpts to Write About: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Section 5. Visuals
Lesson 21. How Illustrations Add to Meaning/Mood
Write-About-Reading Template: Imagine the Story With Pictures
Excerpt to Write About: One Day, The End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Lesson 22. How Illustrations Contribute to Meaning
Write-About-Reading Template: How Visual Elements Add to Meaning
Excerpts to Write About: The Promise by Nicola Davies
Lesson 23. Compare Text to Staged Performance*
Write-About-Reading Template: Compare/Contrast Text to Movie or Play
Lesson 24. Analyze Text to Drama*
Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Text to Drama: Compare/Contrast Text to Movie or Play
Section 6. Words and Structure
Lesson 25. Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases
Write-About-Reading Template: Look at Language: Words and Phrases
Excerpts to Write About: The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
Lesson 26. Understand Figurative Language*
Write-About-Reading Template: Figurative Language Collection
Excerpts to Write About: Figurative Language: In November by Cynthia Rylant; Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London; Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen
Lesson 27. Analyze Overall Structure
Write-About-Reading Template: Text Structure Analyzer
Excerpts to Write About: No Two Snowflakes by Sheree Fitch
Lesson 28. Compare, Contrast, and Analyze Structure Between Texts*
Write-About-Reading Template: Compare/Contrast Chart for Organization
Excerpts to Write About: Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen
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