Video 6: Watch Leslie guide students to notice text structure by comparing two texts.

Lesson 19. Determine the Meaning of Specialized Words

• Prompts for Understanding Special Words
• Write-About-Reading Template: Word Attack!
• Write-About-Reading Template: What Does This Word Mean?
• Excerpt to Write About: Weather! by Rebecca Rupp
• How Do Readers Figure Out What Words Mean?

Lesson 20. Spot Words That Signal Text Structure

• Prompts for Spotting Text Structure
• Write-About-Reading Template: Dig Into the Structure of the Text

Lesson 21. Identify Text Structure

• Prompts for Noticing Text Structure
• Write-About-Reading Template: Look at Structure Across a Text (for Use With Short Texts)
• Write-About-Reading Template: Look at Structure Across a Text (for Grades 6–8)
• Excerpts to Write About: Volcano Facts: “What Is a Volcano?” From Violent Volcanoes by Louise and Richard Spilsbury; Volcanoes by Seymour Simon; “The Volcano Wakes” From Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber

Lesson 22. Compare and Contrast Overall Structure of Two or More Texts

• Prompts for Comparing and Contrasting
• Write-About-Reading Template: Compare and Contrast Text Structure
• Excerpts to Write About: The Hindenburg Disaster: What Was the Hindenburg? by Janet B. Pascal; You Wouldn’t Want to Be on the Hindenburg! A Transatlantic Trip You’d Rather Skip by Ian Graham

Lesson 23. Evaluate the Reasoning, Relevance, and Sufficiency of Evidence

• Prompts for Evaluating Evidence
• Write-About-Reading Template: Author’s Point
• Excerpt to Write About: “How Octopuses Change Color” From The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk by Sy Montgomery
• Write About Reasoning

Lesson 24. Delineate the Argument and Specific Claims

• Prompts for Delineating the Argument and Claims
• Write-About-Reading Template: Map the Argument
• Excerpts to Write About: Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow