Social Studies Middle School Guide

Scaffold for Writing Text Dependent Questions Grade 6-12

Key Ideas & Details

Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. happen? What happens at the end? ●​ Who is the narrator? ●​ What’s the funniest thing? ●​ What is the story about? ●​ What did you infer about ________? ●​ Why does _________(main character) behave the way he/she does? ●​ Who is the audience for this text? How do you know? ●​ What is happening in this section? ●​ What is the time period of the text? ●​ When does _____

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

●​ Summarize the text. ●​ What is the central idea of the text? ●​ The central idea of ________ is _____________ because _____________. ●​ What key details and ideas support the central idea? ●​ What type of text is this? ●​ This is a ______ text because_________. ●​ What message was the author trying to share? ●​ In the _______(text), _______ begins by ________ then, ___________ etc. ●​ Why does ___________ happen? What factors contributed?

●​ What is the relationship between (list 2 characters)? ●​ Is the character good? ●​ How does the narrator change over the course of the text? ●​ How does (character) feel at the beginning, middle and end of the story? ●​ Did the character get what he/she wanted? ●​ What kind of (setting) does the text have? Where is it? How do you know? ●​ How does this book teach a reader? ●​ Why is __ important? ●​ How do the characters develop over the course of the text? ●​ How does ________ attempt to relate to ___________ throughout the text.

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