Social Studies Middle School Guide

Scaffold for Writing Text Dependent Questions Grade 6-12

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. • Not applicable in Reading Literature • Identify the reasons an author gives to support his key point(s). • Explain how author uses reasons and evidence to explain _____. • Identify which reasons/ evidence support which point(s). • Describe logical connections between particular sentences and paragraphs.

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. video of this story? How are they different? Make a chart to compare and contrast the stories. • What made this text a successful attempt or unsuccessful attempt? • What are the different purposes of (item)? • Describe how ______ throughout the text. Use evidence from the text to support your claims. • The texts ___________ and _____________ both describe _________. Which is more effective? Use evidence from the texts to compare and contrast. • The author writes influences actions, feelings, and character development “_______________.” How is this reflected in modern day events? • How does this story compare to (another story)? • How is the book like the

• Why do you suppose the author used the _________ format for this text? • In this story, we learned (moral). What other text shares a similar moral, and how are they similar/ different?. • What is ___________ feeling? What other text/visual has the same emotion, and how do we know? • Why is it important to study __? What can we learn? • What is the importance of _____________ to the whole story? • What does ______________ represent?