Objective

Students will be able to compare and contrast the

structure of two or more texts and analyze how the
differing structure of each text contributes to its
meaning and style.
Craft and Structure
Craft and Structure
Flip Slips
Practice STEPS TO Skill or Problem
How do scenes or chapters in text fit together?
STEP PREP
Procedures
Skill Language

!ocab
"reakdown
Prior #nowledge
Textual E$idence
%nticipation
&' Practice
Problem "efore
Procedures (
Skill Focus
The skill for this week
is......
Compare and contrast the structure of two
or more texts and analyze how the differing
structure of each text contributes to its
meaning and style. Explain how a series of
chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular
story, drama, or poem; Analyze how a
particular sentence, chapter, scene, or
stanza fits into the overall structure of a
text and contributes to the development of
the theme, setting, or plot of a drama;
Analyze how a dramas or poems form or
structure !e.g., solilo"uy, sonnet#
contributes to its meaning.
Skill Focus
In other words
Students will anal)*e
how a particular
sentence+ chapter+
scene+ or stan*a fits into
the o$erall structure of a
text and contributes to
the de$elopment of the
theme+ setting+ or plot,

Copy the
following words:
', -rama
Structure
.hapter
-rama
Scene
Stan*a
Theme
Setting
Plot
ocabulary
ocabulary Strategy: !ord "nalysis
/nder 01) -efinition+2 write
the definition for each word,
3ext+ use the word in a
sentence, "elow 01)
-efinition2 under
0S)non)m2 write two words
that are similar to the
$ocabular) word, 4inall)+
under 0%nton)m2 write two
words that are opposite,
ocabulary
Structure 5 the arrangement of
and relations between the parts or
elements of something complex.
.hapter 5 a main division of a
book, typically with a number or title.
-rama 5 a pla) or script
Scene 5 a sequence of continuous
action in a play, movie, opera, or
book.
ocabulary
Stan*a 5 a group of lines forming
the basic recurring metrical unit in
a poem; a verse.
Theme 5 the moral or life
message,
Setting 5 the time and place of an
action
Plot 5 the main events of a play,
novel, or movie devised and
presented by the writer as an
interrelated sequence.
#rior $nowledge
Ha$e )ou e$er had to
describe a series of
e$ents? How did )ou
know where to start?
How did )ou chunk it
up to make it make
sense?
"nticipatory Set:
Your best friend asks you how caterpillars turn into butterflies. You know the answer,
but it is too complicated to explain in one sentence. How would you best express the
explanation for your friend?
a. Write a paragraph for each step of the process, with each step clearly labeled.
b. Draw a Venn diagram of the things butterflies and caterpillars have in common.
c. Look up the facts on how many butterflies fly south to Mexico each year.
d. Write a paper, beginning with the time when butterflies are the prettiest.
Step '
Read the assigned
passage,
Step 6
.reate a flow map for
that details the e$ents
in the stor) from
beginning to end,
Steps
Step 78 Summari*e
the stor), 9nclude
title+author+ genre+
main idea+ ke) details
and theme,
Steps
Step :8 Read the second
passage,
Step ;8 4ollow steps 6
and 7 with the second
passage,
Step <8 How are the
structures similar in the
two passages?
&chronological?
Se=uential?(
Steps
Step >8 How are the
structures of the two
passages different?
&paragraphs+ stan*as+ etc(
Step ?8 How do the
differences in each
passage impact on the
meaning and st)le of the
passage? "e specific,
Steps
Step @8 %nal)*e how the
o$erall structure of these
6 passages contributes to
the de$elopment of the
setting,
Step 'A8 %nal)*e how the
o$erall structure of these
6 passages contributes to
the de$elopment of the
theme,
Steps
Your best friend asks you how caterpillars turn into butterflies. You know the answer,
but it is too complicated to explain in one sentence. How would you best express the
explanation for your friend?
a. Write a paragraph for each step of the process, with each step clearly labeled.
b. Draw a Venn diagram of the things butterflies and caterpillars have in common.
c. Look up the facts on how many butterflies fly south to Mexico each year.
d. Write a paper, beginning with the time when butterflies are the prettiest.
Te%tual &vidence
Flip Slip: !hat do you 'e(e(ber)
'e(e(ber: Rewrite this weekBs skill in
)our own words,
-efine three of )our $ocabular) terms,
Flip Slip: !hat do you understand)
*nderstand8 Rewrite the following steps in the
correct order, Chich steps did )ou find the most
challenging?
%, .reate a flow map for that details the e$ents in the stor)
from beginning to end,
", %nal)*e how the o$erall structure of these 6 passages
contributes to the de$elopment of the theme,
., Summari*e the stor), 9nclude title+author+ genre+ main idea+
ke) details and theme,
-, How do the differences in each passage impact on the
meaning and st)le of the passage? "e specific,
"pply
APPLY
Read the assigned
passage, 4ollow steps
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