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Close Reading of informational Texts in social studies/history (continued)
8 SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 6
Check your Understanding
Now that you have read closely and worked to understand challenging portions of these texts, choose a sentence that you think is important to understanding the texts. Explain in your own words what the sentence means and why it is important to understanding the text.
Synthesizing your Understanding
Now that you have read the passages three times and studied their vocabulary
and sentences, synthesize your understanding by thinking about the subject, the purpose, and the author’s tone or attitude. Respond to the following questions as a way of bringing all your knowledge together.
1. What is the subject of the text—the general topic and main ideas? Be as specific as you can in identifying and summarizing the subject of each passage.
2. What is the purpose of the passage? What is the reason behind the creation of this piece of writing? What do you suppose the writer wants the audience to think or do as a result of reading the text?
3. What is the author’s attitude toward the subject of the passage? Tone describes the attitude of the author about the subject being discussed. Now that you have identified the subject and the purpose, explain how the tone is established
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