1. Literature Walk Recount/Summarize Fiction SECONDARY WALKS

2. Characters Who? Where? SETTING Impact on… Sequence of Events:
Beginning / MIDDLE / End
Sequence of
Events:
Literature
COMPLEX CHARACTERS
Who? Where?
Feelings?
Actions? How propel plot?
Dialogue?
Thinking? Interactions?
Motivations? Conflicts?
Challenges?
Responses?
WHERE are the characters?
WHAT is it like there? How does it shape the plot?
SETTING

3. How does the plot unfold in a series of episodes?
SOMEONE-WANTED- BUT- SO THEN
Character?- Goal? –Challenge?-How responded? –Conclusion?
Literature / Fiction
Summary PLOT:
Someone
Wanted
But
Then So

4. Author’s Craft Character’s Points of View?
Literature
Character’s Points of View?
How differences create such effects as suspense or humor?
Narrator’s or Speaker’s Points of View?
How developed?
*Author’s Purpose
*Author’s Word Choice
*Descriptions used
*Craft/Structure

5. The message Central Message…Moral…Life Lesson..Theme...
How developed over the course of the story, poem, drama?
Provide an objective summary...
Teaches readers something important…
Helps change to better ways…
Makes people/characters better…
Literature
What lesson did the characters learn?
Or not learn? What can the reader learn?
How did the characters respond
to their challenges / problems?

6. Meaningful Multiple Connections Compare and contrast texts in
This reminds me of…
Literature
Meaningful Multiple Connections
to the
Text
Compare and contrast texts in
different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
Compare / Contrast

7. INTERMEDIATE – Upper Grades
Informational
Text
Walk
INTERMEDIATE – Upper Grades

8. & Supporting KEY DETAILS What IS THE BIG IDEA in this TEXT?
The CENTRAL IDEA
& Supporting KEY DETAILS
Text Evidence
What IS THE BIG IDEA in this TEXT?
CENTRAL IDEA(s)
MAIN IDEAS
Key Details

9. Sequence of Information
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or sections into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
How did the author organize the information / Claims?
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

10. Domain Specific Vocabulary
KEY Vocabulary
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Academic
Vocabulary
Words that teach us about the TOPIC…
Domain Specific Vocabulary
Words and phrases
Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

11. Text Features and Search Tools
AUTHOR’S CRAFT
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Text Structures
Text Features and Search Tools
What did the author use to teach us about the topic? How does author acknowledge other views?

12. Meaningful Connections
This reminds me of…
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events(e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
Meaningful Connections
to the
Text