DLI 2nd Grade Guide

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

Scaffold for Writing Text Dependent Questions Grade 2-3

Craft and Structure (2nd Read)

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What does

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What do the headings/sidebars/hyperlinks tell us about the story? How does the story change from the beginning to the end? How does the author distinguish between chapters/stanzas/scenes? How is this narrative different when the author used dialogue versus when the narrator just spoke / told the story? How does explain what happened in chapter/stanza/scene ? How is dialogue used in this book? Why are the chapters in this book? What is (a word) written in all capital letters?

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How does the point of view change throughout the story? How does the author show ? What is the point of view of (character/ narrator)? How is the character/narrator/author point of view different from your own?

What is your evidence? Let’s take apart this sentence. Who is ?

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Explain your

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thinking.

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What does

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How do you know? What is the difference between (2 vocabulary words)?

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Define

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What words signal time?

What words signal sequence?

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What words signal cause and effect?

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How does the author describe __.

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