Analyzing A Specific Portion of Text Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RI.6.5

Core Standard
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When you are trying to understand the significance of a larger body of work, it is often helpful look directly at key turning points within the work. This is like solving a jigsaw puzzle. You start with the corners and work your way in to make sense of the entire puzzle. When you are looking for that portion of text that holds a great deal of significance to the piece, start by looking for areas of the work where the mood changes. Where a cloud hangs over the piece. These worksheets will have students breaking down portion of text that could be considered the key pieces of the work.

Analyzing A Portions Worksheets To Print:

Build a Book Puzzle – Nice way to start breaking down the book.

Chapter Analysis: PLOT – These are quick organizers to help your students focus on concepts.

Chapter Analysis: Setting – If you are looking for worksheets with more meat, you will find them below with the locks.

Chapter Analysis: THEME – Think about it from chapter to chapter.

Chapter Analysis: SETTING – Understanding the environment that a story takes place is more than half of the battle.

Mercury and the Woodman – Match the numbered sentences with whether they are contributing to the development of theme, setting or plot.

The Elephant's Child – How does the opening paragraph of the story develop the story's setting?

The Story of Alnaschar – Explain how the subsequent paragraphs build on the second paragraph to raise the stakes.

The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo – Find and explain the parallel construction in the first part of the story. How does it contribute to the development of the plot?

The Gift of the Magi – Read the story. Then explain whether each numbered paragraph contributes to the development of the setting, theme or plot of the story.

Breaking Down a Book – Theme, setting and plot all need to come together like a puzzle in order for a book to work.

Chapter By Chapter – Think about the book you have just read. How is the plot developed from chapter to chapter?

The Lark and her Young Ones – Identify the theme of the story.

The Camel and the Pig – Theme, setting and plot all need to come together like a puzzle in order for a story to work.

The Real Princess – The scene in which the young princess arrives at the castle during the thunderstorm.

The Process of Analyzing a Written Text


Here is the process of analyzing a written text.


Reread


The first and the most important step towards analyzing a written text is to reread the text. Rereading is important because the first time that you read a text, you are only focused on understanding what the author is trying to say. You will not be able to analyze it smartly with just one read. In order to develop a grip over the evidence, it is important that you reread it several times.


Gather Main Points


The next step is to gather all the main points. The main points are the important details that add to the significance of the text. These details could be anything from an event to ideas to names.


Identify the Significance


The next step is to identify the significance of the text. Try to understand the audience and why the writer wanted to write it in the first place. What message is being delivered through this text to the audience?


Consider Most Important Points


The next step is to identify and consider the most important points. When you have gathered all the necessary and important details from the text, it is time to succinct them down to the only necessary ones. Grab the points that make the text unique and readable.


Locate Evidence


Another important step towards writing an analysis for the text is to locate the evidence. If there is something that you want to prove in your analysis, then it is best to grab some evidence from the text itself to prove your point.


Follow The Principles of Analyzing


When you start writing the analysis, it is important to decide the purpose of the analysis. There could be many ways and reasons to write an analysis. You can write the analysis in an essay form, research form, presentation, or you can write it for a test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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