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CLOSE READING CHART
Hunting for the Nitty Gritty: Noting Significant
Details and Textual Evidences
through Close Reading
I DO (Listen as your teacher demonstrates noting significant details from the story
“Uldok, the War Hero”.)
Close Reading Text-Dependent Question
Focus
What do you think is the
kind of story I will be
Read paragraph 1
reading?
Where did the Garcias live?
Who is Uldok?
Read paragraph 2
WE DO (With your teacher, note significant details from the story “Uldok, the War
Hero” by completing the chart below.)
Close Reading Text-Dependent Question
Focus
When did the Japanese first
come to Marintoc? Whom
were they looking for?
Read paragraph 3
What do you think the
Japanese felt when they
had not found the band of
guerillas?
Read paragraph 4 What did Mrs. Garcia do
after knowing that their
house had been burned
down by the Japanese?
Who were her relatives who
joined her?
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Text-Dependent
Response
(Noted Details)
In paragraph 1, it says that
the story I will be reading
is a story about war.
According to the story, the
Garcias, together with
their dog “Uldok” lived in a
small barrio “Marintoc.”
Text-Dependent
Response
(Noted Details)
As stated in paragraph 3,
the Japanese first came to
Marintoc in 1942. They
were looking for a band of
guerillas.
Based on the story, the
Japanese got angry.
Based on paragraph 4,
Mrs. Garcia fled together
with her brother, Edmundo
and her children,
Francisco and Edna.
One/Two-Sentence
Summary
Lolo Pingkoy tells stories
about war; one of which
is about “Uldok,” which is
the narrator’s favorite.
This part tells about the
main characters and the
setting of the story.
One/Two-Sentence
Summary
The Japanese were
looking for the guerillas
and asked Mrs. Garcia
but she told them that
there were no guerillas in
Marintoc.
The Japanese got angry
for their failure to find the
guerillas so they burned
down the Garcias’ house.
This part of the story tells
what Mrs. Garcia and her
relatives did after
knowing that their house
had been burned down
by the Japanese.
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Note: The filled-in details for “We Do” Chart are expected learners’ responses which may
vary.
CLOSE READING CHART

Hunting for the Nitty Gritty: Noting Significant

Details and Textual Evidences
through Close Reading

YOU DO (With your groupmates, note significant details from the story “Uldok, the
War Hero” by completing the chart below.)

Close Reading Text-Dependent Question Text-Dependent One/Two-Sentence

Focus Response Summary
(Noted Details)

Group 1:
Read paragraphs
5-6

Group 2:
Read paragraphs
7-8

Group 3:
Read paragraphs
9-11

Group 4:

Read paragraphs
12-13

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Group 5:

Read paragraphs
14-15

Group 6:

Read paragraphs
16-17

Group 7:

Read paragraphs
18-19

Group 8:

Read paragraphs
20-21

Group 9:

Craft and Structure

Group 10:

Integration of
Knowledge and
Ideas

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