Write About Reading Name

Read an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Read Will’s paragraph

that compares “The Secret World of Caves” with “Rain-Forest
Riches.” He compares how the authors develop similar topics.

Leveled Shared Student Model

Reader Read

“The Secret Life of Caves” and “Rain-Forest Riches”

Topic Sentence
Circle the topic sentence. What is Will
going to write about?
Evidence
Draw a box around the evidence that
Will includes. What other information
from “The Secret Life of Caves” and
“Rain-Forest Riches” would you include?
are both about a type of environment. In the first text,
the author explains that caves have different zones. Each
zone receives a different amount of light. Animals
that live in caves have adapted to this environment.
The rain forest has many layers, just as caves have
many zones. The author talks about the rain forest’s

Concluding Statement ecosystem. He explains how plants and animals in this

Underline the concluding statement. environment help one another. These are some examples
Why is this sentence a good wrap up?
of how the rain forest and caves are alike and different.

Grade 6 • Unit 1 Week 6

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Write an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Write a paragraph that compares

two related texts. Compare how each author develops the topic.

Topic Sentence
Include the titles of the texts you

are comparing.
Tell how the topics of each text
are alike.

Evidence
Give examples that show how the

texts are alike and different.
Make sure you include evidence
from each text, and show how the

authors’ ways of developing the
topic are different.

Concluding Statement
Restate how the authors develop
similar topics in different ways.

Grade 6 • Unit 1 Week 6

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Read an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Read Yolanda’s paragraph that

compares Yaskul in “Yaskul’s Mighty Trade” with Balam in “The
Toolmaker.” She compares how the authors developed similar
plots and how both Yaskul and Balam achieved their goals.
Leveled Shared
Reader Read Student Model

Both “Yaskul’s Mighty Trade” and “The Toolmaker”

Topic Sentence
Circle the topic sentence. What is are about characters that have goals. Yaskul wants
Yolanda going to write about?
to become a trader. Balam dreams of becoming a
Evidence painter or a scholar. Yaskul is able to accomplish his
Draw a box around the evidence
that Yolanda includes. What other
goal when his father takes Yaskul to the marketplace.
information from “Yaskul’s Mighty Trade”
Balam is the son of a farmer. This means he cannot
and “The Toolmaker” would you include?
be an artist or scholar. So Balam decides to make the
Concluding Statement best and most beautiful farming tools he can. Both
Underline the concluding statement.
Why is this sentence a good wrap up? Balam and Yaskul use their talents in different ways.
And both of them achieve a goal.
Grade 6 • Unit 2 Week 6
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Write an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Write a paragraph that compares

two historical fiction selections. Compare how the authors develop
characters that achieve their goals.

Topic Sentence
Include the titles of the texts you
are comparing.

Explain how the characters are

alike and different.

Evidence
Give details from each text that
show that the characters are similar.

Give details from each text that show

that the characters are different.

Concluding Statement

Restate what you compared,
and how the characters are alike
and different.

Grade 6 • Unit 2 Week 6

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Read an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Read Zoe’s paragraph that

compares “The Rockers Build a Soccer Field” with “Common
Ground.” She gives her opinion about which group, the Rockers or
Tomás and his friends, worked the hardest to achieve their goal.
Leveled Shared
Reader Read Student Model

Topic Sentence Both “The Rockers Build a Soccer Field” and

Circle the topic sentence. What is Zoe
going to write about? “Common Ground” are about working together to
achieve a goal. I think the Rockers in the first story
Evidence
worked harder. They needed to raise money to build a
Draw a box around the evidence that Zoe
includes. What other information from soccer field, so they had a dog wash. But the dogs ran
“The Rockers Build a Soccer Field” and
“Common Ground” would you include? away. It was hard work. In “Common Ground,” Tomás
and his friends want to plant a community garden. Mr.
Concluding Statement
Underline around the evidence that Zoe McIntry, who owns an empty lot, agrees to help them
includes. What other information from
“The Rockers Build a Soccer Field” and right away. For these reasons, I think the Rockers worked
“Common Ground” would you include?
harder than Tomás and his friends to reach their goal.
Grade 6 • Unit 3 Week 6
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Write an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Write a paragraph that compares

two realistic fiction selections. Tell your opinion about which
character or characters worked harder to solve a problem in the story.

Topic Sentence

Include the title of the texts you
are comparing.

Tell how the texts are alike.

Tell your opinion about which

character or characters worked
harder to solve a problem.

Evidence
Include details from the first

selection that supports your opinion.
Include details from the second
selection that supports your opinion.

Concluding Statement
Restate your opinion.

Grade 6 • Unit 3 Week 6

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Read an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Read Andre’s paragraph

that compares “Treasure in the Attic” with “Mixed Messages.”
He writes his opinion about which character, Liz or Sheree,
had a harder decision to make.
Leveled Shared
Reader Read Student Model

In both “Treasure in the Attic” and “Mixed

Topic Sentence
Circle the topic sentence. What is Messages” the main characters each have to make a
Andre going to write about?
difficult decision. I think Sheree’s decision in “Mixed

Evidence Messages” was harder to make. In the first story, Liz

Draw a box around the evidence that
had to decide whether to sell her great-grandmother’s
Andre includes. What other information
from “Treasure in the Attic” and “Mixed earrings. In the second story, Sheree had to decide
Messages” would you include?
whether to tell her whole class that her brother sold
Concluding Statement the most cookies. Sheree’s decision included many
Underline the concluding statement.
Why is this sentence a good wrap up? people. Liz’s decision only mattered to her. For these
reasons, I think Sheree’s decision was harder to make.
Grade 6 • Unit 4 Week 6
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Write an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Write a paragraph that compares

two texts, and the decision a character has to make. Explain your
opinion about which decision was more difficult to make.

Topic Sentence
Include the title of the texts you
are comparing.

Tell how the texts are alike.

Tell your opinion about which
character had a harder decision.

Evidence
Include details from one text
that shows a character had a
harder decision.

Include details from the other text

that shows the decision was not
as difficult.

Concluding Statement
Restate your opinion.

Grade 6 • Unit 4 Week 6

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Read an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Read Bonnie’s paragraph

that compares “Light Detectives” with “Looking Further.” She
writes her opinion about which author did a better job of
including visual aids to help the reader understand the topic.
Leveled Shared
Reader Read Student Model

“Light Detectives” and “Looking Further” are each

Topic Sentence
Circle the topic sentence. What is about telescopes, but I think the author of “Looking
Bonnie going to write about?
Further” did a better job of including visual aids. The

Evidence author of “Looking Further” included a map and a

Draw a box around the evidence
flowchart. Both show how Hubble sends information
that Bonnie includes. What other
information from “Light Detectives” and back to Earth. The author of “Light Detectives” included
“Looking Further” would you include?
a flowchart that showed how scientists received
Concluding Statement information, but a timeline would have been helpful to put
Underline the concluding statement.
Why is this sentence a good wrap up? the events in order. For these reasons, I think the author
of “Looking Further” did a better job of using visual aids.
Grade 6 • Unit 5 Week 6
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Write an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Write a paragraph that

compares two nonfiction texts. Give your opinion about
which text makes better use of visual aids to explain a topic.

Topic Sentence
Include the titles of the texts you
are comparing.

Tell how each text uses visual aids.

Tell your opinion about which text
makes better use of visual aids.

Evidence
Include details from one text
that shows how the author uses
visual aids.

Include details from the other text

that shows how the author uses
visual aids.

Concluding Statement
Restate your opinion.

Grade 6 • Unit 5 Week 6

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Read an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Read Carl’s paragraph that

compares “Researcher to the Rescue” with “Adventure Under the Ice.”
He compares the work of scientists Stacy Kim and Antonio Mignucci.

Leveled Shared Student Model

Reader Read

“Researcher to the Rescue” and “Adventure Under

Topic Sentence
Circle the topic sentence. What is Carl
the Ice” are similar because they are both about two
going to write about?
scientists. Dr. Antonio Mignucci from “Researcher
to the Rescue” works with the National Guard to
Evidence
Draw a box araround the evidence help injured manatees. Dr. Stacy Kim studies life
that Carl includes. What other
information from “Researcher to the on the Antarctic seabed. She gathered a team of
Rescue” and “Adventures Under the Ice”
would you include? scientists to help her. Dr. Mignucci and Dr. Kim do
very different work, but they both work with sea
Concluding Statement
Underline the concluding statement.
creatures. Both of them also need the assistance
Why is this sentence a good wrap up?
of others to help them.

Grade 6 • Unit 6 Week 6

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Write an Analysis   Text-to-Text  Write a paragraph that compares

two related texts. Compare how the authors develop similar topics.

Topic Sentence
Include the titles of the texts you
are comparing.

Tell how the topics of the texts
are alike.

Evidence
Give details from both texts that
show how the topics are alike.

Give details from both texts that show
how the authors’ ways of developing
the two topics are different.

Concluding Statement

Restate how the authors develop
similar topics in different ways.

Grade 6 • Unit 6 Week 6