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INSTRUCTIONS EXPERT GROUPS

Each member at your table will be Expert Group 1: P1
numbered 1-4. You are responsible
for analyzing a specific portion of
House Taken Over using the Close
Expert Group 2: P 3-4
Read model. All members of a
number will join together to Expert Group 3: P 8-13
discuss their ideas. Finally, you will
return to your home base to teach
Expert Group 4: P 29
your table-mates.
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Group 1 Group 2
Close Read P1 01 02 Close Read P3-4
Mark details that describe Mark details that relate to
the house in which the story the idea of being necessary
is set. or useless.

Group 3
Close Read 8-13
Mark short sentences and
phrases in the dialogue
between the narrator and
his sister.
Group 4
Close Read P29
Mark phrases that
03 04 demonstrate the characters’
fear and express ideas that
are contradictory.
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CLOSE READ P1
MARK DETAILS IN PARAGRAPH 1 THAT DESCRIBE THE
HOUSE IN WHICH THE STORY IS SET.

Question: What can the reader infer from these

details?
Sentence Starter: By using words such as “___”
and “___” and phrases such as “_____,” the
description suggests ____.
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MARK DETAILS IN PARAGRAPH 1 THAT DESCRIBE THE
HOUSE IN WHICH THE STORY IS SET.

Conclude: What is the importance of these

details?

Sentence Starter: These details may be showing

__________.
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CLOSE READ P3-4
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MARK DETAILS IN PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 THAT RELATE TO
THE IDEA OF BEING NECESSARY OR UNNECESSARY, USEFUL
OR USELESS.

Question: Why might concepts of necessity and

uselessness be important?

Sentence Starter: These details symbolize _______.

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MARK DETAILS IN PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 THAT RELATE TO
THE IDEA OF BEING NECESSARY OR UNNECESSARY, USEFUL
OR USELESS.

Conclude: What do these details show about the characters

and their lives?

Sentence Starter: These details show how ___________.

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CLOSE READ P8-13
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MARK THE SHORT SENTENCES IN
PARAGRAPHS 8-13.

Question: Why does the author use so many

shorter sentences?

Sentence Starter: The author uses shorter

sentences to show ______________.
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MARK THE SHORT SENTENCES IN
PARAGRAPHS 8-13.

Conclude: How do these shorter sentences add to

the portrayal of the characters’ reactions?

Sentence Starter: The short sentences show that

the siblings ____________.
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MARK PHRASES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE
CHARACTERS’ FEAR AND EXPRESS IDEAS THAT
ARE CONTRADICTORY.

Question: What can the reader infer from these

details?

Sentence Starter: Even though the narrator does

not explicitly state ________, we know that
___________.
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MARK PHRASES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE
CHARACTERS’ FEAR AND EXPRESS IDEAS
THAT ARE CONTRADICTORY.

Conclude: What is the importance of these details in the text?

Sentence Starter: The author included these details to create

an air of ____ and ____. We don’t know ________, but we
know that _______________.
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EXIT TICKET

Complete House Taken Over: Close Read Quiz

located in the House Taken Over folder in
Schoology.

This assignment is due by 11:59p.