Close Reading
Text Coding Charts
Task Cards
Question Cube
New Exciting Worrisome Confusing
I know that
Question?
Interesting
or Unknown
Something new andexciting
!
How?
Who? Why? Where?
When?
What?
Question Cube
Template
Directions: Print cube template onto cardstock. Cut and fold along external tabs to make a cube.
Student Activity: After reading, the student will roll the cube. The student will read the question word that faces up. The student must ask a partner
(or small group member) a question about the passage/story, and the question must begin with the word on the cube.
RL. 1.1
What problem does the character
have?(RL 1.1)
Where is the problem solved in the story?
(RL 1.1)
What words describe the character?
(RL 1.1)
How is the problem solved in the story?
(RL 1.1)
Retell what happened in the story/
poem.(RL 1.2)
What happened first in the story?
(RL 1.2)
What happened last in the story?
(RL 1.2)
Who is the most important character in the
story?(RL 1.3)
What does the main character
want?(RL 1.3)
What words did you read that let you know how the character
felt?(RL 1.4)
Who is telling the
story?(RL 1.6)
How do the illustrations help you understand where the story
takes place?(RL 1.7)
Task Cards: Reading Literature
Why did the author write this text?(RI 1.1)
What is the main idea of the text?(RI 1.2)
What could be another title for this
text?(RI 1.2)
How does the picture/drawing help you better understand this information?
(RI 1.7)
What information can you find in the
table of contents?(RI 1.5)
Use the glossary to find the
meaning of one unknown word in
the text.(RI 1.5)
How does the author feel about this
topic?(RI 1.8)
What are the reasons for the author’s
opinion?(RI 1.8)
What are these two
texts mainly about?(RI 1.9)
How can you use the information in both texts to tell a friend about
this topic?(RI 1.9)
How is the information in
these two texts similar, or alike?
(RI 1.9)
How is the information in
these two texts different? (RI 1.9)
Task Cards: Reading Informational Text
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