Language Arts 7th

Mrs. K. Vega

Close Reading Strategies

Key Ideas and Details
Who are the main characters?
What conflict drives the main events?
What is the storys setting?
Craft and Structure
From whose point of view, or perspective, is the story told? How does this
perspective influence what the reader does and does not know?
What do I learn about the characters from the storys dialogue and narration?
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
How has this story increased my knowledge of a subject or author?
What lesson(s) have I learned that I can apply to my life?

Close Reading Activity

1.Who are the main characters in The Treasure of Lemon
Brown?

2. Analyze: What is one thing you learn about each character

from his actions. Cite specific details in your answer.

3.Where does the story take place? How does the setting help
advance the plot?

3. What do you learn about Lemon Brown through the way

he talks? Using details from the text, explain how the
authors use of dialogue strengthens his characterization.

4. Describe two key conflicts in the story. How are these

conflicts resolved?

6. What happens at the climax of the story? What clues suggest

that the story has now entered the falling action?

7. At the storys end, what has Greg learned that causes him to
smile?

8. Predict: How will Gregs relationship with his father change

in the future? Cite evidence to support your prediction.

Types of
Characters

What the Character Says

What the Character

Thinks

He is upset that
he cant play
basketball.

The Character (Draw a

picture of your character.)

You really think that

treasure of yours was
worth fighting for?
Against a pipe?

What the
Character Does
What the Writer Says
About the Physical
Features, Dress, and
Personality of the
Character

He is stubbornhe
wont take his
fathers advice.

Greg Ridley

He helps Lemon
Brown fend off
the men that try
to steal his
treasure.

What Other Characters Say or Think About the Character

Lemon Brown says, You OK for a youngster.

Complete the chart for a character from this unit.

What the Character Says

What the Character

Thinks
The Character (Draw a
picture of your character.)

What the
Character Does
What the Writer Says
About the Physical
Features, Dress, and
Personality of the
Character
What Other Characters Say or Think About the Character

Exit Ticket
Basic situation: Because Greg is angry with his father,
he does not go ______.
Event 1: He goes into the _______ to get out of the ______.
Event 2: Greg meets _____.
Event 3: Thugs enter intending to steal Browns _____.
Climax: Greg and Brown ______________.
Resolution: Smiling, Greg goes _____.