Close Read Template

Problem and Solution - The text tells about a problem and how it is solved

Compare and Contrast - The text tells how two things are similar and different.

Cause and Effect - The text tells about events, what caused them and what happened after.

Sequencing - The text tells about events in order.

Description - The text describes a person, place or event.

Today is Ruby's first day of school.

They don't want her to go in.

Ruby Bridges grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana.

By the next school year, the angry crowd was gone, and Ruby was no longer the only Black student at the school.