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Part 1: Nonfiction Text Structure Demo Passages 1-5 Teacher’s Guide 8

Nonfiction Text Structures Bonus Interactive Notebook Lesson 9-12

Nonfiction Text Structure Demo Passages 1-5 Student Pages 13-17

Nonfiction Text Structure Demo Passages 1-5 Answer Keys/Annotation Guides 18-22

Main Idea & Details Structure Teacher’s Guide 23-25

Main Idea & Details Structure Student Pages 26-28

Main Idea & Details Structure Answer Keys/Annotation Guides 29-30

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Part 2: Close Reading Passages Teacher’s Guide 31

Close Reading Passage 6, V.1 Student Passage Page 32

Close Reading Passage 6, V.1 Passage Annotation Keys 33

Close Reading Passage 6, V.1 Text Structure Organizer Key 34

Close Reading Passage 6, V.1 Main Idea Student Pages 35-36

Close Reading Passage 6, V.1 Main Idea Answer Key 37









Close Reading Passage 8, V.1 Main Idea Student Page 47






Informational Text Pack for Interactive Notebooks Table of Contents






Close Reading Passage 10, V.1 Main Idea Answer Keys 60








Close Reading Passage 7, V.2 Text Structure Organizer Keys 69





Close Reading Passage 8, V.2 Text Structure Organizer Keys 75














Text Structure Organizers 90-94

Close Reading Passages 6-10 Comprehension Activity 95-100

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Part 3 Teacher’s Guide 101

Close Reading Passage 11, V.1 Passage & Annotation Keys 102-104

Close Reading Passage 11, V.1 Text Structure Organizers & Key 105-108

Close Reading Passage 11, V.1 Main Idea Organizers & Key 109-111




Close Reading Passage 12, V.1 Text Structure Organizers & Keys 121-126











Close Reading Passage 14, V.1 Text Structure Organizer & Key 160-161



Close Reading Passage 15. V.1 Passage & Annotation Keys 168-170

Close Reading Passage 15. V.1 Text Structure Organizers & Key 171-172

Close Reading Passage 15. V.1 Main Idea Organizers & Key 173-175

Close Reading Passage 15. V.2 Passage & Annotation Keys 176-178

Credits 179


Informational Text Pack for Interactive Notebooks Demo Passages: Main Ideas & Details

Teacher’s Guide Purpose: Identify the main idea, topic, transitions, and supporting details in a passage. Identify the type(s) of detail organization in a passage.

Additional Information: 4 of the 5 Demo Passages from the text structure activities are used again here to demonstrate main ideas and details. I have identified four ways that details are organized in paragraphs and the ways that transitions are used around them. Practicing color coding nonfiction paragraphs that you read helps students to make connections between paragraph organization and details, as well as providing countless hands-on examples of how their own writing should flow.

Procedures: 1.  The clipboard lesson on “How Details are Organized in Paragraphs” should be done

before attempting to annotate any of the paragraphs with the main idea-transition-detail method. This lesson provides students with an overview of what they’ll encounter.

2.  Go ahead and cut out the clipboard, numbered blank list, and four passages that are provided. After your students are finished annotating and taking notes, they’ll staple these in a stack to the clipboard so that it looks like a real clipboard with multiple pages clipped to it. Last, they’ll glue the clipboard into their notebooks.

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Informational Text Pack for Interactive Notebooks Close Reading Passage 6, V.1

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•  2nd park built •  new technology and countries around the world

•  icon is a giant sphere that looks like a golf ball

•  all about show business and movie making •  symbol is the Sorcerer’s Hat

•  Disney’s newest park •  home to many animals

•  represented by the Tree of Life


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Informational Text Pack for Interactive Notebooks Close Reading Passages 6-10, V.2

The Walt Disney World Resort is made up of four major theme parks. The Magic Kingdom is the most popular of these parks. It opened in 1971 and is dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. The park’s icon is Cinderella’s Castle. The second theme park to be built at the resort

is Epcot. It has been open since 1982 and features innovations in technology as well as a world showcase. Epcot’s icon is a geodesic sphere that resembles a golf ball. Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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is another theme park located on the property. This park celebrates show business and the movie industry and is represented by The Sorcerer’s hat, a cone-shaped magical hat from Fantasia. It has been in operation since 1989. The Walt Disney

World Resort’s newest theme park, Animal Kingdom, opened in 1998. Its theme is animal conservation and it is represented by the Tree of Life.

DDiissnneeyy’’ss MMoouunnttaaiinnss Space Mountain and Splash Mountain are two wildly popular rides at The Walt Disney World Resort’s Magic Kingdom. Space Mountain is an

indoor roller coaster with an outer space theme. Riders sit inside a train modeled to resemble a rocket. The ride takes place in the dark and is enhanced with futuristic sound effects. The entire ride takes about two and a half minutes.

Like Space Mountain, Splash Mountain is also considered a thrill ride. It is much longer than Space Mountain, lasting over ten minutes! Riders sit inside logs that travel in water. Throughout the ride, the story “Br’er Rabbit

Leaves Home” is told, and the ride ends with an exciting splash as the log drops down

the side of Splash Mountain.

Magical Express has been a huge success. This free service transports guests and their luggage to and from the Orlando Airport. A major reason that this new service is offered is to keep Walt Disney World guests on the Disney property. There is a lot of competition between Disney and other nearby resorts like Universal Studios and Lego Land. As a result of this new service, Disney has succeeded in keeping more guests on their property and away from other nearby locations. Of course, this program has hurt other nearby resorts and companies. Other businesses have had to lay off workers and some have even closed down.

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the dates and length of your stay, simply log on to http://disney.go.com and select Book Your Vacation Package. Next, input the dates and

number of people traveling with you. A list will come up that shows resort names and prices. After you select a resort, you will select the number of park tickets you’d like to purchase. On the next screen, choose the meal plan that is

best for you. Finally, enter your payment information. You have now booked a trip to Walt Disney World!

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It was the 1960’s and Walt Disney was faced with a problem. He wanted to purchase a huge amount of land in Florida to build a type of

resort that the world had never seen. If it became known that the Disney Company was buying property, the prices of nearby land would skyrocket, making the purchase too expensive for the Disney Company. There was

only one solution; Walt Disney would have to buy the land in secret. He purchased the land he wanted using several false company names. When he traveled to Florida, he used fake names for himself, such as Bill Davis. People nearby wondered who could be buying so much land. By keeping his identity a secret, Walt Disney

was able to purchase nearly 30,000 acres for less than $200 per acre.


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Informational Text Pack for Interactive Notebooks Teacher’s Guide

Part 3: Multi-Paragraph Passages This section includes 5 more challenging passages. Just like in Part 2, each passage in this section is written at two different levels so that you can easily differentiate for your students when needed. Version 1 is always less complex than Version 2. You can differentiate between them by looking for a V.1 or a V.2 at the top right corner of the page or passage.

If you notice an “s” at the end of the heading at the top, such as “14 V.1s,” this means that it is Passage 14, Version 1, Scaffolded. The “s” means that this version includes more scaffolding than the version without the “s.”

Another very important thing to note is that there isn’t always a new graphic organizer (OR answer key) when there is a new version in this section. This is because some of the differentiated paragraphs are written with the same details and two different keys (or organizers) were not necessary.

So, if you don’t see a key or an organizer when you expect to see one with the Version 2 passages, grab the one from the Version 1 passage. You will notice that these do not indicate a version, meaning they are valid for both versions.

Also, note that the answer keys provided are only possible answers and can’t possibly include all correct answers. Remember, it’s up to you whether or not you include a topic sentence or main idea in the left column; depending on the passage, there may be more than one valid way to do things.

Here are the approximate, unofficial Lexile levels for each passage in this section:

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Passage 11 - Twins 870L 1030L Passage 12 – Duck Commander 920L 1000L Passage 13 – Miracle on the Hudson 850L 990L Passage 14 – Earthquakes 940L 1050L Passage 15 - Sharks 850L 980L

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It is not easy to start up a business from scratch, but Phil Robertson

made it look easy. There is an old saying, “If you build a better mousetrap, the

world will beat a path to your door.” This saying turned out to be true for Phil

and his love of duck hunting.

Phil grew up in rural Louisiana with six brothers and sisters. His family

was poor, so hunting was an important way to get food and money. As a boy,

Phil was a good hunter, but he was good at other things as well. In high school,

he played many sports, including football, baseball, and track. He was such a

great football player that he earned a college scholarship to Louisiana Tech. After

graduating from college, he went back to the woods he called home. He returned

to hunting again and he realized that the duck calls (special whistles that trick

ducks into coming when they hear the sound) did not work so well. He wanted

a duck call that would sound just like a real duck. So, in 1972, Phil began

working on his new invention, a duck call that he named the Duck Commander.

At first, he did not sell many Duck Commanders. He made $8,000 during

his first year, but that was not enough money to take care of his wife and four

children. Still, Phil did not give up. He began the Duck Commander Company in

1973. He used his home for a factory and his family helped him make, package,

and ship all the calls. He also made videos of himself explaining and showing

how to use the duck calls. Some television networks saw his videos and thought

that the family would make an interesting reality television show. Today, the

Robertson family stars in the extremely popular reality show, Duck Dynasty. His

company is now worth millions of dollars!

Because of hard work and dedication, Phil turned a good idea into a great

business. He also proved that there is some truth in the old “build a better

mousetrap” saying.

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Starting a new product line is often difficult, but Phil Robertson made the

process look easy. There’s an old saying, “If you build a better mousetrap, the world will

beat a path to your door.” This saying may apply to the life of Phil Robertson and his

passion for duck hunting.

Phil grew up in rural Louisiana with his six siblings. His family had little

money, and hunting became an important source of food and income. However, hunting

wasn’t the only area in which Phil excelled. In high school, he played football and

baseball, and he also ran track. His all-star football skills earned him a college

scholarship to Louisiana Tech. Phil later graduated with a Master’s degree in Education

and even had the opportunity to play football professionally for the NFL. Instead, Phil

thought his skills were better suited for the woods. But when he returned to hunting,

Phil was not satisfied with the duck calls (small, whistle-like tools to help hunters attract

ducks) currently on the market. Phil was determined to invent a call that sounded

identical to a real duck. In 1972, he began whittling prototypes of a new and improved

duck call. He called it the Duck Commander.

Sales were slow at first but quickly escalated. The first year they were at

$8,000, but this was not enough to sustain his wife and four children. For extra money,

Phil fished in the local river and sold his catches to keep the family afloat. That same

year, Phil received a patent for his duck call. In 1973, he began the Duck Commander

Company. The Robertson home became the factory, where he and his family made,

packaged, and shipped all the calls. Phil also made videos to teach hunters the precise

way to use his calls. These helpful “Duckmen” videos, showcasing Phil’s personality and

long beard, grew an enormous fan base and captured the attention of several television

networks. Today, the Robertson Family stars in the extremely popular reality show,

Duck Dynasty. The program showcases the family-run Duck Commander Company. The

duck calls range in price from $20 to $250, and have been sold in all fifty states as

well as several other countries. The company itself is worth several million dollars.

With hard work and dedication, Phil turned his passion into a valuable invention

and successful business. He also proved there may be some truth to the old “build a

better mousetrap” saying.

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