Introduction To Sentence Frames

Sentence Frames
Responding to the Essential Questions:
Sentence Frames
According to the text, Americans decided to move West because ___________________________________

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The _________________________________________________ law was passed to allow pioneers to move

West. This law stated _____________________________________________________________________.

According to the text, an experience European settlers had in the West was __________________________________.

This experience was ________________________________ because _______________________________________.

According to the text, an experience Black cowboys had in the West was ____________________________________.
According to the text, ______________________________________________________________________________.
The author wrote _________________________________________________________________________________.
The photograph shows _____________________________________________________________________________.
The picture shows ________________________________________________________________________________.
In the text it says, _________________________________________________________________________________.
The text also cites _________________________________________________________________________________.
The author stated, ________________________________________________________________________________.
Please Note: Additional sentence frames have been provided, should you provide additional opportunities to have collaborative discussions about this period in history.

Identifying the Main Idea: Sentence Frames
Based on evidence from the text, the main idea of this paragraph is… I have come to this conclusion because…
In this paragraph, the author is focusing on…
The main idea is… because in the text it
The author provides this information because s/he wants the reader to…

Compare/Contrast:
Sentence Frames
According to the text, the similarities between _______________ and _______________ indicate ________________.
By comparing ____________________ to ____________________, it becomes clear that _______________________.
A comparison of ____________________ to ____________________ reveals _________________________________.
Although ____________________ and ____________________ are, ___________________ is ___________________.
____________________ is _____________________, whereas _____________________ is _____________________.
The most obvious difference between ___________________ and ___________________ is ____________________.
One similarity/difference is _________________________________________________________________________.
Their common characteristics include: ____________________, ____________________, and ___________________.
By comparing ____________________ to ____________________, we learn _________________________________.
The differences between ____________________ and ____________________ are important because