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Textual Analysis Template

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Textual Analysis Template

Student analysing text with magnifying glass

🎯 WALT (We Are Learning To)

Today we are learning to:

  • Identify key features of characters, settings and events in short narrative passages
  • Explain how those features combine to create meaning in a story
  • Form a basic opinion about a text feature and justify it using evidence

Success Criteria

I can identify key features of a text (character, setting, event)

I can differentiate what is happening vs who it involves vs where/when it happens

I can explain how character, setting and event work together to create meaning

I can use evidence from the text to support my opinions

📝 Text Analysis Framework

1. Text Details

Title: _________________________________

Author: _________________________________

Text Type: _________________________________

2. Character Analysis (Green - underline character details)

Who is the main character?

What do they want or feel?

3. Setting Analysis (Blue - circle setting/time signals)

Where and when does this take place?

What setting details are important to the story?

4. Event Analysis (Yellow - box the main events/problems)

What is the main event or problem in this passage?

5. Creating Meaning

Complete this sentence using evidence from the text:

"The character + setting + event create meaning by..."

🤔 Opinion and Evidence

6. What mood or feeling does this passage create?

Tense/Scary

Happy/Hopeful

Sad/Worried

Exciting/Adventurous

Other: ____________________

7. Justify your opinion using this sentence starter:

"I think the meaning is _____________ because the passage shows _____________ when _____________."

8. Prediction

What do you predict will happen next? What clues make you think that?

🌟 Dyslexia-Friendly Options Available

I used the large font version of the text

I had the text read aloud to me

I used coloured overlays or highlighting

I worked with a partner for support

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