Was there a real King Arthur 1. Text Structures Remember that nonfiction authors often organize their ideas into text structures. Circle a word that signals sequence in the second column. How does this word help you follow the author’s thinking?
2. Interpret Look at visuals in the time line on pages 104–105. How do the maps help you understand the events?
3. Text Structures Circle a signal word that compares one piece of information with another. What is the author trying to indicate?
4. Make Inferences Mark an X at each place on the map where stories were heard about someone like Arthur. Make an inference based on this information and what you know.
5. Text Structures Look at the beginning of each paragraph in column one. Which text structure is the author using in this section? Why? Circle the signal words the author uses
6. Interpret Highlight at least three details about the table-top in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle. Explain why the author includes these details.
7. Interpret Look back at the time line on pages 104–105. Use it to tell why the Winchester Castle round table (right) was not Arthur’s.
8. Interpret Highlight the most important ideas in the second column. Summarize the author’s argument.
9. Text Structures Underline signal words and phrases in the last two paragraphs. Explain how one of the words or phrases helps you follow the author’s thinking and find the information you need to know.
10. Return to the inference you made in Question 4 on page 106. How does the evidence in the article support or change this inference as you read?