The next reading strategy you will use helps to organize the text into smaller sections. This strategy is called chunking the text. Look at the stanzas of the free-verse narrative passage from Under the Mesquite C. Do any of them fit together? Are
there clear transitions in the story? How would you chunk the text? Focus on one section at a time. Write an outline of
how you organized the text into smaller sections.
Tip: Chunking the text helps you understand and remember what you read.