Part C
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 . Do any of them fit together? Are
there clear tranšitions 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.