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Table of Contents

Text Audio

The Landlady by Roald Dahl
Audio File Link
(Youtube link)

Excerpt from Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol

McJobs by Eric Schlosser

Writing Tasks

Title: S-3: Reading Ads Like a Detective

Session 3

PDF

Title: S-8: Reading Kozol Like a Detective

Session 8

PDF

Title: S-12: Comprehension Task Retelling Schlosser

Session 12

PDF

Title: S-13: Reading Schlosser Like a Detective

Session 13

PDF

Title: S-16: Reading Like a Detective A Final Assignment

Session 16

PDF

Charts for Discussion

Title: S-2: When We Read Like a Detective, We. . .

Session 2

Title: S-5: Reading Ads Below the Surface

Session 5

Title: S-7: Important or Confusing Moments in “Amazing Grace”

Session 7

Forms and Graphic Organizers

Title: S-1: Tracking “The Landlady”

Session 1

PDF

Title: S-5: Criteria for a Good Discussion

Session 5

PDF
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