This page includes the student reader for the unit, as well as editable resources from the teacher manual: writing tasks, charts for discussion, forms and graphic organizers. All resources can be downloaded for implementation with students.
Table of Contents
Text Audio
Writing Tasks
Title: S-5: Comprehension Task Retelling “My Fast-Food Meal”
Session 5
Title: S-6: Pollan’s Arguments A Discussion Task
Session 6
Title: S-7: Pollan’s Methods: A Text-Based Task
Session 7
Title: S-9: The Investigative Report Writing Project: An Overview
Session 9
Title: S-9: Part 1: Selecting and Gathering
Session 9
Title: S-11: Part 2: On the Surface Re-Presentations
Session 11
Title: S-13: Part 3: Below the Surface Readings
Session 13
Title: S-17: Part 4: Reading the Ads as a Set
Session 17
Charts for Discussion
Title: S-1: Tracking “The Speckled Band”
Session 1
Title: S-2: When We Read Like a Detective, We. . .
Session 2
Forms and Graphic Organizers
Title: S-1: Tracking “The Speckled Band”
Session 1
Title: S-6: Criteria for a Good Discussion
Session 6
Title: S-8: Pollan’s Methods Questions and Examples
Session 8
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