Table of Contents

Text Audio

Snow by Charles Baxter
Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream by Joan Didion

Writing Tasks

S-1: Baseline Writing Task
S-2: Day 1 Showing, Not Telling
S-3: Day 2 Showing, Not Telling
S-4: Day 3 Showing, Not Telling
S-5: Day 4 Showing, Not Telling
S-5: Book Review
S-6: Day 5 Showing, Not Telling
S-9: Preparation for Writing About “Snow”
S-11: Writing About “Snow”
S-15: Chunking “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream”
S-16: Writing About “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream”

Charts for Discussion

Title: S-1: Rationales for Independent Reading

Session 1

Title: S-4: Taking Care of Books

Session 4

Title: S-4: Rules for Independent Reading

Session 4

Title: S-4: Independent Reading: Problems and Solutions

Session 4

Title: S-5: What We Know About Book Recommendations

Session 5

Title: S-6: Expectations for Independent Reading

Session 6

Forms and Graphic Organizers

S-1: Book Recommendation 
S-1: Book Pass
S-3: Resources for Young Adult Readers
S-5-A: Guideline Letter
S-5-A: Sample Reading Letter
S-5: Book Review
S-6: Goals for My Reading Life
S-10: Criteria For a Good Discussion
S-12: Tracking “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream”
S-14: “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream” Search and Study
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