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Table of Contents

Unit Texts

Grade 8, Unit 6 Student Reader
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Writing Tasks

S-15-16: The Essay Writing Project

Charts for Discussion

 S-1: Understanding Essays: (Title of Essay)
S-2: Characteristics of a Good Small-Group Partner
S-6: Characteristics of the Author’s Presence
S-7: Signs of Author’s Presencs
S-9-11: Small-Group Work: Problems and Solutions
S-13-14: Good Presentation
S-18: Ideas for Essays
S-20: Short Assignments for My Essays
S-C: Peter Jacobi’s Basic Rules for Interviewing
S-D: Six Things to Do Before the Interview
S-E: Six Things to Do At the Interview
S-F: Things to Do After the Interview

Forms and Graphic Organizers

S-1: Understanding Essays: A Protocol for Working with Texts
S-6: The Essay: Ideas to Consider
S-22: Essay Project Description
S-29: Essay Commentary
S-31: Faces of the Essay: Self-Assessment
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