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590527
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b419746
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Baines, Lawrence.
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Teaching challenging texts : : fiction, non-fiction, and multimedia /\ Lawrence Baines Jane Fisher.
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ix, 157 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9781475805208 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1475805209 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781475805215 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1475805217 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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9781475805222 (electronic)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Reading as a Social Activity / Lawrence Baines -- Rules of the Game -- Adolescence -- Slaying the Deer -- Good MAP and Bad MAP -- Reading by Choice -- The Common Core -- How to Use This Book -- Reading to the BRIMS -- 2.Exploring the Future in High School / Lawrence Baines -- A Fresh Start -- Environmental Effects -- Introducing 1984 -- 1984, Part Two -- 1984, Part Three -- Transcendent Man Research Project -- How Long Will You Live? Research Project -- Handouts for Exploring the Future -- Handout 1 Clues about Character -- Handout 2 Action Verbs in Lord of the Flies -- Handout 3 Scenario 1 -- Handout 4 Scenario 2 -- Handout 5 America's Wars -- Handout 6 Deaths in Historical Perspective -- Handout 7 Excerpt from 1984 / George Orwell -- Handout 8 Cool Names for a Band, Uncool Names for a Band -- Handout 9 Rewriting Lincoln's Gettysburg Address -- Handout 10 Getting to Know Winston -- Handout 11 Getting to Know Julia --
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Contents note continued: Handout 12 The Future of Oceania -- Handout 13 Facts about the United States -- Handout 14 The United States and the Next -- Years -- Handout 15 Evaluation for the United States and the Next -- Years -- Handout 16 The Evolution of Winston -- Handout 17 The Evolution of Julia -- Handout 18 Checklist and Assessment for Film Crew -- Handout 19 Directions for Film Crew -- Handout 20 Kurzweil AI Summary Report -- Handout 21 How Long Will You Live? -- Exploring the Future, Free Resources and Correlations to the Common Core -- 3.Understanding the Power of One in Middle School / Jane Fisher -- Introduction to Chains -- Everyday Journals -- Tech-y Check-ins -- A Day in the Life: Research Project -- Tackling Victor Hugo -- Digging through the Dirt -- Handouts for Understanding the Power of One -- Handout 1 Courtroom Debate Prep Day 1 -- Handout 2 Courtroom Debate Prep Day 2 -- Handout 3 New York: A Guide Map -- Handout 4 Lyrical Message Mystery 1 --
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Contents note continued: Handout 5 Lyrical Message Mystery 2 -- Handout 6 The Great New York Fire of 1776 -- Handout 7 Body Biographies -- Handout 8 A Day in the Life: Research Project -- Handout 9 Satire Night Live -- Handout 10 Character Charts -- Handout 11 Frollo: Friend or Foe? -- Handout 12 Character Yin Yangs -- Handout 13 Mythological Allusions -- Handout 14 Character Speed Dating -- Handout 15 Reel to Real Questions -- Handout 16 Symbolism: Cave Art -- Handout 17 Look Who's Talking -- Handout 18 Annotating Otzi -- Handout 19 Annotation Aids -- Understanding the Power of One, Free Resources and Correlations to the Common Core.
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This book shows how to increase reading comprehension and enhance student engagement, even with the most challenging texts. Every chapter features ready-to-use, research-based lessons, replete with explicit instructions, handouts, Common Core correlations, and assessments. Exploring the Future features fiction by George Orwell, Suzanne Collins, and William Golding ; nonfiction by Philip Zimbardo, Stephen Pinker, Abraham Lincoln, Jared Diamond, Dan Ariely, and Ray Kurzweil ; images from several films, an old television commercial; and classical and contemporary music.
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Reading comprehension.
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Teenagers-- Books and reading.
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| Dewey Classification
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428.4071/2
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| LC Classification
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LB1573.7.B25 2013
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