Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

• What Makes Reading Easier?
• Observation Chart

STRATEGY LESSONS

Strategy Lesson 4: Text Coding

• List of Text Codes

Strategy Lesson 6: Two-Column Notes

• Example of Two-Column Notes

Strategy Lesson 7: Reading a Visual Image

• The Rock, by Peter Blume:
  http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/56682?search_id=10

Strategy Lesson 10: Save the Last Word for Me

• Ways to Respond to a Passage

Strategy Lesson 11: Conversation Questions

• Fat Questions Starters
• Guidelines for Pairs Discussion

Strategy Lesson 12: Support Your Position

• Sample Positions

Strategy Lesson 13: Written Discussion

• Written Discussion Rules
• Sample written discussion for Catcher in the Rye

Strategy Lesson 14: Text-on-Text, or Collaborative Annotation

• Example of Text-on-Text Exercise
• Selection from Thomas Paine's Common Sense (clean copy)

Strategy Lesson 15: Alternative Perspective Writing

• Dating Profile Tips

Strategy Lesson 17: Arguing Both Sides

• Reasons for Banning Cell Phones in School
• Reasons for Using Cell Phones in School

Strategy Lesson 19: Gallery Walk

• Questions Sparked by Helmet Use Article

Strategy Lesson 20: Carousel Brainstorming

• Carousel Brainstorming Example

Strategy Lesson 21: Tableaux

• Iwo Jima Memorial
• Sample Tableaux

Strategy Lesson 23: Jigsaw

• Class Question List on Cloning

TEXT SET LESSONS

Text Set 1: Invasive Species
Suggested Links for Invasive Species:

• For general information and links to many invasive species worldwide:
  http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/index.shtml
• Feral Pigs: (link no longer available)
• Burmese Pythons: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080223111456.htm
• Fire Ants: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/rifa.shtml
• Zebra Mussels: http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/zebra.html
• Asian Carp: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/invasive/asiancarp/
• What Helps Alien Species Thrives

Text Set 2: PTSD

• PTSD Definition
• Four Article Choices for PTSD Discussion
• PTSD Discussion Questions

Text Set 3: Country X

• Country X Maps
• Country X Investigation Topics

Text Set 4: Factory Farming

• Factory Farming: Big Questions
• Factory Farming Extension: Big Questions

Text Set 5: Child Labor

• Child Labor Quiz: Question 1
• Child Labor Quiz: Question 2

Text Set 6: E-Waste

• E-Waste: Big Questions
• For "Who Gets the Trash?":
  http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/who-gets-the-trash

Text Set 7: Crash

• Crash: Big Questions
• Crash: Discussion Questions

Text Set 8: Privacy

• Privacy: Big Questions
• Information on the U.S. Constitution

Text Set 9: Pandemic

• Pandemic: Big Questions
• Possible Tableaux Captions

Text Set 10: Encounters

• Encounters: Big Questions
• "The Long Walk" prompt
• "Navajo Code Talkers" prompt
• Indians Attack Settlers
• Niagara Falls 1930