Reading

=**__READING ASSIGNMENTS__**=


 * ===**__TOPIC__**=== || ===**__ASSIGNMENTS and RESOURCES__**=== || ===__EX**TR**AS__=== ||
 * Intro to class || # Class Syllabus
 * 1) Make a class Purpose Statement using the [|5 Why's Assignment]
 * 2) [|Reading Inventory] ||   ||
 * Connections || * Text-to-Self (T-S)
 * Text-to-Text (T-T)
 * Text-to-World (T-W)
 * Read a childrens's story like //Blueberries for Sal// or //Rotten Ralph// and have students make various connections to the text.
 * Also read various non-fiction texts or poems and make connections to these as well. ||  ||
 * Questions || * //Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day// ||  ||
 * Predictions ||  ||   ||
 * Inference || * Read the children's story //Tight Times// ||  ||
 * Visualization || **__"Between a Rock and a Hard Place"__** non-fiction story


 * __"To Build a Fire"__**
 * Read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
 * [|"To Build a Fire" short story text]
 * [|"To Build a Fire"] worksheet
 * [|YouTube video of Alaska to set the scene]
 * [|"To Build a Fire" audio recording]

__**"The Tell Tale Heart"**__
 * Read "The Tell Tale Heart"
 * Do "The Tell Tale Heart" worksheet
 * Make a chart showing how the 5 sense are used in the story to help you visualize the action. ||  ||

Stories

 * ====[|"Most Dangerous Game"]====
 * [|"The Gift of the Magi"] | [|The Gift of the Magi worksheet]
 * [|"The Sniper"]| [|Read "The Sniper" online] | [|Wikipedia Info on "The Troubles" with casualty numbers]
 * [|"To Build a Fire" short story text] | [|"To Build a Fire"] worksheet, and [|"To Build a Fire" audio recording]
 * [|"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"]
 * [|"The Cask of Amontillado"] | [|Cask of Amontillado]extra credit ideas | [|"Cask of Amontillado" crossword.pdf]
 * [|"The Tell Tale Heart"] worksheet
 * [|Mr. Lettiere's Short Stories Page] is a very good website made by a high school English teacher with short story resources, including audio readings many short stories.
 * [|"Necklace"] | [|"Open Window"] | [|"A Very Old Man]