Complete the pocket

Horovitz Reading Packet Read Bruce Horovitz’s article, “Be Kind and they will Come.” Then, complete the questions/tasks outlined below.

Pre-reading the text (see page 16-17 in Engaging Questions for more information)

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Larger Context

Initial reading Read Horovitz’s article once, then make annotations (see page 20-21 in Engaging Questions for more information). From your annotations, write 3 comprehension questions that you will bring to class to check your classmates’ comprehension of the article:

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More thorough reading

Critical Thinking Questions Create 3 Critical Thinking Questions to ask about Horovitz’s article to bring to class. Look at page 8-9 in Engaging Questions for ideas or use other types of questions that use higher-level thinking and don’t ask about knowledge or comprehension of the article: that was the previous task.

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Say & Do Find the writer’s moves in a text: Read Horovitz’s article, and try grouping the paragraphs in logical chunks. See Page 25 in Engaging Questions for more information about this process.

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Think about the WPA Prompt, and make notes about the following from Horovitz’s article.

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