This is a short pre-reading activity that has been hugely successful whenever my students read Ana Yezierska's short story "America and I." The content, however, can be modified to fit any fictional text your studetns are reading.

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In addition to a doing a full year of student teaching in Washington State, I am approaching completion of my secondyear as a language arts teacher at Ranum High School in Denver, Colorado. For the three years before I stepped into my current position, I worked as a consultant at a university writing center, and I have helped students of all ages--sixth graders through docotoral candidates--as their reading and writing tutor.
