Articles & Stories
- "The Test"
- "Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgment"
- "Lamb to the Slaughter"
- AW8: "Ethnic and Racial Diversity
- AW9: "Education in the United States"
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Review questions
- What is the main idea of each article, story, chapter? What other important ideas are there?
- How does the author support his or her main idea?
- What do you think about the ideas? To what extent do you agree, disagree, or partly agree? Why?
- How does the author's message apply to other situations?
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About Reading from Lectures
- Efficient Reading (Reading for speed)
- Analytical Reasoning (being a good reader/thinker)
- Review your notes and what we talked about in class. Think about how to explain and apply the ideas that were introduced via PowerPoint using your own examples.
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Review Questions
- How can you describe your English reading speed?
- How does your reading speed change in different environments and with different kinds of reading?
- What are some ways to improve reading speed?
- Which ideas about efficient reading are more/less appropriate for you?
- What does it mean to be a good thinker?
- What is "one-shot thinking" and why is it a problem?
- How can you improve your anylitical thinking while reading?
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| The Curioius Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
- Who is Christopher and what is he like?
- Who are Christopher's parents? What are they like? Why do the act the way they do?
- In what ways is this book like/not like a mystery?
- How do you see dramatic irony in this novel?
- Why does Christopher like Sherlock Holmes but dislike the author of those stories?
- Who killed the dog and why?
- What do you think is the bravest thing that Christopher does?
- What do you think will happen to Christopher in the future?
- How can this story relate to any young person?
- How can you relate to this novel?
- How can you react to this novel?
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