Once a month, I plan to share a reading unit some of  which you can print out and share with your students.  I’ll also be making some available on a different site where you can preview and download them.

The Features of these units

• High-interest articles at the intermediate level that usually include references to some research study that students can relate to.
• The information is often counter-intuitive. Students gain some new insights from them.
• Study guides involve a variety of comprehension questions and scaffolding paraphrasing ones and vocabulary exercises.
• Each unit includes at least one “Reflection” exercise in which students write:

• Other uses of the articles:
  as a prompt for discussions.
  as a prompt for writings.

The Reasons Why these Units are Not Being Sold as a Book.*

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