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Detective Fiction for Remedial Readers

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Eighth graders in a remedial reading class are introduced to detective fiction by Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After reading about their lives and work, they define new vocabulary and practice using a guided reading structure to read the material again. To end the lesson, they work together to unscramble words and match with the definition.

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edgar allan poe, mysteries

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doyle, mysteries, poe, english language arts
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8th
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English Language Arts
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