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Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA): Pre-Reading In Cold Blood

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Start your unit by reading the "Ballade des Pendus," by the character Villon. The class makes predictions, discusses what they might already know about the text, and reads the selection together. There are step-by-step plans detailed here for the teacher. 

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11th - 12th
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