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Abstract
This essay outlines a unit on the novel that requires students to read a fairly formulaic text and keep two reading journals and write one position paper. One of these journals bids the students to reflect on the reading process that accompanies their efforts to negotiate the novel; the other involves applying the same interpretive strategies to an actual issue or event unfolding in real time beyond the book. The students then produce a position paper that addresses the surprising similarities and/or differences between life and literature.
Introduction
Oftentimes at the outset of a unit on a particular novel many of us have read a ...
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