Guiding questions to support a close reading of the model texts in this collection

These questions could help you to think about the author's choices. Possible guiding questions include:

• Does the writer use foreshadowing to hint at what may be the turning point?
• Where does the turning point happen in the text? Why does it occur there?
• What writing choices does the author make at the turning point?
• Are the choices the same or different from the text surrounding them?
• How does the turning point change the writer?
• Is there a change in belief, value, perspective, or understanding?
• How do you think the writer wants the reader to react to this turning point and change?
• How do you react to this turning point and change?
• What may be the universal lesson or understanding that emerges from the text?

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  "How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium” by Matt de la Peña (2016)

  

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  "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell (1936)

  

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  “Swimming with Canoes,” by John McPhee (August 10, 1998)

  

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  “Eleven minutes: A call from Kobe Bryant,” by Jason Reynolds (February 12, 2020)

  

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  "Superman and Me," by Sherman Alexie (2011)

  

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  “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” by Gloria Anzaldua (1987)

  

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