Stories that stay with us

Our guiding question

How do writers make an ordinary moment memorable?

Read and notice

Bring a passage or image from your current class text. Make three observations about the choices its creator has made.

Discuss

• Which detail most strongly shapes your response?
• How might another reader interpret it differently?
• What evidence helps you explain your reading?

Make your thinking visible

Try the close reading lab, then use the paragraph workshop to turn one interpretation into a developed response.