Lies My Teacher Told Me

Read the excerpt from Lies My Teacher Told Me for Friday. We will wrap up our discussion of "heroes" in US History. While reading, interact with the text using some of these note-taking strategies. I will check that you took notes at the beginning of the period (9/12).

• Underline unfamiliar words. Try to figure out what they mean.
• Write down questions that occur to you about things you don’t understand, or about things you want to discuss.
• Underline things you think are particularly important, and write why in the margin.
• Write notes about what the reading section makes you think of, perhaps another text or event in your life.
• Write your personal reaction to the text, whether you agree or disagree with the authors and why.
• In the margin write a short paraphrase of any sentence or concept that seems more difficult. This way you will be able to remember it more easily later.