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The Road

The Road. Cormac McCarthy “We have to take a look.” “Okay.”. Objectives:. To use “probing the text” close reading technique to explore parallel passages in The Road with the goal of increasing depth of novel’s themes. Probing Procedure, part 1. Create a T-chart.

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The Road

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  1. The Road Cormac McCarthy “We have to take a look.” “Okay.”

  2. Objectives: • To use “probing the text” close reading technique to explore parallel passages in The Road with the goal of increasing depth of novel’s themes

  3. Probing Procedure, part 1 • Create a T-chart

  4. Probing Procedure, part 3: focused free Write • As I give you a sentence starter, write it down and continue the thought until I give you the next sentence starter. (This will be public writing and you may sharing it, but don’t worry about perfection –just free write in response to the sentence starters.) • Please do not talk during this process, just write until the exercise ends.

  5. Four Passage Probing Prompts • “I am thinking that……” • “Why do I think this? What in the selection makes me think this way?” • “What else in the novel makes me think this way?” • “I am now realizing….”

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