The 20 lessons highlight strategies for analyzing and comparing different texts and their elements. With passages that will interest a diverse student population, Adolescent Literacy: Comparative Reading is designed to be used flexibly, with individual students or groups.Sample topics include:"Making Connections to Real Life""Mostly the Same or Mostly Different?""Dear Editor""How Is One Poem Like Another?""Same Place, Different Map"Each lesson takes 2050 minutes to complete, addresses IRA/NCTE and McREL standards, and comes with teaching tips, instructional guides, assessment suggestions, and more.