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.