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Holt Literature and Language Arts
First Course Resources
"Duffy's Jacket"
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Web Resources
Memory Test: A brief test that shows how the brain's way of storing information can lead to "false memories" from MSNBC TV News.
Memory Experiments: Online games and activities to test a your memory as well as a trick to have a better memory.
Memory: Exploratorium site that links to first memories, memory games, droodles, and a the dissection of a sheep's brain.
Before You Read 
Reading Skills: Making Predictions, page 6: A graphic organizer for "Duffy's Jacket" for predictions as students read the story Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Annotated Teacher's Edition 
Preteaching: Standards Starter, Motivate, page 7: Students can use this graphic organizer to chain of events about a past event Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Family/Community Activity, page 11:
Teachers can use the Internet Resources for "Duffy's Jacket" and provide websites to parents as a resource to help students improve their memories.
