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My students are in a poverty stricken urban area in Michigan and they continue to find intrinsic motivations to make it through their day. They love reading fantasy and fiction books, yet they are showing interest in learning history through biographies and informational text. I want to give them the avenue needed to understand that genre of literature.

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My students are in a poverty stricken urban area in Michigan and they continue to find intrinsic motivations to make it through their day. They love reading fantasy and fiction books, yet they are showing interest in learning history through biographies and informational text. I want to give them the avenue needed to understand that genre of literature.

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