You’ll be reading the story called “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty. As you read, you should use Active Reading and watch for and be able to answer the following:

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• Make a prediction
• Ask a question of the text
• Clarify something you don’t exactly understand
• Make a comment
• Make a connection to yourself
• Share what puzzles you of the text
• Identify something unique about the writing
• Identify an example of inference
• Summarize what’s happening
• Make a connection to another text
• Share what you visualize
• Identify what is motivating characters right now
• Make a connection to the world / society
• Identify something relevant or irrelevant
• Identify a single phrase or sentence that is significant