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The Big Fix: read and explore

"The Big Fix" by George O.

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George O. Smith
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Choose this reading by interest and comfort with the language. This catalog does not assign a school grade. Preview the text before reading with a child; classic works can contain unfamiliar language and historical attitudes.

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Preview the language: Part 1

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BIG FIX *** Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Illustrated by Bernklau THE BIG FIX BY GEORGE O. SMITH _Anyone who holds that telepathy and psi powers would mean an end to crime quite obviously underestimates the ingenuity of the human race. Now consider a horserace that_ had _to be fixed ..._ It was April, a couple of weeks before the Derby. …

Choose a phrase from this opening. What does it suggest, and which words support your interpretation? Read on to test your first impression.

A reading activity for The Big Fix

  1. Before opening the text, read the title and this catalog description: “"The Big Fix" by George O.” Write one question you hope the reading will answer.
  2. Read a short passage. Choose one sentence that helps you understand what is happening and explain which words support your interpretation.
  3. Choose one unfamiliar word. Guess its meaning from the surrounding words, then check a dictionary or discuss it with a reading partner.
  4. Return to your original question. Explain what the passage answered and what you still need to read to find out.

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Learning goal: Read The Big Fix by George O. Smith, then support an interpretation with words from the text.

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