August 27--"Booze and Caffeine"
August 29--"Still More Robot Company for Mars"
September 5--"Hurricane Issac Hovers over Gulf Coast"
September 10--Pew Research Center Political Typology Quiz
September 14--"Gambling's Economic, Social Costs Outweigh Supposed Gains"
September 19--"Put to the Test: Colleges Grapple with Bomb Threats"
September 24--"The Hidden Costs of Being a Woman"
September 28--"More Americans Planning to Spend Money on Halloween—And Pet Costumes—This Year"
October 3--"Facebook ‘Gifts’ Feature Lets Users Send Each Other Real-Life Presents"
October 15--"Here Come the Touchscreen Desktops and Laptops"
October 17--"Lance Armstrong Had Little Choice but to Dope"
November 2--"Research Shows Female Retail CEOs (Still) Few and Far Between"
November 7--"Surviving Hurricane Sandy: The Island that New York City Forgot"
November 19--"The America I Believe In"
November 26--"Returning to What's Natural"
November 28--"My Time and Place among the Cows"
Reading Response Assignment Sheet
How and When to Choose a Reading
Vocabulary Quizzes to Fight Hunger