PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 3 Gary Soto short stories: TWO DREAMERS, BASEBALL IN APRIL, BROKEN CHAINGOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classroomsEACH POWERPOINT: • O