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Contents INTRODUCTORY UNIT COMMON CORE FOUNDATIONS Academic Vocabulary Workshop ............................................................... xlvi General Academic Vocabulary ..................................................................... xlvi Domain Specific Vocabulary ........................................................................ xlix Writing an Objective Summary ..................................................................... lii MODEL: Summary of “Ribbons” by Laurence Yep ....................................... liii Comprehending Complex Texts ................................................................... liv STRATEGY 1: Multidraft Reading ...................................................................... liv MODEL: “Migrant Birds” Moumin Manzoor Quazi .................................................................................... lv STRATEGY 2: Close Reading .............................................................................. lvi MODEL: from On Duty Cicero............................................................................................................... lvii STRATEGY 3: Ask Questions ............................................................................ lviii MODEL: from The Funeral Oration of Pericles retold by Thucydides .......................................................................................... lix INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: from The Funeral Oration of Pericles (continued) retold by Thucydides .......................................................................................... lix Analyzing Arguments ...................................................................................... lx MODEL: from We Choose to Go to the Moon John F. Kennedy ................................................................................................ lxi The Art of Argument: Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques ........................................................................... lxii MODEL: A Tribute to the Dog George Graham Vest ...................................................................................... lxiii Composing an Argument ........................................................................... lxvii PRACTICE ....................................................................................................... lviii Research Workshop ....................................................................................... lxvi Conducting Research .................................................................................... lxvi Research Process Workshop........................................................................ lxviii MODEL: Alexander the Great .................................................................... lxxv Citing Sources Reference Guide................................................................. lxxvii vi UNIT 1  •  Can all conflicts be resolved?

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ContentsINTRODUCTORY UNIT

COMMON CORE FOUNDATIONS

Academic Vocabulary Workshop ............................................................... xlviGeneral Academic Vocabulary ..................................................................... xlviDomain Specific Vocabulary ........................................................................ xlix

Writing an Objective Summary .....................................................................liiMODEL: Summary of “Ribbons” by Laurence Yep ....................................... liii

Comprehending Complex Texts ................................................................... livSTRATEGY 1: Multidraft Reading ...................................................................... liv

MODEL: “Migrant Birds”Moumin Manzoor Quazi ....................................................................................lv

STRATEGY 2: Close Reading .............................................................................. lviMODEL: from On DutyCicero ............................................................................................................... lvii

STRATEGY 3: Ask Questions ............................................................................ lviiiMODEL: from The Funeral Oration of Periclesretold by Thucydides .......................................................................................... lix

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: from The Funeral Oration of Pericles (continued)retold by Thucydides .......................................................................................... lix

Analyzing Arguments ......................................................................................lxMODEL: from We Choose to Go to the MoonJohn F. Kennedy ................................................................................................ lxi

The Art of Argument: Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques ........................................................................... lxii

MODEL: A Tribute to the DogGeorge Graham Vest ...................................................................................... lxiii

Composing an Argument ........................................................................... lxviiPRACTICE ....................................................................................................... lviii

Research Workshop ....................................................................................... lxviConducting Research .................................................................................... lxviResearch Process Workshop ........................................................................lxviiiMODEL: Alexander the Great .................................................................... lxxvCiting Sources Reference Guide ................................................................. lxxvii

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INTRODUCTORY UNIT I CONTENTS

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

The following standards are introduced in this unit and revisited throughout the program.

Reading Literature 2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over

the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Reading Informational Text 2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course

of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Writing 1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

Additional standards addressed in these workshops: Writing

1.a, 1.b, 1.e, 2.a, 2.c, 2.f; Language

2.b, 6

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Can all conflicts be resolved?

PART 1SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionCan all conflicts be resolved? ............ 2

Close Reading WorkshopRead • Discuss • Research • Write ............ 4

shoRT sToRy

from Peter and RosaIsak Dinesen ............................................. 5

shoRT sToRy

An Hour With Abuelo Judith Ortiz Cofer ..................................... 8

PART 2TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLoRATIoN

TURNING PoINTs

Elements of Short Stories .............................................. 16Analyzing Plot, Character Development, and Theme ..................................................................... 18

shoRT sToRy READINGs

Raymond’s RunToni Cade Bambara ........................................................... 22

The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe ................................................................ 38

Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes ..................................................................... 52

The Story-TellerSaki .................................................................................. 92

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARy ANALysIs ................ 102

shoRT sToRy

The Finish of Patsy BarnesPaul Laurence Dunbar ..................................................... 104

shoRT sToRy

The Drummer Boy of ShilohRay Bradbury .................................................................. 112

LANGUAGE STUDY Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus .................................... 120

SPEAkING AND LISTENING Delivering a Narrative Presentation .................................. 122

WRITING PROCESS Narration: Autobiographical Essay ................................... 124

ASSESSMENT skILLs .................................................. 132

selected Response .......................................................... 132

Constructed Response .................................................... 136

UNIT 1

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ONLINE TEXT SET

NARRATIVE EssAy

BaseballLionel G. GarcÍa

AUToBIoGRAPhy

from An American ChildhoodAnnie Dillard

shoRT sToRy

The White UmbrellaGish Jen

UNIT 1 I CONTENTS

PART 3TEXT SETS DEVELoPING INsIGhT

hUMAN Vs. MAChINE

shoRT sToRy

Who Can Replace a Man?Brian Aldiss ..................................................................... 141

BALLAD

John HenryTraditional Ballad ............................................................ 154

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Julie and the Turing TestLinda Formichelli ............................................................. 160

CARTooN

“The good news, Dave, . . . “Chris Madden ................................................................. 164

PREss RELEAsE

Robots Get a Feel for the World at USC ViterbiUniversity of Southern California Viterbi .......................... 166

TV sCRIPT

from The Measure of a Man from Star Trek: The Next GenerationMelinda M. Snodgrass .................................................... 172

ASSESSMENT syNThEsIs .......................................... 182

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ................... 182

Writing: Autobiographical Narrative ............................... 183

Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay...................... 184

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent ReadingRecommended Titles for Extended Reading ................................ 186

Introductory Unit  ix

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisPlotCharacter TraitsPoint of ViewThemeComparing Characters of Different Erassetting oral TraditionstyleComparisonsDialogue

ComprehensionMake PredictionsCompare and ContrastMake Inferences

Language StudyGreek root -scope-Latin suffix -ityLatin root -spec-Latin prefix per-

Language Study WorkshopUsing a Dictionary and Thesaurus

DISCUSS

Presentation of Ideasoral Response

Comprehension and CollaborationRadio BroadcastPanel Discussion

Responding to TextGroup DiscussionPanel Discussionone-on-one DiscussionClass DiscussionDebatePanel Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopDelivering a Narrative Presentation

RESEARCH

Research and Technologysummary of an Article

Investigate the Topic: Human vs. Machine The Rise of “smart” MachinesThe Machine AgeWatson the ComputerNeuroroboticsAndroids

WRITE

Writing to SourcesNarrative TextCharacter ProfileDialogueComparison of WorksExplanatory EssayArgumentative Essay Letter to the Editor Diary Entry Comparison-and-Contrast Essay Autobiographical Narrative

Writing Process WorkshopNarration: Autobiographical Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue

Introducing the Big Question argument, injury, insecurity, interact, negotiate, oppose, reaction, solution, viewpoint, compromise, irritate, mislead, stalemate, victorious, violenceRaymond’s Run prodigy, liable, reputation, pageant, periscope, gestureThe Tell-Tale Heart cunningly, resolved, stealthily, vex, audacity, derisionFlowers for Algernon deceive, refute, intellectual, naïveté, deterioration, introspectiveThe Story-Teller persistent, inevitable, conviction, suppressed, immensely, assailThe Finish of Patsy Barnes compulsory, meager, diplomaticThe Drummer Boy of Shiloh immortality, resolute, argument, interact, negotiate, viewpoint Who Can Replace a Man? deficiency, erosion, ravaged, interactions, reaction, viewpoint John Henry region, aspects, elementsJulie and the Turing Test software, artificial intelligence, wired, distinctive, identify, capable“The good news, Dave . . .” illogical, identify, validityRobots Get a Feel for the World at USC Virterbi tactile, algorithm, thermal, beneficial, imitate, incorporatefrom The Measure of a Man from Star Trek: The Next Generation hostile, contention, condemn, arguments, evaluation, technique

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.6, RL.8.9, RL.8.10

Reading Informational TextRI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1.c, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.b, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.b, W.8.3.c, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9a, W.8.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.8.1, sL.8.1.a, sL.8.1.b, sL.8.1.c, sL.8.1.d, sL.8.2, sL.8.4, sL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.4, L.8.4.b, L.8.4.c, L.8.4.d, L.8.5.b, L.8.6

UNIT 1

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UNIT 1 I CONTENTS

READ

Text AnalysisPlotCharacter TraitsPoint of ViewThemeComparing Characters of Different Erassetting oral TraditionstyleComparisonsDialogue

ComprehensionMake PredictionsCompare and ContrastMake Inferences

Language StudyGreek root -scope-Latin suffix -ityLatin root -spec-Latin prefix per-

Language Study WorkshopUsing a Dictionary and Thesaurus

DISCUSS

Presentation of Ideasoral Response

Comprehension and CollaborationRadio BroadcastPanel Discussion

Responding to TextGroup DiscussionPanel Discussionone-on-one DiscussionClass DiscussionDebatePanel Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopDelivering a Narrative Presentation

RESEARCH

Research and Technologysummary of an Article

Investigate the Topic: Human vs. Machine The Rise of “smart” MachinesThe Machine AgeWatson the ComputerNeuroroboticsAndroids

WRITE

Writing to SourcesNarrative TextCharacter ProfileDialogueComparison of WorksExplanatory EssayArgumentative Essay Letter to the Editor Diary Entry Comparison-and-Contrast Essay Autobiographical Narrative

Writing Process WorkshopNarration: Autobiographical Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue

Introducing the Big Question argument, injury, insecurity, interact, negotiate, oppose, reaction, solution, viewpoint, compromise, irritate, mislead, stalemate, victorious, violenceRaymond’s Run prodigy, liable, reputation, pageant, periscope, gestureThe Tell-Tale Heart cunningly, resolved, stealthily, vex, audacity, derisionFlowers for Algernon deceive, refute, intellectual, naïveté, deterioration, introspectiveThe Story-Teller persistent, inevitable, conviction, suppressed, immensely, assailThe Finish of Patsy Barnes compulsory, meager, diplomaticThe Drummer Boy of Shiloh immortality, resolute, argument, interact, negotiate, viewpoint Who Can Replace a Man? deficiency, erosion, ravaged, interactions, reaction, viewpoint John Henry region, aspects, elementsJulie and the Turing Test software, artificial intelligence, wired, distinctive, identify, capable“The good news, Dave . . .” illogical, identify, validityRobots Get a Feel for the World at USC Virterbi tactile, algorithm, thermal, beneficial, imitate, incorporatefrom The Measure of a Man from Star Trek: The Next Generation hostile, contention, condemn, arguments, evaluation, technique

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.6, RL.8.9, RL.8.10

Reading Informational TextRI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1.c, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.b, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.b, W.8.3.c, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9a, W.8.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.8.1, sL.8.1.a, sL.8.1.b, sL.8.1.c, sL.8.1.d, sL.8.2, sL.8.4, sL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.4, L.8.4.b, L.8.4.c, L.8.4.d, L.8.5.b, L.8.6

Introductory Unit  xi

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How much information is enough?

PART 1SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionHow much information is enough? ........................................ 190

Close Reading WorkshopRead • Discuss • Research • Write ........ 192

NONFICTION

We the People from Words We Live ByLinda R. Monk ..................................... 193

NARRATIVE NONFICTION

Making Tracks on Mars Andrew Mishkin .................................. 196

PART 2TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION

FACTS AND VISIONS

Elements of Literary Nonfiction .................................. 204Determining Point of View and Structure ................. 206

NONFICTION READINGS

from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground RailroadAnn Petry ....................................................................... 210

from Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying LinBrent Ashabranner .......................................................... 226

The Trouble With TelevisionRobert MacNeil ............................................................... 238

Science and the Sense of WonderIsaac Asimov ................................................................... 248

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARY ANALYSIS ................ 256

ESSAY

Forest FireAnaïs Nin ........................................................................ 258

ESSAY

The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the LightMary C. Curtis ................................................................. 262

ESSAY

Why Leaves Turn Color in the FallDiane Ackerman ............................................................. 264

LANGUAGE STUDY Word Origins ........................... 270

SPEAkING AND LISTENING Effective Listening and Note-Taking ........................... 272

WRITING PROCESS Exposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay ............. 274

ASSESSMENT SkILLS .................................................. 282

Selected Response .......................................................... 282

Constructed Response .................................................... 286

UNIT 2

EXEMPLAR TEXT

EXEMPLAR TEXT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Sun Suckers and Moon CursersRichard and Joyce Wolkomir

MEMOIR

A Glow in the Dark from WoodsongGary Paulsen

SHORT STORY

The 11:59Patricia C. McKissack

UNIT 2 I CONTENTS

PART 3TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

BELONGING TO A PLACE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

from Travels with Charley John Steinbeck ................................................................ 290

SHORT STORY

Gentleman of Río en MedioJuan A. A. Sedillo ............................................................ 300

SPEECH

Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther king, Jr.Alice Walker ................................................................... 306

SHORT STORY

Tears of AutumnYoshiko Uchida ............................................................... 312

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

from I know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou ................................................................ 322

ONLINE ARTICLE

Study Finds Americans Increasingly RootedCindy Weiss .................................................................... 332

CHART

Relationships to Place from What Is Sense of Place?Jennifer E. Cross .............................................................. 336

ASSESSMENT SYNTHESIS .......................................... 338

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ................... 338

Writing: Narrative Essay ................................................. 339

Writing to Sources: Expository Essay ............................. 340

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent ReadingRecommended Titles for Extended Reading ................................ 342EXEMPLAR TEXT

Introductory Unit  xiii

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisNarrative EssayBiography and AutobiographyTypes of AppealsWord ChoiceComparing Types of OrganizationStylePlot and ThemeAuthor’s PerspectiveCultural ContextPoint of ViewMain Idea and Support

ComprehensionMain IdeaFact and Opinion

Language StudyOld English suffix -lyGreek root -nym-Latin root -vad- or -vas-Latin root -tract-

Language Study WorkshopWord Origins

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasSkitSnapshotSpeech

Responding to TextPartner DiscussionGroup DiscussionSmall Group DiscussionPanel DiscussionClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEffective Listening and Note-Taking

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyMultimedia Presentation

Investigate the Topic: Belonging to a PlaceFear: A Barrier to BelongingSurveyingking’s Speeches and Sermons The Immigration BoomEducationThe American Frontier

WRITE

Writing to SourcesBiographical SketchReflective EssayEvaluationResponse to an EssayExplanatory EssayInformative Travel EssayArgumentative EssayAnalytical EssayFictional NarrativeComparison-Contrast EssayArgumentNarrative EssayExpository Essay

Writing Process WorkshopExposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question accumulate, challenge, decision, development, discrimination, factor, global, reveal, statistics, explanation, exploration, inequality, quality, quantity, valuablefrom Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad invariably, fugitives, incentive, dispel, mutinous, bleakfrom Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin authorized, criteria, harmonious, anonymously, eloquent, unanimousThe Trouble With Television constructive, diverts, passively, pervading, trivial, skepticallyScience and the Sense of Wonder exultantly, awed, cataclysm, radiation, conceivable, contractionForest Fire • The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the Light • Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall evacuees, tenacious, consoling, contemplation, predisposed, capriciousfrom Travels with Charley radiation, omens, desolate, explicable, anticipate, intensify, rationalGentleman of Río en Medio negotiation, descendants, preliminary, accurate, factors, influence, methodsChoice: A Tribute to Martin Luther king, Jr. disinherit, revolutionary, brutal, annotated, cause-and-effect, citeTears of Autumn affluence, radical, degrading, significance, techniques, traditionfrom I know Why the Caged Bird Sings enchantment, valid, intolerant, community, maintain, roleStudy Finds Americans Increasingly Rooted disruption, assumption, embedded, evidence, statisticsRelationships to Place from What Is Sense of Place? categories, sources, support

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.8

WritingW.8.1, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b, W.8.2.c, W.8.2.d, W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.9, W.8.9.b

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8.1.c, SL.8.2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.1.b, L.8.1.c, L.8.1.d, L.8.3.a, L.8.4, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.b, L.8.4.c, L.8.5.b, L.8.5.c

UNIT 2

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UNIT 2 I CONTENTS

READ

Text AnalysisNarrative EssayBiography and AutobiographyTypes of AppealsWord ChoiceComparing Types of OrganizationStylePlot and ThemeAuthor’s PerspectiveCultural ContextPoint of ViewMain Idea and Support

ComprehensionMain IdeaFact and Opinion

Language StudyOld English suffix -lyGreek root -nym-Latin root -vad- or -vas-Latin root -tract-

Language Study WorkshopWord Origins

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasSkitSnapshotSpeech

Responding to TextPartner DiscussionGroup DiscussionSmall Group DiscussionPanel DiscussionClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEffective Listening and Note-Taking

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyMultimedia Presentation

Investigate the Topic: Belonging to a PlaceFear: A Barrier to BelongingSurveyingking’s Speeches and Sermons The Immigration BoomEducationThe American Frontier

WRITE

Writing to SourcesBiographical SketchReflective EssayEvaluationResponse to an EssayExplanatory EssayInformative Travel EssayArgumentative EssayAnalytical EssayFictional NarrativeComparison-Contrast EssayArgumentNarrative EssayExpository Essay

Writing Process WorkshopExposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question accumulate, challenge, decision, development, discrimination, factor, global, reveal, statistics, explanation, exploration, inequality, quality, quantity, valuablefrom Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad invariably, fugitives, incentive, dispel, mutinous, bleakfrom Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin authorized, criteria, harmonious, anonymously, eloquent, unanimousThe Trouble With Television constructive, diverts, passively, pervading, trivial, skepticallyScience and the Sense of Wonder exultantly, awed, cataclysm, radiation, conceivable, contractionForest Fire • The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the Light • Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall evacuees, tenacious, consoling, contemplation, predisposed, capriciousfrom Travels with Charley radiation, omens, desolate, explicable, anticipate, intensify, rationalGentleman of Río en Medio negotiation, descendants, preliminary, accurate, factors, influence, methodsChoice: A Tribute to Martin Luther king, Jr. disinherit, revolutionary, brutal, annotated, cause-and-effect, citeTears of Autumn affluence, radical, degrading, significance, techniques, traditionfrom I know Why the Caged Bird Sings enchantment, valid, intolerant, community, maintain, roleStudy Finds Americans Increasingly Rooted disruption, assumption, embedded, evidence, statisticsRelationships to Place from What Is Sense of Place? categories, sources, support

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.8

WritingW.8.1, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b, W.8.2.c, W.8.2.d, W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.9, W.8.9.b

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8.1.c, SL.8.2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.1.b, L.8.1.c, L.8.1.d, L.8.3.a, L.8.4, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.b, L.8.4.c, L.8.5.b, L.8.5.c

Introductory Unit  xv

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What is the secret to reaching someone with words?

PART 1SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionWhat is the secret to reaching someone with words? .................... 504

Close Reading WorkshopRead • Discuss • Research • Write ........ 506

POEM

A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. LongNikki Giovanni ..................................... 349

POEMS

Describe Somebody; Almost Summer SkyJacqueline Woodson ............................ 353

PART 2TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION

VOICES IN VERSE

Elements of Poetry ....................................................... 360Analyzing Poetic Language ......................................... 362

POETRY COLLECTION 1

Silver Walter de la Mare ............................................... 367

Ring Out, Wild Bells Alfred, Lord Tennyson ................ 368

Cat! Eleanor Farjeon ...................................................... 370

Thumbprint Eve Merriam ............................................ 372

POETRY COLLECTION 2

The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean Emily Dickinson ............................................................... 379

Concrete Mixers Patricia Hubbell ............................................................... 380

Harlem Night Song Langston Hughes ........................ 382

The City Is So Big Richard García ................................ 384

POETRY COLLECTION 3

The New Colossus Emma Lazarus ............................... 391

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind William Shakespeare ....................................................... 392

Paul Revere’s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ......................................... 394POETRY COLLECTION 4

Grandma Ling Amy Ling ............................................. 405

your little voice / Over the wires came leaping E. E. Cummings ............................................................... 406

New World N. Scott Momaday .................................... 408

January John Updike .................................................... 410

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARY ANALYSIS ................ 414

POEM

The Road Not TakenRobert Frost .................................................................... 416

POEM

O Captain! My Captain!Walt Whitman ................................................................ 420

UNIT 3

EXEMPLAR TEXT

EXEMPLAR TEXT

EXEMPLAR TEXT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

POEM

Poetry (La PoesÍa)Pablo Neruda

OPEN LETTER

from My Own True NamePat Mora

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Words to Sit in, Like ChairsNaomi Shihab Nye

UNIT 3 I CONTENTS

LANGuAGE STuDY Words With Multiple Meanings .................................. 422

SPEAkING AND LISTENING Evaluating an Oral Presentation .................................. 424

WRITING PROCESS Argument—Response to Literature: Critical Review .............................................................. 426

ASSESSMENT SkILLS .................................................. 434

Selected Response .......................................................... 434

Constructed Response .................................................... 438

PART 3TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

GENERATIONS

POEM

Old Man Ricardo Sánchez ............................................ 442

POEM

For My Sister Molly Who in the FiftiesAlice Walker ................................................................... 444

SHORT STORY

The Medicine BagVirginia Driving Hawk Sneve ........................................... 452

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Cub Pilot on the Mississippi Mark Twain ................... 464

SHORT STORY

Thank You, M’am Langston Hughes ........................... 476

NEWS ARTICLE

Tutoring Benefits Seniors’ Health, Students’ Skills David Crary ........................................ 484

RESEARCH ARTICLE WITH GRAPHS

The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household Pew Research Center ..................... 490

ASSESSMENT SYNTHESIS .......................................... 496

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ................... 496

Writing: Autobiographical Narrative ............................... 497

Writing to Sources: Expository Essay ............................. 498

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent ReadingRecommended Titles for Extended Reading ................................ 500

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisSound DevicesFigurative LanguageForms of PoetryImageryComparing Types of DescriptionFree Verse and StructureSymbolismConflictPoint of ViewDiction

Comprehension ContextContext CluesParaphrasing

Language StudyLatin Prefix im-Latin Suffix -ousLatin Prefix in-Latin Root -cede- or -ceed-

Language Study WorkshopWords With Multiple Meanings

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasPoetry RecitationPoet Profile

Comprehension and CollaborationEvaluation form

Responding to TextPartner DiscussionGroup DiscussionPanel DiscussionQuick Write and DiscussClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEvaluating an Oral Presentation

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyMini-AnthologyProfile

Investigate the Topic: GenerationsGenerations Across CulturesTraditionsQuestioning AuthorityChanging StylesSenior VolunteersLife in a Multi-Generational Household

WRITE

Writing to SourcesPoem With RhythmStudy for a PoemLyric or Narrative PoemArgumentative Text: ReviewExplanatory EssayCompare-and-Contrast EssayNarrative RetellingScenarioCause-and-Effect AnalysisPersuasive EssayAutobiographical NarrativeExpository Essay

Writing Process WorkshopArgument—Response to Literature: Critical Review

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question benefit, connection, cultural, individuality, inform, relevant, significance, valid, experience, express, feedback, meaningful, media, misunderstood, sensorySilver • Ring Out, Wild Bells • Cat! • Thumbprint scampering, flatterer, strife, singularity, spite, imprintThe Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean • Concrete Mixers • Harlem Night Song • The City Is So Big rut, urban, debates, roam, ponderous, dewBlow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind • The New Colossus • Paul Revere’s Ride exiles, somber, yearning, defiance, ingratitude, perilGrandma Ling • your little voice / Over the wires came leaping • New World • January tongue, exquisite, jostling, pollen, impertinently, recedeThe Road Not Taken divergedO Captain! My Captain! exultingOld Man legacy, aromas, remote, reinforce, pattern, conveyedThe Medicine Bag authentic, procession, unseemly, represents, initial, traditionsCub Pilot on the Mississippi malicious, judicious, confronted, adjust, opposing, relevantThank You, M’am contact, presentable, barren, insight, imply, factorTutoring Benefits Seniors’ Health, Students’ Skills buoyed, promising, engaged, benefit, valid, supportThe Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household demographic, prevalent, incentives, percentage, statistics, trend

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.9, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.7, RI.8.8, RI.8.9

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1.c, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b, W.8.2.c, W.8.2.d, W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.b, W.8.3.c, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9.a

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8.1.a, SL.8.1.b, SL.8.1.c, SL.8.1.d, SL.8. 2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.1.a, L.8.1.c, L.8.1.d, L.8.2, L.8.2.a, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.b, L.8.4.c, L.8.4.d, L.8.5.a, L.8.6

UNIT 3

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UNIT 3 I CONTENTS

READ

Text AnalysisSound DevicesFigurative LanguageForms of PoetryImageryComparing Types of DescriptionFree Verse and StructureSymbolismConflictPoint of ViewDiction

Comprehension ContextContext CluesParaphrasing

Language StudyLatin Prefix im-Latin Suffix -ousLatin Prefix in-Latin Root -cede- or -ceed-

Language Study WorkshopWords With Multiple Meanings

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasPoetry RecitationPoet Profile

Comprehension and CollaborationEvaluation form

Responding to TextPartner DiscussionGroup DiscussionPanel DiscussionQuick Write and DiscussClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEvaluating an Oral Presentation

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyMini-AnthologyProfile

Investigate the Topic: GenerationsGenerations Across CulturesTraditionsQuestioning AuthorityChanging StylesSenior VolunteersLife in a Multi-Generational Household

WRITE

Writing to SourcesPoem With RhythmStudy for a PoemLyric or Narrative PoemArgumentative Text: ReviewExplanatory EssayCompare-and-Contrast EssayNarrative RetellingScenarioCause-and-Effect AnalysisPersuasive EssayAutobiographical NarrativeExpository Essay

Writing Process WorkshopArgument—Response to Literature: Critical Review

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question benefit, connection, cultural, individuality, inform, relevant, significance, valid, experience, express, feedback, meaningful, media, misunderstood, sensorySilver • Ring Out, Wild Bells • Cat! • Thumbprint scampering, flatterer, strife, singularity, spite, imprintThe Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean • Concrete Mixers • Harlem Night Song • The City Is So Big rut, urban, debates, roam, ponderous, dewBlow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind • The New Colossus • Paul Revere’s Ride exiles, somber, yearning, defiance, ingratitude, perilGrandma Ling • your little voice / Over the wires came leaping • New World • January tongue, exquisite, jostling, pollen, impertinently, recedeThe Road Not Taken divergedO Captain! My Captain! exultingOld Man legacy, aromas, remote, reinforce, pattern, conveyedThe Medicine Bag authentic, procession, unseemly, represents, initial, traditionsCub Pilot on the Mississippi malicious, judicious, confronted, adjust, opposing, relevantThank You, M’am contact, presentable, barren, insight, imply, factorTutoring Benefits Seniors’ Health, Students’ Skills buoyed, promising, engaged, benefit, valid, supportThe Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household demographic, prevalent, incentives, percentage, statistics, trend

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.9, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.7, RI.8.8, RI.8.9

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1.c, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b, W.8.2.c, W.8.2.d, W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.b, W.8.3.c, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9.a

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8.1.a, SL.8.1.b, SL.8.1.c, SL.8.1.d, SL.8. 2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.1.a, L.8.1.c, L.8.1.d, L.8.2, L.8.2.a, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.b, L.8.4.c, L.8.4.d, L.8.5.a, L.8.6

Introductory Unit  xix

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UNIT 4

PART 1 SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionIs it our differences or our similarities that matter most? ....... 504

Close Reading WorkshopRead • Discuss • Research • Write ........ 506

DRAMA

from Billy ElliotLee Hall ................................................ 507

DRAMA

from The Miracle WorkerWilliam Gibson .................................... 510

PART 2TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION

DIALOGUE AND DISCOVERY

Elements of Drama ...................................................... 526Analyzing Dramatic Elements ..................................... 528

DRAMA

The Diary of Anne FrankFrances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

Act I ............................................................................... 534

Act II.............................................................................. 598

The GovernessNeil Simon ...................................................................... 642

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARY ANALYSIS ................ 652

SHORT STORY

The NinnyAnton Chekhov ............................................................... 654

LANGuAGE STuDY Borrowed and Foreign Words .......................................... 658

SPEAkING AND LISTENINGEvaluating Media Messages ............................................ 660

WRITING PROCESSExposition: Cause-and-Effect Essay .................................. 662

ASSESSMENT SkILLS .................................................. 670

Selected Response .......................................................... 670

Constructed Response .................................................... 674

EXEMPLAR TEXT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

POEM

Snake on the EtowahDavid Bottoms

NARRATIVE ESSAY

Vanishing SpeciesBailey White

NONFICTION

Old BenJesse Stuart

UNIT 4 I CONTENTS

PART 3TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

THE HOLOCAUST

DRAMA

from kindertransportDiane Samuels ................................................................ 678

DIARY ENTRIES

from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank ..................................................................... 712

MEMOIR

from Anne Frank RememberedMiep Gies (with Allison Leslie Gold) ................................. 718

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE (WITH MAP)

from NightElie Wiesel ...................................................................... 726

SPEECH

from Remarks on a Visit to BuchenwaldElie Wiesel ...................................................................... 738

EXPOSITORY TEXT

Local Holocaust Survivors and Liberators Attend Opening Event for ExhibitionFlorida Holocaust Museum .............................................. 742

ASSESSMENT SYNTHESIS .......................................... 746

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ................... 746

Writing: Dramatic Text ................................................... 747

Writing to Sources: Expository Essay ............................. 748

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent ReadingRecommended Titles for Extended Reading .................................. Tk

Introductory Unit  xxi

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisDialogueCharacter’s MotivationSetting and CharacterComparing Adaptations to OriginalsPlot and ConflictDiaryNarrative PacingSupporting VisualsClaims and EvidenceAuthor’s Purpose

ComprehensionCause and EffectDraw Conclusions

Language StudyGreek suffix -istLatin prefix in-Latin suffix -ory

Language Study WorkshopBorrowed and Foreign Words

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasGuided TourDebate

Responding to Text Group DiscussionPartner DiscussionDebatePanel DiscussionSmall Group DiscussionQuick Write and Discuss

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEvaluating Media Messages

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyBulletin Board Display

Investigate the Topic: The HolocaustHolocaust SurvivorsSurvival in PrintHistorical CausesResistanceAn International CommunityLiberators

WRITE

Writing to SourcesDiary EntriesFilm ReviewPublic Service AnnouncementExplanatory EssayCause-and-Effect EssayArgumentative EssayNonfiction NarrativeAnalytical EssayInformative EssayLetter to the EditorImaginary InterviewPlayCompare-and-Contrast Essay

Writing Process WorkshopExposition: Cause-and-Effect Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question class, discriminate, distinguish, divide, identify, judge, represent, assumption, common, generalization, separate, superficial, sympathy, tolerance, unifyThe Diary of Anne Frank, Act I conspicuous, insufferable, tension, bewildered, resent, fatalistThe Diary of Anne Frank, Act II inarticulate, forlorn, apprehension, intuition, blackmail, ineffectuallyThe Governess inferior, satisfactory, discrepancies, lax, discharged, guilelessThe Ninny account, carelessness, spineless, timidlykindertransport callous, morbid, monumental, motive, distinguishes, evidencefrom Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl enhance, emigrated, evading, observations, investigate, precisefrom Anne Frank Remembered chaos, refugee, succumbed, perception, transfer, documentfrom Night protruded, vulnerable, delirious, respond, evidence, crediblefrom Remarks on a Visit to Buchenwald aspirations, denigrate, invoke, opinion, support, conditionLocal Holocaust Survivors and Liberators Attend Opening Event for Exhibit liberators, testimonies, genocides, contrast, argument, primary sources

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.6. RI.8.7

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b., W.8.2.c, W.8.2.d, W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9.a, W.8.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8. 2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.1.a, L.8.4, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.d, L.8.5, L.8.6

UNIT 4

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UNIT 4 I CONTENTS

READ

Text AnalysisDialogueCharacter’s MotivationSetting and CharacterComparing Adaptations to OriginalsPlot and ConflictDiaryNarrative PacingSupporting VisualsClaims and EvidenceAuthor’s Purpose

ComprehensionCause and EffectDraw Conclusions

Language StudyGreek suffix -istLatin prefix in-Latin suffix -ory

Language Study WorkshopBorrowed and Foreign Words

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasGuided TourDebate

Responding to Text Group DiscussionPartner DiscussionDebatePanel DiscussionSmall Group DiscussionQuick Write and Discuss

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEvaluating Media Messages

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyBulletin Board Display

Investigate the Topic: The HolocaustHolocaust SurvivorsSurvival in PrintHistorical CausesResistanceAn International CommunityLiberators

WRITE

Writing to SourcesDiary EntriesFilm ReviewPublic Service AnnouncementExplanatory EssayCause-and-Effect EssayArgumentative EssayNonfiction NarrativeAnalytical EssayInformative EssayLetter to the EditorImaginary InterviewPlayCompare-and-Contrast Essay

Writing Process WorkshopExposition: Cause-and-Effect Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question class, discriminate, distinguish, divide, identify, judge, represent, assumption, common, generalization, separate, superficial, sympathy, tolerance, unifyThe Diary of Anne Frank, Act I conspicuous, insufferable, tension, bewildered, resent, fatalistThe Diary of Anne Frank, Act II inarticulate, forlorn, apprehension, intuition, blackmail, ineffectuallyThe Governess inferior, satisfactory, discrepancies, lax, discharged, guilelessThe Ninny account, carelessness, spineless, timidlykindertransport callous, morbid, monumental, motive, distinguishes, evidencefrom Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl enhance, emigrated, evading, observations, investigate, precisefrom Anne Frank Remembered chaos, refugee, succumbed, perception, transfer, documentfrom Night protruded, vulnerable, delirious, respond, evidence, crediblefrom Remarks on a Visit to Buchenwald aspirations, denigrate, invoke, opinion, support, conditionLocal Holocaust Survivors and Liberators Attend Opening Event for Exhibit liberators, testimonies, genocides, contrast, argument, primary sources

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.6. RI.8.7

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b., W.8.2.c, W.8.2.d, W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9.a, W.8.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8. 2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.1.a, L.8.4, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.d, L.8.5, L.8.6

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Are yesterday’s heroes important today?UNIT 5

PART 1 SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionAre yesterday’s heroes important today? ............................ 754

Close Reading WorkshopRead • Discuss • Research • Write ........ 756

FICTION

from The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain .......................................... 757

FICTION

Water NamesLan Samantha Chang ........................... 763

PART 2TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION

HEROES AND TRADITIONS

Elements of the American Folk Tradition ................... 770Analyzing Themes in American Stories ...................... 772

READINGS IN AMERICAN STORIES

Coyote Steals the Sun and MoonRichard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz .................................... 776

Chicoria • from The People, YesRudolfo A. Anaya and José Griego y Maestas • Carl Sandburg ................................................ 784

from Out of the DustKaren Hesse .................................................................... 796

An Episode of WarStephen Crane ................................................................ 808

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARy ANALySIS ................ 818

TALL TALE

Davy Crockett’s DreamDavy Crockett ................................................................. 820

TALL TALE

Paul Bunyan of the North WoodsCarl Sandburg ................................................................. 823

POEMInvocation from John Brown’s BodyStephen Vincent Benét .................................................... 826

LANGuAGE STuDY Figurative Language ........................................................ 832

SPEAkING AND LISTENINGDelivering a Persuasive Speech Using Multimedia ............ 834

WRITING PROCESSArgument: Problem-and-Solution Essay ........................... 836

ASSESSMENT SkILLS .................................................. 844

Selected Response .......................................................... 844

Constructed Response .................................................... 845

EXEMPLAR TEXT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

LETTERS

from Steinbeck: A Life in LettersJohn Steinbeck

SHORT STORy

up the SlideJack London

POEM

Ellis IslandJoseph Bruchac

UNIT 5 I CONTENTS

PART 3TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

FREEDOM FIGHTERS

PERSUASIVE SPEECH

from The American DreamMartin Luther King, Jr. .................................................... 852

NARRATIVE POEM

Runagate RunagateRobert Hayden ................................................................ 860

HISTORICAL ESSAy

Emancipation from Lincoln: A PhotobiographyRussell Freedman ............................................................ 866

LyRIC POEM

Harriet Beecher StowePaul Laurence Dunbar ..................................................... 874

HISTORICAL ESSAy

Brown vs. Board of EducationWalter Dean Myers ......................................................... 876

PERSUASIVE SPEECH

On Woman’s Right to SuffrageSusan B. Anthony ........................................................... 886

PERSUASIVE SPEECH

from Address to the Commonwealth Club of San FranciscoCesar Chavez ................................................................. 890

CHART

Nonviolence Tree

ASSESSMENT SyNTHESIS .......................................... 898

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ................... 898

Writing: Autobiographical Narrative ............................... 899

Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay...................... 890

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent ReadingRecommended Titles for Extended Reading .................................. Tk

Introductory Unit  xxv

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisMythologyOral TraditionCultural ContextAuthor’s InfluencesComparing Heroic CharactersOratoryForms of PoetryWord Choice and TonePersuasive TechniquesClaims and Evidence

ComprehensionSummarizePurpose for Reading

Language StudyLatin root -sacr-Suffix -eerLatin root -grat-Latin root -aud-

Language Study Workshop Figurative Language

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasOral Presentation

Comprehension and Collaboration Storytelling Workshop

Responding to Text Partner DiscussionPanel DiscussionGroup DiscussionPartner DiscussionClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopDelivering a Persuasive Speech Using Multimedia

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyLetterResearch Article

Investigate the Topic: Freedom FightersCivil Rights LeadersUnderground RailroadThurgood Marshall’s Contributions to Civil RightsThe Women’s MovementThe Grape BoycottHenry David Thoreau

WRITE

Writing to SourcesMythCritical AnalysisResearch ProposalPersuasive SpeechEssayInformative EssayNarrativeArgumentPoemAutobiographical NarrativeArgumentative Essay

Writing Process Workshop Argument: Problem-and-Solution Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question aspects, cultural, emphasize, exaggerate, imitate, influence, symbolize, accomplishments, admirably, bravery, courage, endure, outdated, overcome, sufferingCoyote Steals the Sun and Moon sacred, shriveled, pestering, pursuit, lagged, curiosityChicoria cordially, self-confident, haughty from The People, Yes, straddling, cyclone, mutineersfrom Out of the Dust feuding, spindly, drought, grateful, sparse, ricketyAn Episode of War winced, audible, compelled, tumultuous, contempt, disdainfully Davy Crockett’s Dream kindledPaul Bunyan of the North Woods shanties, commotionInvocation from John Brown’s Body subdued, arrogantfrom The American Dream paradoxes, devoid, perish, observation, distinguish, evidence Runagate Runagate beckoning, shackles, anguish, objective, elementsEmancipation from Lincoln: A Photobiography alienate, compensate, humiliating, contribute, endured, factorsHarriet Beecher Stowe complacent, transfigured, significance, extentBrown vs. Board of Education predominantly, deliberating, oppressed, distinction, aspect, accessOn Woman’s Right to Suffrage posterity, mockery, rebellion, discriminate, emphasizing, primaryfrom Address to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco implements, exploit, infamy, reference, investigate, aspectNonviolence Tree conveyed, civil, valid

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, RL.8.7, RL.8.9, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.7

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1c, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b., W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.b, W.8.3.c, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9.a

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8.1.a, SL.8.1.b, SL.8.1.c, SL.8.1.d, SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.2.a, L.8.2.b, L.8.2.c, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.b, L.8.5, L.8.5.a, L.8.6

UNIT 5

xxvi  UNIT 5  •  Are yesterday’s heroes important today?

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UNIT 5 I CONTENTS

READ

Text AnalysisMythologyOral TraditionCultural ContextAuthor’s InfluencesComparing Heroic CharactersOratoryForms of PoetryWord Choice and TonePersuasive TechniquesClaims and Evidence

ComprehensionSummarizePurpose for Reading

Language StudyLatin root -sacr-Suffix -eerLatin root -grat-Latin root -aud-

Language Study Workshop Figurative Language

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasOral Presentation

Comprehension and Collaboration Storytelling Workshop

Responding to Text Partner DiscussionPanel DiscussionGroup DiscussionPartner DiscussionClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopDelivering a Persuasive Speech Using Multimedia

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyLetterResearch Article

Investigate the Topic: Freedom FightersCivil Rights LeadersUnderground RailroadThurgood Marshall’s Contributions to Civil RightsThe Women’s MovementThe Grape BoycottHenry David Thoreau

WRITE

Writing to SourcesMythCritical AnalysisResearch ProposalPersuasive SpeechEssayInformative EssayNarrativeArgumentPoemAutobiographical NarrativeArgumentative Essay

Writing Process Workshop Argument: Problem-and-Solution Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Introducing the Big Question aspects, cultural, emphasize, exaggerate, imitate, influence, symbolize, accomplishments, admirably, bravery, courage, endure, outdated, overcome, sufferingCoyote Steals the Sun and Moon sacred, shriveled, pestering, pursuit, lagged, curiosityChicoria cordially, self-confident, haughty from The People, Yes, straddling, cyclone, mutineersfrom Out of the Dust feuding, spindly, drought, grateful, sparse, ricketyAn Episode of War winced, audible, compelled, tumultuous, contempt, disdainfully Davy Crockett’s Dream kindledPaul Bunyan of the North Woods shanties, commotionInvocation from John Brown’s Body subdued, arrogantfrom The American Dream paradoxes, devoid, perish, observation, distinguish, evidence Runagate Runagate beckoning, shackles, anguish, objective, elementsEmancipation from Lincoln: A Photobiography alienate, compensate, humiliating, contribute, endured, factorsHarriet Beecher Stowe complacent, transfigured, significance, extentBrown vs. Board of Education predominantly, deliberating, oppressed, distinction, aspect, accessOn Woman’s Right to Suffrage posterity, mockery, rebellion, discriminate, emphasizing, primaryfrom Address to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco implements, exploit, infamy, reference, investigate, aspectNonviolence Tree conveyed, civil, valid

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.

Reading LiteratureRL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, RL.8.7, RL.8.9, RL.8.10

Reading Informational Text RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.7

WritingW.8.1, W.8.1.a, W.8.1.b, W.8.1c, W.8.1.d, W.8.1.e, W.8.2, W.8.2.a, W.8.2.b., W.8.2.e, W.8.2.f, W.8.3, W.8.3.a, W.8.3.b, W.8.3.c, W.8.3.d, W.8.3.e, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.8.9.a

Speaking and ListeningSL.8.1, SL.8.1.a, SL.8.1.b, SL.8.1.c, SL.8.1.d, SL.8.4, SL.8.5, SL.8.6

LanguageL.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.2.a, L.8.2.b, L.8.2.c, L.8.4.a, L.8.4.b, L.8.5, L.8.5.a, L.8.6

Introductory Unit  xxvii

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