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UNIT 1
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Unit ACtiVitY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
LAUnCh text: nOnFiCtiOn nARRAtiVe MODeL
We All Came Here From SomewhereAretta Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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AnChOR text: eSSAY
A Quilt of a CountryAnna Quindlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
AnChOR text: eSSAY
the immigrant Contribution from A nation of immigrantsJohn F. Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeDiA: tiMeLine
nYt interactive immigration Map . . . . . .00
ShORt StORY
American HistoryJudith Ortiz Cofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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ShORt StORY
Rules of the gameAmy Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
BLOG POSt
the Writing on the WallCamille Dungy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeMOiR
With a little Help From My Friends from Funny in FarsiFiroozeh Dumas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POetRY
Morning talkRoberta Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
immigrant picnicGregory Djanikian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Present a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . .00
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MEMOIR
from When I Was puerto ricanEsmeralda Santiago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
ESSAY
from What is an american?J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur . . . . . . . .00
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Finding a Voice: a taiwanese Family adapts to americaDiane Tsai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POETRY
the new ColossusEmma Lazarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
Legal alienPat Mora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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What does Citizenship Mean to You?Damola Akinola and Maria Cornejo . . . . . .00
perForManCe-based assessMent
nonfiction narrative: reflective essay and Informal speech . . .00
UnIt reFLeCtIon
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PERfORMAnCE-BASED ASSESSMEnT PREP
Review Evidence for a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
essential question: What makes people feel “american”?
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2 Survival
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UNIT ACTIVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
LAUNCh TexT: ArgUmeNT modeL
the Cost of SurvivalTheo Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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ANChor TexT: ShorT STorY
the Seventh ManHaruki Murakami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
ANChor TexT: opINIoN pIeCe
the Moral logic of Survivor guiltNancy Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
medIA: podCAST
the Key to Disaster Survival? Friends and neighborsShankar Vedantam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
SMall-gROup leaRning
NArrATIVe NoNFICTIoN
the Voyage of the James Caird from the enduranceCaroline Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
medIA: phoTo gALLerY
the Endurance and the James Caird in imagesFrank Hurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
NoVeL exCerpT
from life of piYann Martel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
ArgUmeNT
the Value of a Sherpa lifeGrayson Schaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
poeTrY
i am Offering this poemJimmy Santiago Baca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
the writerRichard Wilbur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
hugging the JukeboxNaomi Shihab Nye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
perFormANCe TASk
Writing Focus
Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
perFormANCe TASk
speAking And Listening Focus
present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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Short Story
to Build a FireJack London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Short Story
the Most dangerous gameRichard Connell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
BIoGrAPhy
from UnbrokenLaura Hillenbrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ExPoSItory nonfIctIon
Seven Steps to Surviving a disasterJim Y. Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
MAGAzInE ArtIclE
Titanic vs. Lusitania: How people Behave in a disasterJeffrey Kluger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
MEMoIr
from WaveSonali Deraniyagala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
perForMance-BaSed aSSeSSMent
argument: essay and oral presentation . . . . . . . . . 126
UnIt reFLectIon
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
PErforMAncE-BASEd ASSESSMEnt PrEP
Review Evidence for an Argument . . . 125
essential question: What does it take to survive?
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UNIT The Literature of Civil Rights3
uniT inTRODuCTiOn
Unit ACtiVitY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
LAUnCh text: exPLAnAtORY MODeL
1963: The Year That Changed EverythingSara Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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AnChOR text: SPeeCh
“i have a Dream . . .”Martin Luther King, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeDiA: ViDeO
“i have a Dream . . .”Martin Luther King, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
AnChOR text: ARGUMent
Letter from a Birmingham City JailMartin Luther King, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeDiA: ViDeO
Remarks on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.Robert F. Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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MeDiA: neWSCASt
Remembering Civil Rights history, when “words Meant Everything”PBS Newshour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POetRY
For My peopleMargaret Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
incidentNatasha Trethewey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
SPeeCh
Lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr.Cesar Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeMOiR
TravelingGrace Paley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRfORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write a Research Outline . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRfORMAnCe tASk
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Present Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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ARGUMENT
Just Walk on By: Black Men and public SpacesBrent Staples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
How the Children of Birmingham Changed the Civil-rights MovementLottie L. Joiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
from Black BoyRichard Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
the Many Lives of Hazel BryanDavid Margolick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
SHORT STORY
Liars don’t QualifyJunius Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MEDIA: RADIO BROADCAST
Sam Cooke’s Swan Song of protestAll Things Considered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
perforManCe-BaSed aSSeSSMent
explanatory text: research-Based essay and Multimedia presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
UnIt refLeCtIon
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PERfORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT PREP
Review and Organize Research . . . . . . .00
essential question: How can words inspire change?
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UNIT
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LAUnCh text: ARGUMent MODeL
Romeo and Juliet: A tragedy? Or Just a tragic Misunderstanding?Olivia Dasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
whOle-ClAss leARning
AnChOR text: DRAMA
the tragedy of Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeDiA: AUDiO PeRFORMAnCe
the tragedy of Romeo and JulietLos Angeles Theatre Works . . . . . . . . .00
ShORt StORY
Pyramus and thisbeOvid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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LiteRARY CRitiCiSM
Romeo and Juliet is a terrible PlayAlyssa Rosenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
in Defense of Romeo and Juliet: it’s not Childish, it’s *About* ChildishnessNoah Berlatsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
JOURnALiSM
twenty Years On: the unfinished lives of sarajevo’s Romeo and JulietGordana Sandic-Hadzihasanovic . . . . . .00
MeDiA: neWSCASt
tragic Romeo and Juliet Offers Bosnia hopeNic Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write a Critical Review . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Present a Claim and Summary . . . . . . .00
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MYTH
popocatepetl and IxtlaccihuatlJuliet Piggot Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POEM
annabel LeeEdgar Allan Poe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
NONFICTION
What’s the rush?: Young Brains Cause doomed LoveTK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
GRAPHIC NOVEL
romeo and JulietEli Neugeboren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
If romeo and Juliet Had Cell phonesMisty Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
performanCe-Based assessment
argument:Critical review and oral presentation . . .00
UnIt refLeCtIon
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PERFORMANCE-bASEd ASSESSMENT PREP
Review Evidence for a Critical Review . .00
essential question: Do we determine our own destinies?
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UNIT
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LAUnCh text: inFORMAtiVe MODeL
Gone and Back Again: A traveler’s AdviceLuis Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
whOle-ClAss leARninG
AnChOR text: ePiC POeM
from the OdysseyHomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
GRAPhiC nOVeL
the OdysseyGareth Hinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
WORKPLACe/FUnCtiOnAL DOCUMent
Application for a Mariner’s licenseUnited States Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
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ShORt StORY
half a DayNaguib Mahfouz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
inteRVieW
Bill Moyers interview with Joseph CampbellMoyers/Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POetRY
CourageAnne Sexton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
ithakaC. P. Cavafy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
from narrow Road to a Far provinceMatsuo Bashō . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASK
WRITING FOCUS
Write an Informative Article . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASK
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Deliver an Informative Talk . . . . . . . . . .00
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
polynesians Set Sail on three Year, Historic JourneyAmy Lieu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POETRY
the road not takenRobert Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
Your WorldGeorgia Douglas Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
SHORT STORY
the returnNgugi wa Thiong’o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MEDIA: PHOTO GALLERY
13 epic animal Migrations that prove Just How Cool Mother nature IsBrianna Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MEMOIR
from WildCheryl Strayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
traveling teaches Students in a Way Schools Can’tAmanda Machado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
perforManCe-baSed aSSeSSMent
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PERfORMANCE-bASED ASSESSMENT PREP
Review Evidence for an Informative Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
essential question: Which matters more, the journey or the destination?
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LAUnCh text: FiCtiOnAL nARRAtiVe
Story Outline: Dream’s WinterMaya Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
WhOle-ClaSS leaRning
AnChOR text: ShORt StORY
By the Waters of BabylonStephen Vincent Benet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
AnChOR text: ShORt StORY
there Will Come Soft RainsRay Bradbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
Small-gROup leaRning
MAGAZine ARtiCLe
the nuclear touristGeorge Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POetRY
the beginning of the end of the worldLucille Clifton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
the powwow at the end of the WorldSherman Alexie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
a Song on the end of the WorldCzeslaw Milosz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeDiA: RADiO BROADCASt
from War of the WorldsRadiolab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MeDiA: DOCUMentARY
from War of the WorldsPBS American Experience . . . . . . . . . . .00
MAGAZine ARtiCLe
the myth of the War of the Worlds panicJefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write a Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
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preparedness 101: Zombie apocalypseAli S. Khan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
WEBSITE ARTICLE
the Secret Bunker Congress never UsedNPR Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
SHORT STORY
patient ZeroTananarive Due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
the end of the World May Look Just Like thisMegan Gambino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
POETRY
Fire and IceRobert Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
perhaps the World ends HereJoy Harjo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
MEDIA: NEWSCAST
a Visit to the doomsday Vault60 Minutes with Scott Pelley . . . . . . . . . . . .00
perForManCe-BaSed aSSeSSMent
narrative:Short Story and recitation . . . . . . . . . . . .00
UnIt reFLeCtIon
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essential question: What does doomsday literature say about us?
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