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ContentsINTRODUCTORY UNIT

COMMON CORE FOUNDATIONS

Building Academic Vocabulary Workshop .............................................. xlivGeneral Academic Vocabulary ..................................................................... xlivDoman-Specific Academic Vocabulary ........................................................ xlix

Writing an Objective Summary .................................................................... livMODEL: Summary of “Mowgli’s Brothers” ....................................................lv

Comprehending Complex Texts .................................................................... lviSTRATEGY 1: Multidraft Reading ...................................................................... lvi

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: “Prayers of Steel”Carl Sandburg .................................................................................................. lvii

STRATEGY 2: Close Read the Text ................................................................... lviiiMODEL: from “Speech to the Constitutional Convention”Benjamin Franklin .............................................................................................. lix

STRATEGY 3: Ask Questions ...............................................................................lxMODEL: from “Owning Books”William Lyon Phelps ........................................................................................... lxi

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: from “Speech at the Grand Canyon”Theodore Roosevelt ........................................................................................... lxi

Analyzing Arguments .................................................................................... lxiiMODEL: from “Speech Supporting Women’s Suffrage”Robert L. Owen ............................................................................................... lxiii

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

MODEL: from “Inaugural Address”Dwight D. Eisenhower ...................................................................................... lxv

Composing an Argument ............................................................................. lxvi

Research Workshop ......................................................................................lxviiiConducting Research ...................................................................................lxviiiResearch Process Workshop .......................................................................... lxxMODEL: Research Paper .............................................................................. lxxvCiting Sources Reference Guide ................................................................ lxxviii

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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 in detail its

development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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

course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

8. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

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

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

5. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.

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.

9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Additional standards addressed in these workshops:

Writing1.a, 1.b, 1.e, 2.a-c, 2.f;

Language1, 2, 6

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Does every conflict have a winner?

PART 1SETTING ExPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big Question Does every conflict have a winner? ............................................ TK

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

shoRT sToRy

The Dinner Party Mona Gardner ....................................... TK

shoRT sToRy

The Treasure of Lemon Brown Walter Dean Myers ................................ TK

PART 2TExT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLoRATIoN

DIFFERENT PERsPECTIVEs

Elements of Short Stories .............................................. TKAnalyzing How Elements Interact ................................ TK

shoRT sToRy READINGs

Rikki-tikki-tavi Rudyard Kipling ................................................................ TK

Two Kinds from The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan ........................................................................... TK

The Third WishJoan Aiken ........................................................................ TK

RibbonsLaurence Yep .................................................................... TK

COMPARING TExTS LITERARy ANALysIs .................. TK

hUMoRoUs EssAy

The Night the Bed Fell James Thurber .................................................................. TK

shoRT sToRy

Stolen DaySherwood Anderson ......................................................... TK

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

SPEAKING AND LISTENING Delivering an oral summary .............................................. TK

WRITING PROCESS Autobiographical Narrative ........... TK

ASSESSMENT sKILLs .................................................... TK

Cumulative Review ........................................................... TK

Constructed Response ...................................................... TK

UNIT 1

ExEMPLAR TExT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

ARTICLE

The Fall of the HindenburgMichael Morrison

NoVEL EXCERPT

from Letters from Rifka Karen Hesse

EDIToRIAL

Veteran Returns, Becomes Symbol Minneapolis Star and Tribune

PART 3TExT SETS DEVELoPING INsIGhT

CoMPETITIoN

shoRT sToRy

Amigo Brothers Piri Thomas ....................................................................... TK

WEB ARTICLE

Get More From CompetitionChristopher Funk .............................................................. TK

WEB ARTICLE

Forget Fun, Embrace EnjoymentAdam Naylor ..................................................................... TK

NEWsPAPER ARTICLE

Video Game Competitiveness, Not Violence, Spurs Aggression, Study Suggests Jennifer LaRue Huget ........................................................ TK

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Win Some, Lose Some Charles Osgood ................................................................ TK

MEDIA

Orlando Magic LeRoy Neiman ................................................................... TK

ASSESSMENT syNThEsIs ............................................ TK

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ..................... TK

Writing: Personal Narrative .............................................. TK

Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay........................ TK

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent ReadingRecommended Titles for Extended Reading .................... TK

UNIT 1 I CONTENTS

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisPlotCharacter and Point of ViewConflict and Resolution ThemeComparing CharactersConflictstructurePersuasive Techniques Rhetorical Devices

ComprehensionMake PredictionsMake Inferences

Language StudyLatin suffix -tion Latin root -spir-Latin prefix mal-Latin suffix -ious

Language Study WorkshopUsing a Dictionary and Thesaurus

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasInformal DebateNews story

Responding to Text Group Discussion Partner DiscussionDebatePanel Discussion Debate

Listening and Speaking Workshop Delivering an oral summary

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyoutlinePoster

Investigate the Topic: Competitionhealthy and Unhealthy Competition Mind and Body Coaching and Competition A Model of Character

WRITE

Writing to SourcesInformative ArticleJournal Entry AnecdoteLetter to the AuthorExplanatory Essay Analytical EssayFictional NarrativeArgumentEssayArgumentArgument

Writing Process Workshop Write a Narrative: Autobiographical Narrative

Assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Personal Narrative Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Rikki-tikki-tavi revived, immensely, veranda, mourning, consolation, cunninglyTwo Kinds from The Joy Luck Club reproach, conspired, devastated, nonchalantly, expectations, sentimental The Third Wish verge, dabbling, presumptuous, rash, remote, malicious Ribbons sensitive, meek, coax, laborious, exertion, furrowed The Night the Bed Fell; Stolen Day ominous, perilous, culprit, solemn, assumption, common, discover, perspectiveAmigo Brothers devastating, perpetual, evading, literally, communication, effectiveGet More From Competition optimal, deteriorates, maximize, attitude, sufficient, resolutionForget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment advocacy, trivialness, endeavors, perceive, explain, cite Video game competitiveness, not violence, spurs aggression, study suggests aggressive, spur, blunt, deduce, insight Win Some, Lost Some aversion, imposters, emerged, attitude, convince“Orlando Magic” Painting illustrate, debate


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

Reading LiteratureRL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.8, RL.7.9

Reading Informational Text RI.7.3

WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-b, W.7.2, W.7.2.a, W.7.2.d-e, W.7.3, W.7.3.a-e, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.7, W.7.7-9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.7.1.a, sL.7.3, sL.7.6, sL.7.5, sL.7.1, sL.7.4-5, sL.7.1, sL.7.4, sL.7.1, sL.7.4

LanguageL.7.1-3, L.7.2.a, L.7.4.a-b, L.7.4.c-d, L.7.5.a, L.7.5.c, L.7.6

UNIT 1

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READ

Text AnalysisPlotCharacter and Point of ViewConflict and Resolution ThemeComparing CharactersConflictstructurePersuasive Techniques Rhetorical Devices

ComprehensionMake PredictionsMake Inferences

Language StudyLatin suffix -tion Latin root -spir-Latin prefix mal-Latin suffix -ious

Language Study WorkshopUsing a Dictionary and Thesaurus

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasInformal DebateNews story

Responding to Text Group Discussion Partner DiscussionDebatePanel Discussion Debate

Listening and Speaking Workshop Delivering an oral summary

RESEARCH

Research and TechnologyoutlinePoster

Investigate the Topic: Competitionhealthy and Unhealthy Competition Mind and Body Coaching and Competition A Model of Character

WRITE

Writing to SourcesInformative ArticleJournal Entry AnecdoteLetter to the AuthorExplanatory Essay Analytical EssayFictional NarrativeArgumentEssayArgumentArgument

Writing Process Workshop Write a Narrative: Autobiographical Narrative

Assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Personal Narrative Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


Rikki-tikki-tavi revived, immensely, veranda, mourning, consolation, cunninglyTwo Kinds from The Joy Luck Club reproach, conspired, devastated, nonchalantly, expectations, sentimental The Third Wish verge, dabbling, presumptuous, rash, remote, malicious Ribbons sensitive, meek, coax, laborious, exertion, furrowed The Night the Bed Fell; Stolen Day ominous, perilous, culprit, solemn, assumption, common, discover, perspectiveAmigo Brothers devastating, perpetual, evading, literally, communication, effectiveGet More From Competition optimal, deteriorates, maximize, attitude, sufficient, resolutionForget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment advocacy, trivialness, endeavors, perceive, explain, cite Video game competitiveness, not violence, spurs aggression, study suggests aggressive, spur, blunt, deduce, insight Win Some, Lost Some aversion, imposters, emerged, attitude, convince“Orlando Magic” Painting illustrate, debate



Reading LiteratureRL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.8, RL.7.9

Reading Informational Text RI.7.3

WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-b, W.7.2, W.7.2.a, W.7.2.d-e, W.7.3, W.7.3.a-e, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.7, W.7.7-9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.7.1.a, sL.7.3, sL.7.6, sL.7.5, sL.7.1, sL.7.4-5, sL.7.1, sL.7.4, sL.7.1, sL.7.4

LanguageL.7.1-3, L.7.2.a, L.7.4.a-b, L.7.4.c-d, L.7.5.a, L.7.5.c, L.7.6

UNIT 1 I CONTENTS

Introductory Unit xi


What should we learn?

PART 1SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionWhat should we learn? .................... TK


HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

from Freedom WalkersRussell Freedman ................................... TK

NARRATIVE ESSAY

from What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt? Richard Mühlberger ............................... TK

PART 2TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION

EXPLORING IDEAS

Elements of Nonfiction .................................................. TKAnalyzing Structure and Relationships in Literary Nonfiction ......................................................... TK

NONFICTION READINGS

Life Without Gravity Robert Zimmerman ........................................................... TK

I Am a Native of North America Chief Dan George ............................................................. TK

All Together NowBarbara Jordan .................................................................. TK

Rattlesnake HuntMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings ................................................ TK

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARY ANALYSIS .................. TK

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

from Barrio Boy Ernesto Galarza ................................................................. TK

SHORT STORY

A Day’s Wait Ernest Hemingway ............................................................ TK

LANGuAGE STuDY Word Origins ............................... TK

SPEAkING AND LISTENING Evaluating a Persuasive Presentation ................................. TK

WRITING PROCESS Argumentative Essay .................... TK

ASSESSMENT SKILLS .................................................... TK



UNIT 2

EXEMPLAR TEXT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

SHORT STORY

Suzy and Leah Jane Yolen

EXPOSITORY ESSAY

Conversational Ballgames Nancy Masterson Sakamoto

DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

My Head Is Full of Starshine Peg Kehret

PART 3TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

MOTIVATION

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

No Gumption Russell Baker

WEB ARTICLE

Intrinsic Motivation Doesn’t Exist, Researcher Says Jeff Grabmeier .................................................................. TK

POEM

The Cremation of Sam McGeeRobert Service ................................................................... TK

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A Special Gift—The Legacy of “Snowflake” BentleyBarbara Eaglesham ........................................................... TK

FOLK TALE

All Stories Are Anansi’s Harold Courlander ............................................................ TK

INFOGRAPHIC

Image: Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and Human Needs Abraham Maslow ............................................................. TK

ASSESSMENT SYNTHESIS ............................................ TK


Writing: Autobiographical Narrative ................................. TK

Writing to Sources: Informative Text ............................... TK



UNIT 2 I CONTENTS

Introductory Unit xiii


Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisExpository EssayReflective EssayPersuasive EssayWord Choice, or Diction Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction Autobiography Expository WritingCharactersBiographyFolk Tales

ComprehensionMain IdeaMain IdeaClassifying Fact and Opinion Classifying Fact and Opinion

Language StudySuffix -nessLatin root -just-Latin root -leg-Latin root -sol-

Language Study WorkshopWord Origins

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasOral SummaryResponse

Comprehension and Collaboration Public Service Announcement (PSA)

Responding to Text Group DiscussionGroup Discussion Partner Discussion Partner Discussion Small Group Discussion

Listening and Speaking Workshop Evaluating a Persuasive Presentation

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Help-Wanted Ad

Investigate the Topic: MotivationGoals and Motivation Money and Grades Klondike Gold Rush Snow Crystals Tricksters in Folk Tales Abraham Maslow

WRITE

Writing to SourcesAnalogyOutlinePersuasive LetterAdaptation Explanatory Essay (Compare and Contrast?) Persuasive Essay ArgumentFictional NarrativeInformative EssayFolk Tale

Writing Process Workshop Write an Argumentative Text: Argumentative Essay

Assessment Synthesis Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical Narrative Writing to Sources: Informative Text

UNIT VOCABULARY


Life Without Gravity manned, spines, feeble, blander, globules, readaptedI Am a Native of North America distinct, communal, justifies, promote, hoarding, integrationAll Together Now legislation, tolerant, culminated, fundamental, equality, optimist Rattlesnake Hunt adequate, desolate, forage, translucent, arid, mortality Barrio Boy; A Day’s Wait reassuring, contraption, formidable, epidemic, flushed, evidently, adaptation, culture, diversity, traditionNo Gumption gumption, crucial, aptitude, identify, insight, purposeIntrinsic Motivation Doesn’t Exist, Researcher Says psychologists, tout, fosters, perceptions, acknowledge, investigate The Cremation of Sam McGee cremated, whimper, loathed, images, contribute, outcome A Special Gift—The Legacy of “Snowflake” Bentley hexagons, negatives, evaporated, observe, focus, inquiry All Stories Are Anansi’s dispute, opinion, acknowledge, communicate, contribute, tradition Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and Human Needs Infographic explain, diagram, theory



Reading LiteratureRL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6

Reading Informational Text RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.7, RI.7.8

WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.2; W.7.2.a, W.7.3, W.7.3.d, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.b, W.7.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.7.1, SL.7.1.a, SL.7.1.c, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4

LanguageL.7.1, L.7.2, L.7.2.b, L.7.3, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.b-c, L.7.5, L.7.5.a-b, L.7.6

UNIT 2

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READ

Text AnalysisExpository EssayReflective EssayPersuasive EssayWord Choice, or Diction Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction Autobiography Expository WritingCharactersBiographyFolk Tales

ComprehensionMain IdeaMain IdeaClassifying Fact and Opinion Classifying Fact and Opinion

Language StudySuffix -nessLatin root -just-Latin root -leg-Latin root -sol-

Language Study WorkshopWord Origins

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasOral SummaryResponse

Comprehension and Collaboration Public Service Announcement (PSA)

Responding to Text Group DiscussionGroup Discussion Partner Discussion Partner Discussion Small Group Discussion

Listening and Speaking Workshop Evaluating a Persuasive Presentation

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Help-Wanted Ad

Investigate the Topic: MotivationGoals and Motivation Money and Grades Klondike Gold Rush Snow Crystals Tricksters in Folk Tales Abraham Maslow

WRITE

Writing to SourcesAnalogyOutlinePersuasive LetterAdaptation Explanatory Essay (Compare and Contrast?) Persuasive Essay ArgumentFictional NarrativeInformative EssayFolk Tale

Writing Process Workshop Write an Argumentative Text: Argumentative Essay

Assessment Synthesis Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical Narrative Writing to Sources: Informative Text

UNIT VOCABULARY


Life Without Gravity manned, spines, feeble, blander, globules, readaptedI Am a Native of North America distinct, communal, justifies, promote, hoarding, integrationAll Together Now legislation, tolerant, culminated, fundamental, equality, optimist Rattlesnake Hunt adequate, desolate, forage, translucent, arid, mortality Barrio Boy; A Day’s Wait reassuring, contraption, formidable, epidemic, flushed, evidently, adaptation, culture, diversity, traditionNo Gumption gumption, crucial, aptitude, identify, insight, purposeIntrinsic Motivation Doesn’t Exist, Researcher Says psychologists, tout, fosters, perceptions, acknowledge, investigate The Cremation of Sam McGee cremated, whimper, loathed, images, contribute, outcome A Special Gift—The Legacy of “Snowflake” Bentley hexagons, negatives, evaporated, observe, focus, inquiry All Stories Are Anansi’s dispute, opinion, acknowledge, communicate, contribute, tradition Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and Human Needs Infographic explain, diagram, theory




Reading Informational Text RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.7, RI.7.8

WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.2; W.7.2.a, W.7.3, W.7.3.d, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.b, W.7.10


LanguageL.7.1, L.7.2, L.7.2.b, L.7.3, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.b-c, L.7.5, L.7.5.a-b, L.7.6

UNIT 2 I CONTENTS

Introductory Unit xv


What is the best way to communicate?

PART 1SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionWhat is the best way to communicate? .................................... TK


POEM

The Railway TrainEmily Dickinson ...................................... TK

POEM

Maestro • The Desert Is My Mother • Bailando Pat Mora ................................................ TK


SOUNDS AND IMAGES

Elements of Poetry ......................................................... TKAnalyzing Language, Form, and Structure in Poetry ......................................................................... TK

POETRy COLLECTION 1

Winter Nikki Giovanni .................................................... TK

The Rider Naomi Shihab Nye .......................................... TK

Seal William Jay Smith .................................................... TK

Haiku Matsuo Basho- ....................................................... TK

POETRy COLLECTION 2

Life Naomi Long Madgett ............................................... TK

The Courage That My Mother Had Edna St. Vincent Millay ..................................................... TK

Mother to Son Langston Hughes .................................. TK

Fog Carl Sandburg .......................................................... TK

POETRy COLLECTION 3

Train Tune Louise Bogan ................................................ TK

Full Fathom Five William Shakespeare .......................... TK

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out Shel Silverstein ......................... TK

Onomatopoeia Eve Merriam ......................................... TK

POETRy COLLECTION 4

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost ...................................................................... TK

Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe ........................................ TK

Father William Lewis Carroll ......................................... TK

Jim Gwendolyn Brooks .................................................... TK

COMPARING TEXTS LITERARy ANALySIS .................. TK

POEM

MiraclesWalt Whitman .................................................................. TK

POEM

in Just—E. E. Cummings ................................................................. TK

UNIT 3

EXEMPLAR TEXT

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ONLINE TEXT SET

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

from Angela’s AshesFrank McCourt

SHORT STORY

Seventh Grade Gary Soto

WEB SITE

Safe Routes to School

Language STuDy Words With Multiple Meanings ......................................... TK

SpeakIng anD LISTenIng Evaluating Media Messages and Advertisements ............... TK

WRITING PROCESS Comparison-and-Contrast Essay ........................................ TK

ASSESSMENT SkILLS .................................................... TK




HEROES AND OUTLAWS

NARRATIVE POEM

The Highwayman Alfred Noyes ..................................................................... TK

WEB SITE

Carnegie Hero Fund Commission ............................... TKMAGAZINE ARTICLE

The Myth of the Outlaw Ruth M. Hamel ................................................................. TK

EXPOSITORy ESSAy

The Real Story of a Cowboy’s LifeGeoffrey C. Ward .............................................................. TK

SHORT STORY

After Twenty YearsO. Henry ........................................................................... TK

WEB ARTICLE

Harriet Tubman ............................................................. TKPOSTER

Harriet Tubman Wanted Poster .................................. TK

ASSESSMENT SyNTHESIS ............................................ TK


Writing: Fictional Narrative .............................................. TK

Writing to Sources: Expository Essay ............................... TK

PART 4 DeMOnSTRaTIng InDepenDenCe


UNIT 3 I CONTENTS

Introductory Unit xvii


Unit at a Glance

READ

Text Analysis Forms of PoetryFigurative LanguageSound Devices Sound DevicesComparing ImageryRepetitionStructureDictionPrimary SourcesIronyAuthor’s Viewpoint

Comprehension Draw ConclusionsDraw ConclusionsParaphraseParaphrase

Language StudyLatin root -lum-Suffix -erOld English suffix -lessOld English prefix un-

Language Study WorkshopWords with Multiple Meanings

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasPresentationPoetry Reading

Responding to Text Group DiscussionGroup DiscussionPartner Discussion DebateGroup DiscussionGroup Discussion

Listening and Speaking Workshop Evaluating Media Messages and Advertisements

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Scientific ExplanationSurvey

Investigate the Topic: Heroes and Outlaws Heroes and Outlaws in Literature Civilization’s HeroesOutlaws after the Civil War Cowboys and SettlersPolice HeroesThe Underground Railroad A Leader of the American Abolitionist Movement during the 1800s (**Change**)

WRITE

Writing to SourcesLyric Poem, Concrete Poem, HaikuMetaphorParaphrase PoemRecommendation (Compare and Contrast?) Character AnalysisPersuasive LetterArgumentArgumentFictional Narrative Fictional NarrativeArgument

Writing Process Workshop Compare and Contrast Essay

Assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group DiscussionWriting: Fictional Narrative Writing to Sources: Expository Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


Poetry Collection 1 translates, luminous, minnow, swerve, utter, fragrant Poetry Collection 2 fascinated, granite, crystal, haunches Poetry Collection 3 groves, fathom, withered, curdled, sputters, smattering Poetry Collection 4 downy, coveted, envying, incessantly, uncommonly, supple Miracles; in Just— exquisite, distinct, appreciate, insight, perceive, uniqueThe Highwayman torrent, bound, strove, contrast, identify, opposingCarnegie Hero Fund Commission commemorated, prompted, eligible, explain, definition, characteristic The Myth of the Outlaw nondescript, repulsive, commissioned, attitude, reflect, viewpoint The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life discipline, gauge, emphatic, challenge, attitude, evaluate After Twenty Years spectators, intricate, simultaneously, communicate, contradiction, contribute Harriet Tubman subjected, feigned, conferred, media, solve, reactions Harriet Tubman Wanted Poster convincing, facts, conclude



Reading LiteratureRL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.7

Reading Informational Text RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6

WritingW.7.1, W.7.2, W.7.2.a-e, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10,

Speaking and ListeningSL.7.1, SL.7.1.c-d, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4, SL.7.5, SL.7.6

LanguageL.7.1, L.7.1.a-c, L.7.2, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.a, L.7.4.c-d, L.7.5.b, L.7.6

UNIT 3

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READ

Text Analysis Forms of PoetryFigurative LanguageSound Devices Sound DevicesComparing ImageryRepetitionStructureDictionPrimary SourcesIronyAuthor’s Viewpoint

Comprehension Draw ConclusionsDraw ConclusionsParaphraseParaphrase

Language StudyLatin root -lum-Suffix -erOld English suffix -lessOld English prefix un-

Language Study WorkshopWords with Multiple Meanings

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasPresentationPoetry Reading

Responding to Text Group DiscussionGroup DiscussionPartner Discussion DebateGroup DiscussionGroup Discussion

Listening and Speaking Workshop Evaluating Media Messages and Advertisements

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Scientific ExplanationSurvey

Investigate the Topic: Heroes and Outlaws Heroes and Outlaws in Literature Civilization’s HeroesOutlaws after the Civil War Cowboys and SettlersPolice HeroesThe Underground Railroad A Leader of the American Abolitionist Movement during the 1800s (**Change**)

WRITE

Writing to SourcesLyric Poem, Concrete Poem, HaikuMetaphorParaphrase PoemRecommendation (Compare and Contrast?) Character AnalysisPersuasive LetterArgumentArgumentFictional Narrative Fictional NarrativeArgument

Writing Process Workshop Compare and Contrast Essay

Assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group DiscussionWriting: Fictional Narrative Writing to Sources: Expository Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


Poetry Collection 1 translates, luminous, minnow, swerve, utter, fragrant Poetry Collection 2 fascinated, granite, crystal, haunches Poetry Collection 3 groves, fathom, withered, curdled, sputters, smattering Poetry Collection 4 downy, coveted, envying, incessantly, uncommonly, supple Miracles; in Just— exquisite, distinct, appreciate, insight, perceive, uniqueThe Highwayman torrent, bound, strove, contrast, identify, opposingCarnegie Hero Fund Commission commemorated, prompted, eligible, explain, definition, characteristic The Myth of the Outlaw nondescript, repulsive, commissioned, attitude, reflect, viewpoint The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life discipline, gauge, emphatic, challenge, attitude, evaluate After Twenty Years spectators, intricate, simultaneously, communicate, contradiction, contribute Harriet Tubman subjected, feigned, conferred, media, solve, reactions Harriet Tubman Wanted Poster convincing, facts, conclude





WritingW.7.1, W.7.2, W.7.2.a-e, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10,

Speaking and ListeningSL.7.1, SL.7.1.c-d, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4, SL.7.5, SL.7.6

LanguageL.7.1, L.7.1.a-c, L.7.2, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.a, L.7.4.c-d, L.7.5.b, L.7.6

UNIT 3 I CONTENTS

Introductory Unit xix


Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?

UNIT 4

PART 1 SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionDo other see us more clearly than we see ourselves? .................... TK


DRAMA

from Sorry, Wrong NumberLucille Fletcher ....................................... TK

DRAMA

from DragonwingsLaurence Yep ......................................... TK


DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATIONS

The Elements of Drama ................................................. TKAnalyzing Drama ........................................................... TK

DRAMA

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley Israel Horovitz

Act I ................................................................................. TK

Act II................................................................................ TK


EDITORIAL

Zoos: Joys or Jails?from Teen Ink .................................................................... TK

EDITORIAL

Kid Territory: Why Do We Need Zoos? San Diego Zoo Staff .......................................................... TK

LANGuAGE STuDY Connotation and Denotation ............................................ TK

SPEAKING AND LISTENINGConducting an Interview ................................................... TK

WRITING PROCESS Review of a Short Story ..................................................... TK

ASSESSMENT SkILLS .................................................... TK



xx UNIT 4 • Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?


ONLINE TEXT SET

POEM

Loo WitWendy Rose

NEWS ARTICLE

What Gives the Sunrise and Sunset its Orange Glow?GantDaily

FOLk TALE

How the Snake Got Poison Zora Neale Hurston

UNIT 4 I CONTENTS


LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS

TELEPLAy

The Monsters Are Due on Maple StreetRod Serling ....................................................................... TK

SHORT STORy

All Summer in a DayRay Bradbury .................................................................... TK

TEXTBOOk ARTICLE

Joseph R. McCarthy Prentice Hall: United States History.................................... TK

WEB ARTICLE

The Salem Witch Trials of 1962 The Salem Witch Museum ................................................ TK

BLOG POST

Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of Boarding a Bus Stephen J. Dubner ............................................................ TK

WEB ARTICLE

Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality Michael Shirber ................................................................. TK

PHOTOGRAPH

Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial




Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay........................ TK


Independent Reading Recommended Titles for Extended Reading .................... TK

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Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisDialogueStage DirectionsCharacters’ MotivesSettingMain IdeaTone Author’s ArgumentExpository Writing

ComprehensionPurpose for ReadingPurpose for ReadingAnalyze Point of View

Language StudyLatin root -grat-Latin prefix inter-

Language Study WorkshopConnotation and Denotation

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasDramatic Monologue

Comprehension and Collaboration

Responding to Text Panel DiscussionPartner DiscussionDebateGroup DiscussionPartner DiscussionGroup Discussion

Listening and Speaking Workshop Conducting an Interview

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Costume Plans

Investigate the Topic: Leaders and Followers

Crowds and Their ActionsBullyingMcCarthyism Mass HysteriaHerd MentalityWisdom of the CrowdThe Memorial

WRITE

Writing to SourcesLetterTribute Editorial (Compare and Contrast?) Argumentative EssayNews Report Argument Expository Essay Autobiographical Narrative ArgumentArgument

Writing Process Workshop Write an Argument: Response to Literature: Review a Short Story

Assessment Synthesis Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical Narrative Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I implored, morose, destitute, void, conveyed, gratitude A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II astonish, compulsion, severe, meager, audible, intercedes Zoos: Joys or Jails?; Why Do We Need Zoos? habitats, vulnerable, resourcesThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street flustered, persistently, defiant, affect, identify, convinceAll Summer in a Day slackening, vital, resilient, environment, awareness, explain Joseph R. McCarthy unscrupulous, furor, riveted, evaluations, debate, investigations The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 accusations, successive, disbanded, determination, formal, simultaneously Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of Boarding a Bus investment, muster, succumb, behavior, contribute, assumptions Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality pertinent, explicit, inherent, transmitting, complex, refute Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Photo materials, understand, significance





WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.2, W.7.2.a-b, W.7.2.d, W.7.2.f, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5.c, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.7.1, SL.7.1.a-c, SL.7.4, SL.7.6

LanguageL.7.1a, L.7.1.c, L.7.2, L.7.2.b, L.7.3, L.7.4.a-c, L.7.4.c, L.7.5.b-c, L.7.6

UNIT 4

xxii UNIT 4 • Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?


READ

Text AnalysisDialogueStage DirectionsCharacters’ MotivesSettingMain IdeaTone Author’s ArgumentExpository Writing

ComprehensionPurpose for ReadingPurpose for ReadingAnalyze Point of View

Language StudyLatin root -grat-Latin prefix inter-

Language Study WorkshopConnotation and Denotation

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasDramatic Monologue

Comprehension and Collaboration

Responding to Text Panel DiscussionPartner DiscussionDebateGroup DiscussionPartner DiscussionGroup Discussion

Listening and Speaking Workshop Conducting an Interview

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Costume Plans

Investigate the Topic: Leaders and Followers

Crowds and Their ActionsBullyingMcCarthyism Mass HysteriaHerd MentalityWisdom of the CrowdThe Memorial

WRITE

Writing to SourcesLetterTribute Editorial (Compare and Contrast?) Argumentative EssayNews Report Argument Expository Essay Autobiographical Narrative ArgumentArgument

Writing Process Workshop Write an Argument: Response to Literature: Review a Short Story

Assessment Synthesis Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical Narrative Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I implored, morose, destitute, void, conveyed, gratitude A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II astonish, compulsion, severe, meager, audible, intercedes Zoos: Joys or Jails?; Why Do We Need Zoos? habitats, vulnerable, resourcesThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street flustered, persistently, defiant, affect, identify, convinceAll Summer in a Day slackening, vital, resilient, environment, awareness, explain Joseph R. McCarthy unscrupulous, furor, riveted, evaluations, debate, investigations The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 accusations, successive, disbanded, determination, formal, simultaneously Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of Boarding a Bus investment, muster, succumb, behavior, contribute, assumptions Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality pertinent, explicit, inherent, transmitting, complex, refute Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Photo materials, understand, significance





WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.2, W.7.2.a-b, W.7.2.d, W.7.2.f, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5.c, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.7.1, SL.7.1.a-c, SL.7.4, SL.7.6

LanguageL.7.1a, L.7.1.c, L.7.2, L.7.2.b, L.7.3, L.7.4.a-c, L.7.4.c, L.7.5.b-c, L.7.6

UNIT 4 I CONTENTS

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Community or individual—which is more important?

UNIT 5

PART 1 SETTING EXPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big QuestionCommunity or individual— which is more important? ................ TK


FABLE

The Travelers and the Bear from Aesop’s Fables Jerry Pinkney .......................................... TK

FOLK LITERATURE

Grasshopper Logic • The Other Frog Prince • Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik®

Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith .................. TK


EXPLAINING THE WORLD

Elements of Folk Literature ........................................... TKAnalyzing Structure and Theme in Folk Literature...... TK

FOLK LITERATURE READINGS

Demeter and PersephoneAnne Terry White

Popocatepetl and IxtlaccihuatlJuliet Piggott Wood .......................................................... 00

Sun and Moon in a Box Alfonso Ortiz and Richard Erdoes ...................................... 00

The People Could FlyVirginia Hamilton .............................................................. 00


GREEK MyTH

The Voyage from Tales from the Odyssey Mary Pope Osborne .......................................................... TK

BLOG

To the Top of EverestSamantha Larson .............................................................. TK

LanGuaGe STuDy Figurative Language ......................................................... TK

SPeakinG anD LiSTeninGResearch Presentation ....................................................... TK

WRITING PROCESS Cause-and-Effect Essay ..................................................... TK

ASSESSMENT SKILLS .................................................... TK



xxiv UNIT 5 • Community or individual—which is more important?


ONLINE TEXT SET

POEm

Martin Luther KingRaymond R. Patterson

SHORT STORy

The Bear Boy Joseph Bruchac

CONTRACT

Theater Show Contract Crystal Springs Uplands School

UNIT 5 I CONTENTS


BECOMING AMERICAN

NARRATIVE ESSAy

My First Free SummerJulia Alvarez ...................................................................... TK

NARRATIVE POEM

How I Learned English Gregory Djanikian ............................................................. TK

AUTOBIOGRAPHy

mkJean Fritz .......................................................................... TK

PUBLIC DOCUMENT

Discovering a Paper SonByron Yee ......................................................................... TK

PLAY

from Grandpa and the Statue Arthur Miller ..................................................................... TK

NEWS ARTICLE

Melting Pot Anna Quindlen ................................................................. TK

INFOGRAPHIC

Census Data on immigrationU.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics ......................................... TK




Writing to Sources: Informative Essay ............................. TK

PART 4 DeMOnSTRaTinG inDePenDenCe

Independent Reading Recommended Titles for Extended Reading .................... TK

Introductory Unit xxv


Unit at a Glance

READ

Text AnalysisMythsLegend and FactCultural ContextFolk TalesUniversal Theme SymbolismNarrative PoemNarrationDirect QuotationDialogueIdiom

ComprehensionCause and EffectCause and EffectCompare and ContrastCompare and Contrast

Language StudyLatin root -dom- Latin prefix uni-Latin suffix –ityGreek root -myst-

Language Study Workshop Figurative Language

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasPersuasive Speech Television News Report

Comprehension and Collaboration Debate Retelling

Responding to Text Group DiscussionPartner DiscussionGroup Discussion

Partner DiscussionDebateWrite and Discuss

Listening and Speaking Workshop Research Presentation

RESEARCH

Investigate the Topic: Becoming American Politics and Becoming AmericanHelp in “Becoming American” American LiteratureThe Chinese Exclusion Act“The New Colossus” Urban “Melting Pots” Immigration to the United States

WRITE

Writing to SourcesMythDescriptionPlot SummaryReview Essay Compare and Contrast EssayAutobiographical NarrativeCompare and Contrast EssayExpository EssayExplanatory EssayProblem and Solution EssayShort Story

Writing Process Workshop Write an Explanatory Text: Cause and Effect Essay

Assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical Narrative Writing to Sources: Informative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


Demeter and Persephone defies, monarch, dominions, intervene, realm, abodePopocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl shortsightedness, routed, decreed, relished, unanimous, feeblenessSun and Moon in a Box regretted, reliable, curiosity, pestering, relented, cunning The People Could Fly shed, scorned, hoed, croon, mystery, shuffle My First Free Summer vowed, summoned, contradiction, explain, perspective, cultureHow I learned English notions, transfixed, writhing, stanza, outcome, explain mk adequate, deceive, ignorant, communicate, predict Discovering a Paper Son decipher, interrogations, scrutiny, discover, enhance, citesGrandpa and the Statue subscribed, peeved, swindle, characterize, debate, discover Melting Pot fluent, bigots, dolefully, attitude, compose, community




Reading Informational Text RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.9

WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-b, W.7.2, W.7.2.a–f, W.7.3, W.7.3.a-b, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9


LanguageL.7.1, L.7.1.a, L.7.2, L.7.2.a-b, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.b, L.7.5, L.7.5.b, L.7.5.a-b, L.7.6

UNIT 5

xxvi UNIT 5 • Community or individual—which is more important?


READ

Text AnalysisMythsLegend and FactCultural ContextFolk TalesUniversal Theme SymbolismNarrative PoemNarrationDirect QuotationDialogueIdiom

ComprehensionCause and EffectCause and EffectCompare and ContrastCompare and Contrast

Language StudyLatin root -dom- Latin prefix uni-Latin suffix –ityGreek root -myst-

Language Study Workshop Figurative Language

DISCUSS

Presentation of IdeasPersuasive Speech Television News Report

Comprehension and Collaboration Debate Retelling

Responding to Text Group DiscussionPartner DiscussionGroup Discussion

Partner DiscussionDebateWrite and Discuss

Listening and Speaking Workshop Research Presentation

RESEARCH

Investigate the Topic: Becoming American Politics and Becoming AmericanHelp in “Becoming American” American LiteratureThe Chinese Exclusion Act“The New Colossus” Urban “Melting Pots” Immigration to the United States

WRITE

Writing to SourcesMythDescriptionPlot SummaryReview Essay Compare and Contrast EssayAutobiographical NarrativeCompare and Contrast EssayExpository EssayExplanatory EssayProblem and Solution EssayShort Story

Writing Process Workshop Write an Explanatory Text: Cause and Effect Essay

Assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical Narrative Writing to Sources: Informative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


Demeter and Persephone defies, monarch, dominions, intervene, realm, abodePopocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl shortsightedness, routed, decreed, relished, unanimous, feeblenessSun and Moon in a Box regretted, reliable, curiosity, pestering, relented, cunning The People Could Fly shed, scorned, hoed, croon, mystery, shuffle My First Free Summer vowed, summoned, contradiction, explain, perspective, cultureHow I learned English notions, transfixed, writhing, stanza, outcome, explain mk adequate, deceive, ignorant, communicate, predict Discovering a Paper Son decipher, interrogations, scrutiny, discover, enhance, citesGrandpa and the Statue subscribed, peeved, swindle, characterize, debate, discover Melting Pot fluent, bigots, dolefully, attitude, compose, community




Reading Informational Text RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.9

WritingW.7.1, W.7.1.a-b, W.7.2, W.7.2.a–f, W.7.3, W.7.3.a-b, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9


LanguageL.7.1, L.7.1.a, L.7.2, L.7.2.a-b, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.b, L.7.5, L.7.5.b, L.7.5.a-b, L.7.6

UNIT 5 I CONTENTS

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