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Contents Unit 1 — Conflict Unit Opener 1 Let’s Talk About It 2 Focus on Reading 4 Make Connections Make Inferences The Trickster 6 Short Story by Jacqueline Pearce Fish Cheeks 14 Personal Anecdote by Amy Tan B., 16 16 Memoir recorded by Deborah Ellis Canadian January Night 19 Poem by Alden Nowlan Focus on Genre 20 Analyze the Elements of Short Stories Scars 24 Short Story by Don Aker Invasion of the Snotty Badgers 34 Flash Fiction by Karin Weber Ashes 36 Short Story by Susan Beth Pfeffer 14 24 6 iv Contents NEL

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Page 1: Unit Opener 1 Let’s Talk About It 2 Focus on Reading 4

ContentsUnit 1 — Conflict

Unit Opener 1 Let’s Talk About It 2

Focus on Reading 4Make ConnectionsMake Inferences

The Trickster 6Short Story by Jacqueline Pearce

Fish Cheeks 14Personal Anecdote by Amy Tan

B., 16 16Memoir recorded by Deborah Ellis

Canadian January Night 19Poem by Alden Nowlan

Focus on Genre 20Analyze the Elements of Short Stories

Scars 24Short Story by Don Aker

Invasion of the Snotty Badgers 34Flash Fiction by Karin Weber

Ashes 36Short Story by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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Accident 44Short Story by Dave Eggers

Focus on Media 46Interpret Media Messages

The Wolves Inside 48Graphic Story based on a Cherokee tale Illustrated by Chris King

One Team, One Country 50Documentary Transcript narrated by Morgan Freeman

Focus on Writing 54Develop and Organize Ideas

Teen on Strike 56Newspaper Article by Tamie Dolny

Dulce et Decorum Est 60Poem by Wilfred Owen

Focus on Listening & Speaking 62Use Active Listening StrategiesUse Appropriate Vocal Strategies

Conflict 64Play Excerpt by Wade Bradford

Unit 1 Wrap Up 68

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ContentsUnit 2 — What’s the Big Idea?

Unit Opener 69 Let’s Talk About It 70

Focus on Reading 72Determine Main Ideas and Summarize

Big Ideas 74Article by Elizabeth MacLeod

Top 25 Innovations: The World 78 Was Different Before the InternetOnline Article from CNN

Frankenstein 80Graphic Fiction by Scott Hepburn and Espen Grundetjern Based on the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Jeremy Gutsche: Mister Chaos 86Newspaper Feature by Cathal Kelly

Focus on Genre 90Identify the Elements of a Biography

Sheila Watt-Cloutier: The Life and 92 Times of an Inuit ActivistBiography by Carmen Jones

Top of the World 96Biographical Article by Margaret Jetelina

This Is Mustafa and Hazal Babadagli 99Magazine Article by Vivian Lee

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Evolution of an Inspirational Singer 102Biography by Laurie Thomas Lyrics by Ani DiFranco

Focus on Writing 106Develop and Organize Ideas

Design That Fits to a Tee 108Online Article by Laura House

Worldwide We 112Article by Cheryl Gilbert

Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind 116 and Dream DeferredPoems by E.E. Cummings and Langston Hughes

Focus on Media 118Analyze Codes, Conventions, and Techniques

Group of Seven Awkward Moments 120Gallery Exhibit by Diana Thorneycroft

Saving the World through Game Design 124Blog Entry by Jane McGonigal

Focus on Listening & Speaking 128Use Oral and Visual Cues to Interpret TextsUse Interpersonal Speaking Skills

My First Million 130Transcript from CBC News

Unit 2 Wrap Up 132

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