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Unit ACtiVitY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

LAUnCh text: nOnFiCtiOn nARRAtiVe MODeL

Red Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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AnChOR text: ShORt StORY

the Medicine BagVirginia Driving Hawk Snede . . . . . . .12

MeDiA: ViDeO

apache girl’s Rite of PassageNational Geographic . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

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LetteR

You are the electric BoogalooGeoff Herbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Just Be Yourself!Stephanie Pellegrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

POetRY

hanging FireAudre Lorde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

translating grandfather’s houseE.J. Vega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

ShORt StORY

the setting sun and the Rolling worldCharles Mungoshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Media connection: Stories of Zimbabwean Women

PeRFORMAnCe tASk

SPeaKinG and LiSteninG FocUS

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Independent LearnIng

MEMOIR

Cub pilot on the MississippiMark Twain

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

from I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Quinceañera Birthday Bash preserves tradition, Marks passage to WomanhoodNatalie St. John

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Childhood and poetryPablo Neruda

SHORT STORY

the Winter HibiscusMinfong Ho

perforManCe-BaSed aSSeSSMent

narrative nonfiction: text and oral presentation . . . . . . . . . . .84

UnIt refLeCtIon

reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

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PERFORMANCE-BASEd ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are some milestones on the path to growing up?

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LAUnCH tEXt: EXPLAnAtORY ESSAY MODEL

the Grand Mosque of Paris . . . . . . . . . . .92

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HiStORiCAL PERSPECtiVES

the holocaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

AnCHOR tEXt: DRAMA

the Diary of anne Frank, act iAlbert Hackett and Frances Goodrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

AnCHOR tEXt: DRAMA

the Diary of anne Frank, act iiAlbert Hackett and Frances Goodrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

MEDiA: tiMELinE

Frank Family and world war ii timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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DiARY

from the Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

SPEECH

acceptance speech for the nobel Peace PrizeElie Wiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

MEDiA: GRAPHiC nOVEL

from MausArt Spiegelman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

PERfORMAnCE tASk

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . . . 202

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Present an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . 242

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Saving the Children Bob Simon

REFLECTIVE ESSAYa great adventure in the Shadow of War Mary Helen Dirkx

NEWS ARTICLEIrena Sendler: rescuer of the Children of Warsaw Chana Kroll

PRIMARY SOURCEQuiet resistance from Courageous teen resistersAnn Byers

NEWS ARTICLEremembering a devoted Keeper of anne Frank’s LegacyMoni Basu

FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTI’ll go Fetch Her tomorrow from Hidden Like anne FrankBloeme Emden with Marcel Prins

perFormanCe-baSed aSSeSSment

explanatory essay: text and oral presentation . . . . . . . . . . 250

UnIt reFLeCtIon

reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253


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Review Evidence for an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do we remember the past?

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LAUnCH tEXt: ARGUMEnt MODEL

Freedom of the Press? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258


AnCHOR tEXt: MAGAZinE ARtiCLE

Barringtin irving, Pilot and educatorNational Geographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Media connection: Barrington irving: Got 30 dollars in My Pocket

AnCHOR tEXt: OPiniOn PiECE

three Cheers for the nanny stateSarah Conly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

AnCHOR tEXt: OPiniOn PiECE

soda Ban? what about Personal Choice?Katrina Trinko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

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SPEECH

words Do not PayChief Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

MEMOiR

from Follow the Rabbit-Proof FenceDoris Pilkington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

MEDiA: ViDEO

the moth Presents: aleeza Kazmi . . . . . 324

PERfORMAnCE tASk

WRitinG FocUS

Write an argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

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Present an argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

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NEWS ARTICLE

Hometown product Marlen esparza given a Hero’s WelcomeY.C. Orozco

MEMOIR EXCERPT

from through My eyesRuby Bridges

POETRY

the Unknown CitizenW. H. Auden

BIOGRAPHY

Harriet tubman: Conductor on the Underground railroadAnn Petry

perforManCe-based assessMent

argument: essay and oral presentation . . . . . . . . . 336

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Review Evidence for an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: When is it right to take a stand?

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LAUnCH tEXt: inFORMAtiOnAL MODEL

the teenage Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344


AnCHOR tEXt: SHORt StORY

Flowers for algernonDaniel Keyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

MEDiA: ViDEO

from Flowers for algernondirected by Jeff Bleckner . . . . . . . . . . 384

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MEMOiR

from Blue nines and Red wordsDaniel Tammet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

MEDiA: inFOGRAPHiC

the theory of multiple intelligences infographicHoward Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

POEtRY

RetortPaul Laurence Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

from the people, YesCarl Sandburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

unsuspectingJean Toomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

PERFORMAnCE tASk

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Informative Speech . . . . . . . . 390

PERFORMAnCE tASk

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Present an Informative Multimedia Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

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ARGUMENT

Is personal Intelligence Important?John D. Mayer, Ph.D.

NEWS ARTICLE

record IQ Is Just another talentHwang Jurie

NONFICTION ESSAY

the More You Know, the Smarter You are?Jim Vega

NONFICTION ESSAY

from the Future of the MindMichio Kaku

perForMance-baSed aSSeSSMent

Informative essay:text and oral presentation . . . . . . . . . . 434

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Review Evidence for an an Informative Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: In what different ways can people be intelligent?

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LAUnCH tEXt: ARGUMEnt

inspiration is Overrated! . . . . . . . . . . . . 442


AnCHOR tEXt: SHORt StORY

uncle Marcos from the house of the spiritsIsabel Allende . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

AnCHOR tEXt: EXPOSitORY nOnFiCtiOn

to Fly from space Chronicles Neil deGrasse Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Media connection: neil deGrasse tyson opens a Rocket in His office

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EXPOSitORY nOnFiCtiOn

nikola tesla: the greatest inventor of all?Vicky Baez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

nOVEL EXCERPt

from the invention of everything elseSamantha Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

nEWS ARtiCLE

25 Years later, hubble sees Beyond troubled startDennis Overbye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

MEDiA: ViDEO

sounds of a glass armonica . . . . . . . . . 520

PERFORMAnCE tASk

WRitinG FocUS

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PERFORMAnCE tASk


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WEB ARTICLE

ada Lovelace: a Science LegendJames Essinger

NEWS ARTICLE

Fermented Cow dung air Freshener Wins two Students top Science prizeKimberly Mok

NEWS ARTICLE

Scientists Build robot that runs, Call It “Cheetah”Rodrigue Ngowi

NOVEL EXCERPT

from the time MachineH.G. Wells

MYTH

Icarus and daedalusJosephine Preston Peabody

perForManCe-BaSed aSSeSSMent

argument: essay and oral presentation . . . . . . . . . 532

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PERfORMANCE-BASEd ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Are inventions realized through inspiration or perspiration?

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