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ContentsINTRODUCTORY UNIT

COMMON CORE FOUNDATIONS

Building Academic Vocabulary .................................................................. xlviGeneral Academic Vocabulary ..................................................................... xlviDomain-Specific Academic Vocabulary .......................................................... li

Writing an Objective Summary .................................................................... lviMODEL: Summary of “King Midas and the Golden Touch”........................ lvii

Comprehending Complex Texts .................................................................. lviiiSTRATEGY 1: Multidraft Reading .................................................................... lviii

INDEPENDENT READING: “Storm”H.D. Doolittle .................................................................................................... lix

STRATEGY 2: Close Read the Text ......................................................................lxMODEL: from “How to Tell a Story”Mark Twain ....................................................................................................... lxi

STRATEGY 3: Ask Questions ............................................................................. lxiiMODEL: from “Rendezvous with Despair”Thomas E. Dewey ............................................................................................ lxiii

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: from “The Bill of Rights”Herbert Hoover ................................................................................................ lxiii

Analyzing Arguments ................................................................................... lxivMODEL: “Nelson Mandela’s Address Upon His Release From Prison”Nelson Mandela ............................................................................................... lxvThe Art of Argument: Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques .......................................................................... lxviMODEL: from “Speech Celebrating George Washington’s Birthday”Jane Addams .................................................................................................. lxviiComposing an Argument ............................................................................lxviii Practice .......................................................................................................... lxix

Research Workshop ........................................................................................ lxxConducting Short-term and Long-term Research ........................................ lxxResearch Process Workshop ........................................................................ lxxiiSTUDENT MODEL: Research Paper ............................................................. lxxviiCiting Sources and Preparing Manucript ................................................... lxxx

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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 how it is conveyed through

particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of 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 of a text and how it is conveyed through particular

details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

8. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

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

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of 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.

7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions on others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.

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

Additional standards addressed in these workshops: Writing

1.a, 1.b, 1.e, 2.a, 2.b,

2.d, 2.f; Language 6

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Is conflict always bad?

PART 1SETTING ExPECTATIONS

Introducing the Big Question Is conflict always bad? ........................ 2

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

shoRT sToRy

“The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson”Leo Tolstoy ............................................... 5

shoRT sToRy

The Wounded WolfJean Craighead George ............................ 8

PART 2TExT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLoRATIoN

ChARACTERs AND CoNFLICT

Elements of a Short Story ............................................. 14Analyzing Structure, Conflict and Characterization .... 16

shoRT sToRy READINGs

StrayCynthia Rylant .................................................................. 20

The TailJoyce Hansen .................................................................... 30

Zlateh the GoatIsaac Bashevis Singer ......................................................... 46

The CircuitFrancisco Jiménez ............................................................. 60

COMPARING TExTS LITERARy ANALysIs .................. 72

shoRT sToRy

Lob’s GirlJoan Aiken ........................................................................ 74

shoRT sToRy

Jeremiah’s SongWalter Dean Myers ........................................................... 88

LANGUAGE STUDY Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus ........................................................................ 98

SPEAKING AND LISTENING Following oral Directions ...................................................................... 100

WRITING PROCESS short story ................................ 102

ASSESSMENT skILLs .................................................. 110

selected Response .......................................................... 110

Constructed Response .................................................... 114

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shoRT sToRy

Eleven Sandra Cisneros

BIoGRAPhy

A Backwoods BoyRussell Freedman

LETTER

Letter to ScottieF. Scott Fitzgerald

PART 3TExT SETS DEVELoPING INsIGhT

ThE GoLD RUsh

shoRT sToRy

The King of Mazy MayJack London .................................................................... 118

soNG

To Klondyke We’ve Paid Our FareH.J. Dunham ................................................................... 132

ANNoTATED MAP

Gold Rush: The Journey by Landfrom The Sacramento Bee ............................................... 136

LETTER

A Woman’s View of the Gold RushMary B. Ballou ................................................................ 138

WEB ARTICLE

Chinese and African Americans in the Gold RushThe Johns Hopkins University .......................................... 144

NEWs ARTICLE

Birds Struggle to Recover From Egg Thefts of 1800sEdie Lau .......................................................................... 148

ASSESSMENT: syNThEsIs ......................................... 154

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion ................... 154

Writing: historical Fiction ............................................... 155

Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay...................... 156

PART 4 DEMONSTRATING INDEPENDENCE

Independent Reading Recommended Titles for Extended Reading ........................... 158

UNIT 1 I CONTENTS

ExEMPLAR TExT

Introductory Unit ix


Unit at a GlanceUNIT 1

READ

Text AnalysisPlotCharacterizationConflict and Resolution ThemeComparing Foreshadowing and Flashback settingAlliterationToneAuthor’s PurposeImagery

Comprehension Make PredictionsMake InferencesMake InferencesDraw Conclusions

Language StudyLatin suffix -ationLatin prefix dis-Latin prefix ex-Latin prefix com-

Language Study WorkshopUsing a Dictionary and Thesaurus

DISCUSS

Comprehension and Collaboration Interview

Responding to Text Group DiscussionClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Following oral Directions

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Brochure Compare-and-Contrast Chart

Investigate the Topic: The Gold Rush Gold Rush strugglesstriking It RichGold Rush housingLabor During the Gold Rush The Gold Rush and Food

WRITE

Writing to SourcesList of Reasons Letter of Recommendation Persuasive speech DescriptionEssay Cause-and-Effect Essayshort storyJournal EntryInformational Text EditorialArgument

Writing Process Workshop Narration: short story

UNIT VOCABULARY

Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.

Stray timidly, trudged, grudgingly, ignore, exhausted, starvationThe Tail vow, anxious, routine, gnawing, mauled, spasmZlateh the Goat bound, astray, exuded, splendor, trace, flickeringThe Circuit accompanied, drone, instinctively, savoring, enroll Lob’s Girl; Jeremiah’s Song decisively, resolutions, melancholy, diagnosis, anticipate, conclude, refer, reveal The King of Mazy May endured, liable, summit, passage, contribute, alter To Klondyke We’ve Paid Our Fare defiance, privation, invincible, reveal, purpose, challenge Gold Rush: The Journey by Land similarities, process, indicated A Woman’s View of the Gold Rush associate, scouring, tongues, specific Chinese and African Americans in the Gold Rush exodus, testify, ambassador, determine, acquiredBirds Struggle to Recover from Egg Thefts of 1800s conservatively, entrepreneurs, faltered, establish, opinion, support


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

Reading LiteratureRL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5

Reading Informational Text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.6.7

WritingW.6.1, W.6.1.a-d, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-b, W.6.2.e, W.6.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.9.a-b, W.6.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.6.1, sL.6.1.a-d, sL.6.2, sL.6.3, sL.6.4, sL.6.5

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.1.a-d, L.6.2, L.6.2.b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4.a-d, L.6.5, L.6.5.c, L.6.6

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UNIT 1 I CONTENTS

READ

Text AnalysisPlotCharacterizationConflict and Resolution ThemeComparing Foreshadowing and Flashback settingAlliterationToneAuthor’s PurposeImagery

Comprehension Make PredictionsMake InferencesMake InferencesDraw Conclusions

Language StudyLatin suffix -ationLatin prefix dis-Latin prefix ex-Latin prefix com-

Language Study WorkshopUsing a Dictionary and Thesaurus

DISCUSS

Comprehension and Collaboration Interview

Responding to Text Group DiscussionClass Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Following oral Directions

RESEARCH

Research and Technology Brochure Compare-and-Contrast Chart

Investigate the Topic: The Gold Rush Gold Rush strugglesstriking It RichGold Rush housingLabor During the Gold Rush The Gold Rush and Food

WRITE

Writing to SourcesList of Reasons Letter of Recommendation Persuasive speech DescriptionEssay Cause-and-Effect Essayshort storyJournal EntryInformational Text EditorialArgument

Writing Process Workshop Narration: short story

UNIT VOCABULARY


Stray timidly, trudged, grudgingly, ignore, exhausted, starvationThe Tail vow, anxious, routine, gnawing, mauled, spasmZlateh the Goat bound, astray, exuded, splendor, trace, flickeringThe Circuit accompanied, drone, instinctively, savoring, enroll Lob’s Girl; Jeremiah’s Song decisively, resolutions, melancholy, diagnosis, anticipate, conclude, refer, reveal The King of Mazy May endured, liable, summit, passage, contribute, alter To Klondyke We’ve Paid Our Fare defiance, privation, invincible, reveal, purpose, challenge Gold Rush: The Journey by Land similarities, process, indicated A Woman’s View of the Gold Rush associate, scouring, tongues, specific Chinese and African Americans in the Gold Rush exodus, testify, ambassador, determine, acquiredBirds Struggle to Recover from Egg Thefts of 1800s conservatively, entrepreneurs, faltered, establish, opinion, support




Reading Informational Text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.6.7

WritingW.6.1, W.6.1.a-d, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-b, W.6.2.e, W.6.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.9.a-b, W.6.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.6.1, sL.6.1.a-d, sL.6.2, sL.6.3, sL.6.4, sL.6.5

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.1.a-d, L.6.2, L.6.2.b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4.a-d, L.6.5, L.6.5.c, L.6.6

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What is important to know?UNIT 2

PART 1Setting expectationS

introducing the Big Question What is important to know? ......... 162

close Reading WorkshopRead • Discuss • Research • Write ........ 164

BIOGRAPHY

from this Land Was Made for You and MeElizabeth Partridge ............................... 165

NARRATIVE NONFICTION

from Zlata’s DiaryZlata Filipovic’ ....................................... 168

PART 2text anaLYSiS GUIDED EXPLORATION

LIFE STORIES

elements of nonfiction ................................................ 180Determining author’s purpose, point of View, and Development of ideas .......................................... 182

NONFICTION READINGS

the Drive-in MoviesGary Soto ....................................................................... 186

names/nombresJulia Alvarez .................................................................... 196

Langston terraceEloise Greenfield ............................................................. 208

from the pigman & MePaul Zindel ...................................................................... 218

coMpaRing textS LITERARy ANALySIS ................ 230

ONLINE ALMANAC

the Seven Wonders of the WorldInfoplease™ ..................................................................... 231

TEXTBOOK ARTICLE

art, architecture, and Learning in egyptPrentice Hall Ancient Civilizations .................................... 233

Language StuDY Word Origins ........................... 236

Speaking anD LiStening Evaluating Media Messages and Advertisements .................................... 238

WRiting pRoceSS Comparison-and-Contrast Essay .............................................................................. 240

aSSeSSMent SKILLS .................................................. 248

Selected Response .......................................................... 248


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ONLINE TEXT SET

FOLK TALE

Why Monkeys Live in treesJulius Lester

EDITORIAL

Jake Wood Baseball is the Start of Something SpecialReginald T. Dogan

POEM

Wilbur Wright and orville WrightRosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét

PART 3text SetS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

BASEBALL

EXPOSITORy ESSAy

Jackie Robinson: Justice at LastGeoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns .................................... 256

NEWS ARTICLE

Memories of an all-american girlCarmen Pauls .................................................................. 264

ARGUMENT

preserving a great american Symbol Richard Durbin ................................................................ 270

SHORT STORy

the SouthpawJudith Viorst .................................................................... 274

NEWS ARTICLE

Fenway park celebrates 100 Years as america’s oldest Working Major League BallparkMolly Line ....................................................................... 280

WEB ARTICLE

Why We Love BaseballMark Newman ................................................................ 286

BASEBALL CARD

ted Williams Baseball card ........................................292

aSSeSSMent SyNTHESIS .......................................... 294

Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion

Writing: Autobiographical Narrative ............................... 295

Writing to Sources: Expository Essay ............................. 296

PART 4 DeMonStRating inDepenDence

independent Reading Recommended Titles for Extended Reading .................. 298

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Introductory Unit xiii



READ

text analysisNarrator and Point of View ToneAuthor’s InfluencesMoodAuthor’s Viewpoint Time Shifts HyperboleCharacterizationFigurative LanguageWord Choice

comprehension Make PredictionsFact and Opinion Main IdeaUse Text Aids and Features

Language StudyLatin prefix pre- Latin root -scrib- or -scrip- Latin suffix -entLatin root -tort-

Language Study WorkshopWord Origins

DISCUSS

comprehension and collaboration Conversation Monologue Informal Discussion

Responding to text Group DiscussionPartner DiscussionPanel Discussion Group Discussion Group Discussion Group Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEvaluating Media Messages and Advertisements

RESEARCH

Research and technology Informative Presentation

investigate the topic: Baseball Segregation in SportsWomen and BaseballBaseball TraditionsTeams and ClubsPopular StadiumsBaseball in Literature

WRITE

Writing to SourcesAutobiographical Narrative Personal Anecdote Journey Entry Problem-and-Solution Essay Position Statement Comparison-and Contrast Essay Autobiographical Narrative Persuasive Speech Persuasive LetterArgumentReflective EssayJournal Entry

Writing process Workshop Informative Text: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical NarrativeWriting to Sources: Expository Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


the Drive-in Movies prelude, pulsating, migrated, evident, winced, vigorously names/nombres mistook, pursue, transport, inevitably, chaotic, inscribed Langston terrace applications, community, resident, choral, reunion, homey from the pigman & Me exact, demented, observant, undulating, distorted, condemnation the Seven Wonders of the World; art, architecture, and Learning in egypt archaeologists, architect, colossalJackie Robinson: Justice at Last integrate, prejudiced, superb, support, opinions, affect Memories of an all-american girl exhilarating, immortality, inductions, visual, reflecting preserving a great american Symbol doomed, extinction, amendment, cite, achieve, argue the Southpaw former, unreasonable, anticipate, conclude Fenway park celebrates 100 Years as america’s oldest Working Major League Ballpark facade, hallowed, cultivate, unique, position Why We Love Baseball premise, ventured, diversion, sources, facts, research ted Williams Baseball card reveal, contrast




Reading informational text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.6.7, RI.6.8

WritingW.6.1, W.6.1a-c, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.6.1, SL.6.1.a-d, SL.6.2, SL.6.3, SL.6.4, SL.6.6

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.1.b, L.6.2, L.6.2.b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4.b, L.6.5, L.6.6

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UNIT 2 I CONTENTS

READ

text analysisNarrator and Point of View ToneAuthor’s InfluencesMoodAuthor’s Viewpoint Time Shifts HyperboleCharacterizationFigurative LanguageWord Choice

comprehension Make PredictionsFact and Opinion Main IdeaUse Text Aids and Features

Language StudyLatin prefix pre- Latin root -scrib- or -scrip- Latin suffix -entLatin root -tort-

Language Study WorkshopWord Origins

DISCUSS

comprehension and collaboration Conversation Monologue Informal Discussion

Responding to text Group DiscussionPartner DiscussionPanel Discussion Group Discussion Group Discussion Group Discussion

Speaking and Listening WorkshopEvaluating Media Messages and Advertisements

RESEARCH

Research and technology Informative Presentation

investigate the topic: Baseball Segregation in SportsWomen and BaseballBaseball TraditionsTeams and ClubsPopular StadiumsBaseball in Literature

WRITE

Writing to SourcesAutobiographical Narrative Personal Anecdote Journey Entry Problem-and-Solution Essay Position Statement Comparison-and Contrast Essay Autobiographical Narrative Persuasive Speech Persuasive LetterArgumentReflective EssayJournal Entry

Writing process Workshop Informative Text: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Autobiographical NarrativeWriting to Sources: Expository Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


the Drive-in Movies prelude, pulsating, migrated, evident, winced, vigorously names/nombres mistook, pursue, transport, inevitably, chaotic, inscribed Langston terrace applications, community, resident, choral, reunion, homey from the pigman & Me exact, demented, observant, undulating, distorted, condemnation the Seven Wonders of the World; art, architecture, and Learning in egypt archaeologists, architect, colossalJackie Robinson: Justice at Last integrate, prejudiced, superb, support, opinions, affect Memories of an all-american girl exhilarating, immortality, inductions, visual, reflecting preserving a great american Symbol doomed, extinction, amendment, cite, achieve, argue the Southpaw former, unreasonable, anticipate, conclude Fenway park celebrates 100 Years as america’s oldest Working Major League Ballpark facade, hallowed, cultivate, unique, position Why We Love Baseball premise, ventured, diversion, sources, facts, research ted Williams Baseball card reveal, contrast




Reading informational text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.6.7, RI.6.8

WritingW.6.1, W.6.1a-c, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.10

Speaking and ListeningSL.6.1, SL.6.1.a-d, SL.6.2, SL.6.3, SL.6.4, SL.6.6

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.1.b, L.6.2, L.6.2.b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4.b, L.6.5, L.6.6

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Do we need words to communicate well?


introducing the Big Question Do we need words to communicate well? ......................... 302


POEM

twelfth Song of thunderNavajo ................................................. 305

POEM

orangesGary Soto ............................................ 308

POEM

ode to Family photographsGary Soto ............................................ 310


RHYTHM AND RHYME

elements of poetry ....................................................... 314analyzing Language, Structure, and theme in poetry ........................................................... 316

POETRY COLLECTION 1

a Dream Within a Dream Edgar Allan Poe ................ 321

adventures of isabel Ogden Nash ............................. 322

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Maya Angelou .................. 324

the Walrus and the carpenter Lewis Carroll ............ 326

POETRY COLLECTION 2

abuelito Who Sandra Cisneros.................................... 337

april Rain Song Langston Hughes ............................... 338

the World is not a pleasant place to Be Nikki Giovanni ................................................................ 339

Fame is a Bee Emily Dickinson ..................................... 340

POETRY COLLECTION 3

Haiku Matsuo Basho ..................................................... 347

the Sidewalk Racer Lillian Morrison ........................... 348

concrete cat Dorothi Charles ...................................... 349

Limerick Anonymous .................................................... 350

POETRY COLLECTION 4

Wind and water and stone Octavio Paz.................... 357

no thank You Shel Silverstein ...................................... 358

the Fairies’ Lullaby William Shakespeare ................... 360

cynthia in the Snow Gwendolyn Brooks .................... 362

coMpaRing textS LITERARY ANALYsIs ................ 366

POEM

who knows if the moon’sE.E. Cummings ................................................................ 368

POEM

Dust of SnowRobert Frost .................................................................... 370

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ONLINE TEXT SET

PERsONAL EssAY

the Lady and the SpiderRobert Fulghum

sHORT sTORY

Dragon, DragonJohn Gardner

POEM

ankylosaurusJack Prelutsky

Language StuDY Words With Multiple Meanings .......................................................... 372

Speaking anD LiStening Problem-and-solution Proposal ....................................... 374

WRiting pRoceSSArgumentative Essay ....................................................... 376

aSSeSSMent skILLs .................................................. 384



PART 3text SetS DEVELOPING INsIGHT

DETERMINATION

POEM

Simile: Willow and ginkgoEva Merriam ................................................................... 392

WEB ARTICLE

angela Duckworth and the Research on “grit”Emily Hanford ................................................................. 398

EXPOsITORY EssAY

Race to the end of the earthWilliam G. Scheller ......................................................... 404

sHORT sTORY

the Sound of Summer RunningRay Bradbury .................................................................. 410

LETTER

from Letter on thomas JeffersonJohn Adams .................................................................... 420

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

WaterHelen Keller .................................................................... 424

POsTER

Determination ............................................................. 430

aSSeSSMent sYNTHEsIs .......................................... 432


Writing: Fictional Narrative ............................................ 433

Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay...................... 434



UNIT 3 I CONTENTS

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READ

text analysisRhythm and Rhyme Figurative Language Forms of Poetry sound Devices and Tone Comparing Imagery simile Direct QuotationForeshadowingsymbolsCentral IdeaAuthor’s Purpose

comprehension Context CluesParaphrasing

Language StudyLatin root -mal-suffix -antGreek prefix auto-suffix -y

Language Study WorkshopWords with Multiple Meanings

DISCUSS

presentation of ideasDramatic Poetry Reading

Responding to textGroup DiscussionPartner Discussionshort Response and Group Discussion small Group Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Problem-and-solution Proposal

RESEARCH

Research and technology Illustrated BookletPresentation of a PoemRésumé

investigate the topic: Determinationsurvival skills College ChallengesExpedition to the south PoleFinancial skillsDetermination and the Declaration of Independence Learning to CommunicatePolitics and Determination

WRITE

Writing to SourcesLetter to an AuthorPoemProse Description Essay Expository EssayAutobiographical Narrative Diary EntryReflective EssayComparison-and-Contrast EssayArgumentative Essay

Writing process Workshop Argument: Argumentative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


poetry collection 1 deem, ravenous, cavernous, beseech, dismal, sympathizepoetry collection 2 sour, lullaby, pleasant, receivepoetry collection 3 skimming, asphalt, fellow poetry collection 4 hallowed, dispersed, sculpted, thorny, offense, whirs who knows if the moon’s; Dust of Snow steeples, rued, achieve, communicate, observe, symbolizeSimile: Willow and ginkgo crude, stubby, thrives, reveal, communicate, establish angela Duckworth and the Research on “grit” rigorous, persevere, insurmountable, essential, study, research Race to the end of the earth plateau, expedition, polar, assess, evidence, perspective the Sound of Summer Running seized, suspended, revelation, symbolize, influence from Letter on thomas Jefferson felicity, explicit, procure, clarifies, evaluate, contrast Water imitate, persisted, barriers, purpose, support, sources Determination poster context, quotation, facts



Reading LiteratureRL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.7

Reading informational text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.6.7

WritingW.6.1, W.6.1.a-e, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-b, W.6.2.e-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.d, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.9.b, W.6.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.6.1, sL.6.3, sL.6.4, sL.6.5, sL.6.6

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.1.e, L.6.2.b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4.a, L.6.4.c-d, L.6.5, L.6.6

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UNIT 3 I CONTENTS

READ

text analysisRhythm and Rhyme Figurative Language Forms of Poetry sound Devices and Tone Comparing Imagery simile Direct QuotationForeshadowingsymbolsCentral IdeaAuthor’s Purpose

comprehension Context CluesParaphrasing

Language StudyLatin root -mal-suffix -antGreek prefix auto-suffix -y

Language Study WorkshopWords with Multiple Meanings

DISCUSS

presentation of ideasDramatic Poetry Reading

Responding to textGroup DiscussionPartner Discussionshort Response and Group Discussion small Group Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Problem-and-solution Proposal

RESEARCH

Research and technology Illustrated BookletPresentation of a PoemRésumé

investigate the topic: Determinationsurvival skills College ChallengesExpedition to the south PoleFinancial skillsDetermination and the Declaration of Independence Learning to CommunicatePolitics and Determination

WRITE

Writing to SourcesLetter to an AuthorPoemProse Description Essay Expository EssayAutobiographical Narrative Diary EntryReflective EssayComparison-and-Contrast EssayArgumentative Essay

Writing process Workshop Argument: Argumentative Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


poetry collection 1 deem, ravenous, cavernous, beseech, dismal, sympathizepoetry collection 2 sour, lullaby, pleasant, receivepoetry collection 3 skimming, asphalt, fellow poetry collection 4 hallowed, dispersed, sculpted, thorny, offense, whirs who knows if the moon’s; Dust of Snow steeples, rued, achieve, communicate, observe, symbolizeSimile: Willow and ginkgo crude, stubby, thrives, reveal, communicate, establish angela Duckworth and the Research on “grit” rigorous, persevere, insurmountable, essential, study, research Race to the end of the earth plateau, expedition, polar, assess, evidence, perspective the Sound of Summer Running seized, suspended, revelation, symbolize, influence from Letter on thomas Jefferson felicity, explicit, procure, clarifies, evaluate, contrast Water imitate, persisted, barriers, purpose, support, sources Determination poster context, quotation, facts



Reading LiteratureRL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.7


WritingW.6.1, W.6.1.a-e, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-b, W.6.2.e-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.d, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.9.b, W.6.10

Speaking and ListeningsL.6.1, sL.6.3, sL.6.4, sL.6.5, sL.6.6

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.1.e, L.6.2.b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4.a, L.6.4.c-d, L.6.5, L.6.6

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How do we decide who we are?


introducing the Big Question How do we decide who we are? .. 440


DRAMA

from Brighton Beach MemoirsNeil Simon ........................................... 443

DRAMA

gluskabe and old Man WinterJoseph Bruchac .................................... 446


ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION

elements of Drama ...................................................... 454analyzing Dramatic elements ..................................... 456

DRAMA

the phantom tollboothSusan Nanus

act i ............................................................................... 460

act ii.............................................................................. 490

coMpaRing textS LITERARy ANALysIs ................ 522

DRAMA

from You’re a good Man, charlie BrownClark Gesner ................................................................... 524

REVIEW

Happiness is a charming charlie Brown at orlando RepMatthew MacDermid ...................................................... 530

Language StuDY Connotation and Denotation . 534

Speaking anD LiStening Delivering a Persuasive speech .......................................................................... 536

WRiting pRoceSS Problem-and-solution Essay .... 538

aSSeSSMent skILLs .................................................. 546



UNIT 4

xx UNIT 4 • How do we decide who we are?



READ

text analysisDialogue in Drama stage DirectionsAuthor’s Purpose ThemeHumor Point of ViewPlot Tone

comprehension summaryCompare and Contrast

Language StudyGreek root -ethPrefix trans-

Language Study WorkshopConnotation and Denotation

DISCUSS

comprehension and collaboration Group Discussion

Responding to text Partner DiscussionPanel DiscussionWrite and DiscussGroup Discussionsmall Group Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Delivering a Persuasive speech

RESEARCH

Research and technology Multimedia Presentation

investigate the topic: Mark twain The Palace of Westminsterstage Fright Twain, According to OthersTwain’s First Riverboat Journey Additional Quotations from Twain Real Twain Interviews

WRITE

Writing to SourcessummaryReviewEssay Comparison-and-Contrast EssayHow-To EssayArgumentNarrative

Writing process Workshop Argument: Problem and solution Essay

assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Fictional NarrativeWriting to Sources: Informative/Explanatory Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


the phantom tollbooth, act i ignorance, precautionary, unethical, ferocious, misapprehension, unabridged the phantom tollbooth, act ii dissonance, deficiency, admonishing, iridescent, malicious, transfixed from You’re a good Man, charlie Brown; Happiness is a charming charlie Brown at orlando Rep objectionable, tentatively, civic, evoking, embody, abundantly, opinion, reflect, respond, specificthe prince and the pauper; from the prince and the pauper pauper, affliction, sauntered, respond, technique, similarStage Fright compulsion, awed, agonizing, opinion, purpose, common My papa, Mark twain striking, incessantly, consequently, identify, credible, convincing Mark twain’s First “Vacation” vigor, deliberate, distinctly, conflict, achieve according to Mark twain modify, quotation, establish an encounter With an interviewer astonishing, rapture, notorious, pose, interviews, refer



Reading LiteratureRL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.7, RL.6.9


WritingW.6.1, W.6.1.a-e, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-d, W.6.2.e-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.6.4, W.6.6, W.6.8

Speaking and ListeningsL.6.1, sL.6.1.a–d, sL.6.2, sL.6.3-5

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.2.a-b, L.6.3, L.6.3.a, L.6.4, L.6.4.a, L.6.4.c-d, L.6.5, L.6.5.c, L.6.6

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UNIT 4 I CONTENTS

READ

text analysisDialogue in Drama stage DirectionsAuthor’s Purpose ThemeHumor Point of ViewPlot Tone

comprehension summaryCompare and Contrast

Language StudyGreek root -ethPrefix trans-

Language Study WorkshopConnotation and Denotation

DISCUSS

comprehension and collaboration Group Discussion

Responding to text Partner DiscussionPanel DiscussionWrite and DiscussGroup Discussionsmall Group Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Delivering a Persuasive speech

RESEARCH

Research and technology Multimedia Presentation

investigate the topic: Mark twain The Palace of Westminsterstage Fright Twain, According to OthersTwain’s First Riverboat Journey Additional Quotations from Twain Real Twain Interviews

WRITE

Writing to SourcessummaryReviewEssay Comparison-and-Contrast EssayHow-To EssayArgumentNarrative

Writing process Workshop Argument: Problem and solution Essay

assessment SynthesisSpeaking and Listening: Group Discussion Writing: Fictional NarrativeWriting to Sources: Informative/Explanatory Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


the phantom tollbooth, act i ignorance, precautionary, unethical, ferocious, misapprehension, unabridged the phantom tollbooth, act ii dissonance, deficiency, admonishing, iridescent, malicious, transfixed from You’re a good Man, charlie Brown; Happiness is a charming charlie Brown at orlando Rep objectionable, tentatively, civic, evoking, embody, abundantly, opinion, reflect, respond, specificthe prince and the pauper; from the prince and the pauper pauper, affliction, sauntered, respond, technique, similarStage Fright compulsion, awed, agonizing, opinion, purpose, common My papa, Mark twain striking, incessantly, consequently, identify, credible, convincing Mark twain’s First “Vacation” vigor, deliberate, distinctly, conflict, achieve according to Mark twain modify, quotation, establish an encounter With an interviewer astonishing, rapture, notorious, pose, interviews, refer



Reading LiteratureRL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.7, RL.6.9


WritingW.6.1, W.6.1.a-e, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-d, W.6.2.e-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.6.4, W.6.6, W.6.8

Speaking and ListeningsL.6.1, sL.6.1.a–d, sL.6.2, sL.6.3-5

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.2.a-b, L.6.3, L.6.3.a, L.6.4, L.6.4.a, L.6.4.c-d, L.6.5, L.6.5.c, L.6.6

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ONLINE TEXT SET

sPEECH

My Heart is in the HighlandsJane Yolen

NOVEL EXCERPT

from Roll of thunder, Hear My cryMildred D. Taylor

POEM

alphabetNaomi Shihab Nye

PART 3text SetS DEVELOPING INsIGHT

MARk TWAIN

PLAy

the prince and the pauper ........................................ 554

NOVEL EXCERPT

from the prince and the pauperMark Twain ..................................................................... 572

sPEECH

Stage FrightMark Twain ..................................................................... 580

BIOGRAPHy

My papa, Mark twainSusy Clemens .................................................................. 584

INTERVIEW

Mark twain’s First “Vacation”The New York World ....................................................... 590

QUOTATIONs

according to Mark twainMark Twain ..................................................................... 594

sHORT sTORy

an encounter With an interviewerMark Twain ..................................................................... 596

aSSeSSMent syNTHEsIs .......................................... 604


Writing: Fictional Narrative ............................................ 605

Writing to Sources: Informative/Explanatory Essay ........ 606



UNIT 4 I CONTENTS

exeMpLaR text

Introductory Unit xxi


How much do our communities shape us?


introducing the Big Question How much do our communities shape us? .......................................... 612


RETELLING OF EPIC

from Black Ships Before troyRosemary Sutcliff ................................. 615

FOLK LITERATURE

Black cowboy, Wild HorsesJulius Lester ......................................... 620


SHARED LESSONS

elements of Folk Literature ......................................... 628analyzing Structure and theme in Folk Literature.... 630

FOLK LITERATURE READINGS

The Tiger Who Would Be King • The Ant and the DoveJames Thurber • Leo Tolstoy ............................................ 634

arachneOlivia E. Coolidge ............................................................ 642

the StoneLloyd Alexander .............................................................. 652

Why the tortoise’s Shell is not SmoothChinua Achebe ............................................................... 668

compaRing textS LITERARy ANALysIs ................ 676

sHORT sTORy

mowgli’s BrothersRudyard Kipling .............................................................. 678

FICTION

from James and the giant peachRoald Dahl ..................................................................... 688

Language StuDY Idioms ...................................... 698

Speaking anD LiStening Oral Response to Literature ....................................................................... 700

WRiting pRoceSS Cause-and-Effect Essay ........... 702

aSSeSSment sKILLs .................................................. 710

Selected Response .......................................................... 710


UNIT 5

exempLaR text

xxiv UNIT 5 • How much do our communities shape us?


ONLINE TEXT SET

AUTOBIOGRAPHy

the market Square DogJames Herriot

sHORT sTORy

aaron’s gift Myron Levoy

REFLECTIVE EssAy

childhood and poetryPablo Neruda

PART 3text SetS DEVELOPING INSIGHT

PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

MYTH

prologue from the Whale RiderWiti Ihimaera .................................................................. 718

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

the case of the monkeys that Fell from the trees Susan E. Quinlan ............................................................. 726

WEB ARTICLE

Rescuers to carry oxygen masks for petsAssociated Press .............................................................. 734

INFOGRAPHIC

2012 pet ownership StatisticsAmerican Pet Products Association .................................. 738

sHORT sTORy

the old Woman Who Lived With the WolvesChief Luther Standing Bear ............................................. 740

NEWS RELEASE

Satellites and Sea Lions NASA ............................................................................. 746

NARRATIVE EssAy

turkeysBailey White .................................................................... 750

aSSeSSment syNTHEsIs .......................................... 756

Speaking and Listening: Small Group Discussion ......... 756

Writing: Narrative ......................................................... 757

Writing to Sources: Expository Essay ............................. 758

PART 4 DemonStRating inDepenDence


UNIT 5 I CONTENTS

Introductory Unit xxv



READ

text analysisFables and Folk TalesMythsUniversal ThemePersonificationComparing Elements of Fantasy Myth Expository TextText FeaturesConflict and Resolution Expository WritingAuthor’s Influences

comprehension Cause and EffectSetting a PurposePurpose for Reading

Language StudySuffix -mentLatin root -mort-Latin root -van-Suffix –ary

Language Study WorkshopIdioms

DISCUSS

presentation of ideasOral Report

comprehension and collaborationDramatic Reading

Responding to textPartner DiscussionPanel DiscussionClass DiscussionGroup Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Oral Response to Literature

RESEARCH

Research and technology Annotated Bibliography EntryWritten and Visual Report

investigate the topic: people and animalsThe Role of MythsScientific MethodOxygen MasksHumans and AnimalsOceanographersWild Turkeys

WRITE

Writing to SourcesFableComparison-and-Contrast EssayPlot Proposal Invitation EssayCause and Effect EssayExplanationNonfiction NarrativeArgumentInformative EssayPersuasive LetterPersuasive Essay

Writing process Workshop Explanatory Text: Cause and Effect Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


the tiger Who Would Be king; the ant and the Dove prowled, inquired, repulse, monarch, startled, repaid arachne obscure, humble, mortal, indignantly, obstinacy, strive the Stone feeble, vanished, plight, jubilation, rue, sown Why the tortoise’s Shell is not Smooth cunning, famine, orator, custom, eloquent, compound mowgli’s Brothers; from James and the giant peach quarry, fostering, monotonous, dispute, intently, colossal, conflict, convince, encounter, uniquePrologue from the Whale Rider yearning, teemed, apex, sensory, observe, revealthe case of the monkeys that Fell From the trees incidents, abruptly, distress, study, observation, investigate Rescuers to carry oxygen masks for pets resuscitation, unsolicited, inhalation, support, quotation, authorities2012 pet ownership Statistics generalize, explain, subjectthe old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves coaxed, traversed, mystified, sensory, indicate, resolveSatellites and Sea Lions navigate, marine, meteorologists, collaboratively, interaction, credible turkeys dilution, demise, vigilance, crucial




Reading informational text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.5, RI.6.6

WritingW.6.1, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.b-c, W.6.3.e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.9.a-b

Speaking and ListeningSL.6.1, SL.6.2, SL.6.1.c-d, SL.6.4, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, SL.6.7

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.2.a-b, L.6.3, L.6.3.a, L.6.4, L.6.4.b, L.6.5, L.6.5.a-b, L.6.6

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UNIT 5 I CONTENTS

READ

text analysisFables and Folk TalesMythsUniversal ThemePersonificationComparing Elements of Fantasy Myth Expository TextText FeaturesConflict and Resolution Expository WritingAuthor’s Influences

comprehension Cause and EffectSetting a PurposePurpose for Reading

Language StudySuffix -mentLatin root -mort-Latin root -van-Suffix –ary

Language Study WorkshopIdioms

DISCUSS

presentation of ideasOral Report

comprehension and collaborationDramatic Reading

Responding to textPartner DiscussionPanel DiscussionClass DiscussionGroup Discussion

Speaking and Listening Workshop Oral Response to Literature

RESEARCH

Research and technology Annotated Bibliography EntryWritten and Visual Report

investigate the topic: people and animalsThe Role of MythsScientific MethodOxygen MasksHumans and AnimalsOceanographersWild Turkeys

WRITE

Writing to SourcesFableComparison-and-Contrast EssayPlot Proposal Invitation EssayCause and Effect EssayExplanationNonfiction NarrativeArgumentInformative EssayPersuasive LetterPersuasive Essay

Writing process Workshop Explanatory Text: Cause and Effect Essay

UNIT VOCABULARY


the tiger Who Would Be king; the ant and the Dove prowled, inquired, repulse, monarch, startled, repaid arachne obscure, humble, mortal, indignantly, obstinacy, strive the Stone feeble, vanished, plight, jubilation, rue, sown Why the tortoise’s Shell is not Smooth cunning, famine, orator, custom, eloquent, compound mowgli’s Brothers; from James and the giant peach quarry, fostering, monotonous, dispute, intently, colossal, conflict, convince, encounter, uniquePrologue from the Whale Rider yearning, teemed, apex, sensory, observe, revealthe case of the monkeys that Fell From the trees incidents, abruptly, distress, study, observation, investigate Rescuers to carry oxygen masks for pets resuscitation, unsolicited, inhalation, support, quotation, authorities2012 pet ownership Statistics generalize, explain, subjectthe old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves coaxed, traversed, mystified, sensory, indicate, resolveSatellites and Sea Lions navigate, marine, meteorologists, collaboratively, interaction, credible turkeys dilution, demise, vigilance, crucial




Reading informational text RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.5, RI.6.6

WritingW.6.1, W.6.2, W.6.2.a-f, W.6.3, W.6.3.b-c, W.6.3.e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.9.a-b

Speaking and ListeningSL.6.1, SL.6.2, SL.6.1.c-d, SL.6.4, SL.6.5, SL.6.6, SL.6.7

LanguageL.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.2.a-b, L.6.3, L.6.3.a, L.6.4, L.6.4.b, L.6.5, L.6.5.a-b, L.6.6

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