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TMPerspectivesENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADE 7
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unit intRODuCtiOn
Unit ACtiVitY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
LAUnCh text: nOnFiCtiOn nARRAtiVe MODeL
GroundedMarcy Domingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
whOle-Class leaRninG
AnChOR text: nOVeL exCeRPt
two Kinds from the Joy luck ClubAmy Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AnChOR text: neWS BLOG
a simple actTyler Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AnChOR text: MeMOiR
from an invisible threadLaura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski . . . 00
small-GROup leaRninG
neWS ARtiCLe
tutors teach seniors new high-tech tricksJennifer Ludden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeMOiR
from mom & me & momMaya Angelou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: ViDeO
maya angelou: learning to love my motherMichael Maher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: iMAGe GALLeRY
mother-Daughter DrawingsMica and Myla Hendricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
POetRY
mother to sonLangston Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00to JamesFrank Horne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
ShORt StORY
an hour with abueloJudith Ortiz Cofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Present a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . 00
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Generations1
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . . . 00
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POETRY
LineageMargaret Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00FamilyGrace Paley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
OPINION PIECE
“gotcha day” Isn’t a Cause for CelebrationSophie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SHORT STORY
the Old grandfather and the Little grandsonLeo Tolstoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
BLOG POST
Bridging the generational divide Between a Football Father and a Soccer SonJohn McCormick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SHORT STORY
Water namesLan Samantha Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
perFOrmanCe-BaSed aSSeSSment
nonfiction narrative: text and Oral presentation . . . . . . . . 00
UnIt reFLeCtIOn
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PERfORmaNCE-BaSEd aSSESSmENT PREP
Review Evidence for a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
essential question: What can one generation learn from another?
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Unit ACtiVitY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
LAUnCh text: ARGUMent MODeL
Leaving Main StreetJohn Hidalgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
whOLe-CLaSS LeaRning
AnChOR text: ShORt StORY
Dark they were and golden-eyedRay Bradbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: RADiO PLAY
Dark they were and golden-eyedRay Bradbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AnChOR text: neWS ARtiCLe
Danger! this Mission to Mars Could Bore You to DeathMaggie Koerth-Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SMaLL-gROup LeaRning
neWS ARtiCLe
Future of Space exploration Could See humans on Mars, alien planetsNola Taylor Redd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
ShORt StORY
the Last Dog from tomorrowlandKatherine Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: ViDeO
ellen OchoaMakers Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
inteRVieW
neil degrasse tyson on the Future of u.S. Space exploration after CuriosityKeith Wagstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRfORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRfORMAnCe tASk
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Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
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a Starry home2
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POETRY
Science Fiction CradlesongC.S. Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SCIENCE ARTICLES
5 good reasons to Believe in UFOsPatrick J. Kiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00UFO Sightings and newsBenjamin Radford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
ARGUMENT
a pale Blue dotCarl Sagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
ESSAY
packing for MarsMary Roach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SCIENCE ARTICLE
trip to Mars Could damage astronauts’ BrainsLaura Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
INTERVIEW
Interview With naSa Shuttle astronaut Franklin Chang diazStacey Severn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
perFOrManCe-BaSed aSSeSSMent
argument: essay and Oral presentation . . . . . . . 00
UnIt reFLeCtIOn
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PERfORMANCE-bASEd ASSESSMENT PREP
Review Evidence for an Argument . . . 00
essential question: should we make a home in space?
Contents vii
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LAUnCh text: inFORMAtiOnAL MODeL
At the CrossroadsHajir Khouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
whOle-ClAss leARning
AnChOR text: DRAMA
A Christmas Carol: scrooge and Marley, Acts 1 & 2Israel Horovitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: ViDeO
A Christmas CarolChuck Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
sMAll-gROup leARning
ShORt StORY
thank You, M’amLangston Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeMOiR
from An American ChildhoodAnnie Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: SLiDe ShOW
urban Farming is growing a green FutureBrian Clark Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
neWS ARtiCLe
profile: Malala YousafzaiBBC News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write an Informational Text . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Present an Informational Text . . . . . . . 00
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turning points3
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ESSAY
Little things are BigJesús Colón . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MEMOIR
tomorrowlandRebecca Woolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
BIOGRAPHY
Barbara rose Johns powellRobert Russa Moton Museum . . . . . . . . . 00
NARRATIVE NONFICTION
noor Inayat Khan from Women Heroes of WWIIKathryn J. Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SHORT STORY
a retrieved reformationO. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SHORT STORY
Between practice and perfectionAzizat Danmole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
performance-Based assessment
Informational: text and oral presentation . . . . . . . . 00
UnIt refLectIon
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PERFORMANCE-BASEd ASSESSMENT PREP
Review Evidence for an Informational Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
essential question: What can cause a sudden change in someone’s life?
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unit intRODuCtiOn
Unit ACtiVitY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
LAUnCh text: ARGUMent MODeL
it’s never too LateJohn Yee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
whOLe-CLass LeaRning
AnChOR text: eSSAY
from silent springRachel Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AnChOR text: SPeeCh
nobel Lecture: intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeAl Gore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: ViDeO
nobel acceptance speechAl Gore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
smaLL-gROuP LeaRning
POetRY
turtle watchersLinda Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00nature is what we seeEmily Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00the sparrowPaul Laurence Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: SLiDe ShOW
eagle tracking at Follensby PondNature Conservancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
ShORt StORY
he-y, Come On Ou-t!Shinichi Hoshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRfORMAnCe tASk
WRITING FOCUS
Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRfORMAnCe tASk
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People and the Planet4
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NOVEL EXCERPT
from My Side of the MountainJean Craighead George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
POETRY
the Last WolfMary TallMountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MYTH
from Keepers of the earthJoseph Bruchac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
EXPOSITORY NONFICTION
a Sea of plastic: Understanding the great pacific garbage patch . . . . . . . 00
EXPOSITORY NONFICTION
the Story of Victor d’aveyron, the Wild Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SCIENCE ESSAY
from Of Wolves and MenBarry Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
perfOrManCe-baSed aSSeSSMent
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UnIt refLeCtIOn
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PERFORMANCE-bASEd ASSESSMENT PREP
Review Evidence for an Argumentative Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
essential question: What effects do people have on the environment?
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LAUnCh text: inFORMAtiOnAL MODeL
Against the OddsJulia Paz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
whOle-ClAss leARning
MeDiA: ViDeO
the Dust Bowl and the DepressionNBC Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AnChOR text: POetRY
Out of the DustKaren Hesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AnChOR text: ShORt StORY
the CircuitFrancisco Jimenez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
smAll-gROup leARning
AUtOBiOGRAPhiCAL nARRAtiVe
A work in progressAimee Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
AUtOBiOGRAPhY
from the story of my lifeHelen Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MeDiA: ViDeO
the miracle workerWilliam Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
neWS ARtiCLe
A Young tinkerer Builds a windmill, electrifying a nationSarah Childress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PeRFORMAnCe tASk
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Facing Adversity5
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
from My Beloved WorldSonia Sotomayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MEMOIR
the girl Who Fell From the SkyJuliane Koepcke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
NOVEL EXCERPT
Four Skinny trees from the House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MEMOIR
from red Scarf girlJi-Li Jang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
SHORT STORY
rikki-tikki-taviRudyard Kipling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
MEMOIR
from Facing the Lion: growing Up Maasai on the african SavannaJoseph Lemasolai Lekuton . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
perForMance-BaSed aSSeSSMent
Informational: text and oral presentation . . . . . . . . 00
UnIt reFLectIon
reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
PERfORMANCE-BASEd ASSESSMENT PREP
Review Evidence for an Informational Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
essential question: How do we overcome obstacles?
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