GRADE 7 | TEACHER’S EDITION
Perspectives
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
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Authors’
Perspectives
myPerspectives is informed by
a team of respected experts
whose experiences working
with students and study of
instructional best practices have
positively impacted education.
From the evolving role of the
teacher to how students learn in a
digital age, our authors bring new
ideas, innovations, and strategies
that transform teaching and
The teaching of English needs
to focus on engaging a new generation
of learners. How do we get them excited
about reading and writing? How do
we help them to envision themselves
as readers and writers? And, how can
we make the teaching of English more
culturally, socially, and technologically
relevant? Throughout the curriculum,
we’ve created spaces that enhance
youth voice and participation
and that connect the teaching of
literature and writing to technological
transformations of the digital age.”
learning in today’s competitive
Ernest Morrell,
Ph.D.
is the Macy professor of
English Education at Teachers
College, Columbia University,
a class of 2014 Fellow of the
American Educational Research Association, and the
Past-President of the National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE). He is also the Director of Teachers
College’s Institute for Urban and Minority Education
(IUME). He is an award-winning author and in his
spare time he coaches youth sports and writes poems
and plays. Dr. Morrell has influenced the development
of myPerspectives in Assessment, Writing & Research,
Student Engagement, and Collaborative Learning.
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and interconnected world.
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Elfrieda Hiebert,
Ph.D.
is President and CEO of
TextProject, a nonprofit that
provides resources to support
higher reading levels. She
is also a research associate at the University of
California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Hiebert has worked in
the field of early reading acquisition for 45 years,
first as a teacher’s aide and teacher of primary-level
students in California and, subsequently, as a teacher
and researcher. Her research addresses how fluency,
vocabulary, and knowledge can be fostered through
appropriate texts. Dr. Hiebert has influenced the
development of myPerspectives in Vocabulary, Text
Complexity, and Assessment.
Kelly Gallagher,
M.Ed.
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teaches at Magnolia High School
in Anaheim, California, where
he is in his thirty-first year. He
is the former co-director of the
South Basin Writing Project at
California State University, Long Beach. Mr. Gallagher
has influenced the development of myPerspectives in
Writing, Close Reading, and the Role of Teachers.
It’s critical to give
students the opportunity to read
a wide range of highly engaging
texts and to immerse themselves
in exploring powerful ideas and
how these ideas are expressed.
In myPerspectives, we focus on
building up students’ awareness
of how academic language works,
which is especially important for
English language learners.”
The signature of complex
text is challenging vocabulary.
In the systems of vocabulary, it’s
important to provide ways to show
how concepts can be made more
transparent to students. We provide
lessons and activities that develop
a strong vocabulary and concept
foundation—a foundation that
permits students to comprehend
increasingly more complex text.”
The myPerspectives classroom
is dynamic. The teacher inspires,
models, instructs, facilitates, and advises
students as they evolve and grow.
When teachers guide students through
meaningful learning tasks and then pass
them ownership of their own learning,
students become engaged and work
harder. This is how we make a difference
in student achievement—by putting
students at the center of their learning
and giving them the opportunities to
choose, explore, collaborate, and work
independently.”
Jim Cummins, Ph.D.
is a Professor Emeritus in the
Department of Curriculum, Teaching
and Learning of the University of
Toronto. His research focuses on
literacy development in multilingual
school contexts as well as on the
potential roles of technology in promoting language and
literacy development. In recent years, he has been working
actively with teachers to identify ways of increasing the
literacy engagement of learners in multilingual school
contexts. Dr. Cummins has influenced the development of
myPerspectives in English Language Learner and English
Language Development support.
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1
Generations
UNIT INTRODUCTION
....................2
LAUNCH TEXT:
NONFICTION NARRATIVE MODEL
Grounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING
ANCHOR TEXT: NOVEL EXCERPT
Two Kinds
from The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
COMPARE
ANCHOR TEXT: NEWS BLOG
A Simple Act
Tyler Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ANCHOR TEXT: MEMOIR
from An Invisible Thread
Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski . . . . 42
MEDIA CONNECTION:
Maurice's Toast
NEWS ARTICLE
Tutors Teach Seniors
New High-Tech Tricks
Jennifer Ludden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MEDIA CONNECTION:
Cyber-Seniors
MEMOIR
COMPARE
UNIT ACTIVITY
SMALL-GROUP LEARNING
from Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
MEDIA: VIDEO
Learning to Love My Mother
Maya Angelou and Michael Maher . . . . 80
MEDIA: IMAGE GALLERY
Mother-Daughter Drawings
Mica Hendricks and Myla Hendricks . . . . . . 86
POETRY
Mother to Son
Langston Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
To James
Frank Horne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
PERFORMANCE TASK
PERFORMANCE TASK
WRITING FOCUS
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Write a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . . . . 52
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UNIT
Present a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . 104
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION : What can one generation learn from another?
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
POETRY
Lineage
Margaret Walker
Family
Grace Paley
OPINION PIECE
PERFORMANCE-BASED
ASSESSMENT
Narration: Nonfiction Narrative:
Text and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . 112
UNIT REFLECTION
Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
“Gotcha Day” Isn’t a Cause
for Celebration
Sophie Johnson
SHORT STORY
The Grandfather and the Little Grandson
Leo Tolstoy
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BLOG POST
Bridging the Generational Divide Between
a Football Father and a Soccer Son
John McCormick
SHORT STORY
Water Names
Lan Samantha Chang
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Judith Ortiz Cofer
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A Starry Home
UNIT INTRODUCTION
UNIT ACTIVITY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
LAUNCH TEXT: ARGUMENT MODEL
Leaving Main Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
SMALL-GROUP LEARNING
NEWS ARTICLE
Future of Space Exploration Could See
Humans on Mars, Alien Planets
Nola Taylor Redd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
MEDIA CONNECTION:
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING
COMPARE
ANCHOR TEXT: SHORT STORY
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
Ray Bradbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
MEDIA: RADIO PLAY
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
Ray Bradbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ANCHOR TEXT: NEWS ARTICLE
Danger! This Mission to Mars
Could Bore You to Death
Maggie Koerth-Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Starship
SHORT STORY
The Last Dog
Katherine Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
MEDIA: VIDEO
Ellen Ochoa: Director, Johnson
Space Center
Makers Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
INTERVIEW
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of U.S.
Space Exploration After Curiosity
Keith Wagstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
PERFORMANCE TASK
PERFORMANCE TASK
WRITING FOCUS
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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UNIT
Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION : Should we make a home in space?
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
POETRY
Science-Fiction Cradlesong
C.S. Lewis
ARTICLE
UFO Sightings and News
Benjamin Radford
PERFORMANCE-BASED
ASSESSMENT
Argument:
Essay and Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
UNIT REFLECTION
Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
ESSAY
Packing for Mars
Mary Roach
ARTICLE
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Trip to Mars Could Damage Astronauts’
Brains
Laura Sanders
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UNIT
Turning Points
UNIT INTRODUCTION
UNIT ACTIVITY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
SMALL-GROUP LEARNING
SHORT STORY
LAUNCH TEXT: INFORMATIVE
ESSAY MODEL
Thank You, M’am
Langston Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
At the Crossroads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
MEMOIR
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING
from An American Childhood
Annie Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
MEDIA: PHOTO GALLERY
COMPARE
ANCHOR TEXT: DRAMA
A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge and Marley, Act 1
Israel Horovitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge and Marley, Act 2
Israel Horovitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Urban Farming Is Growing
a Greener Future
Hillary Schwei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
MEDIA: FILM
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Scrooge
Henry Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
PERFORMANCE TASK
PERFORMANCE TASK
WRITING FOCUS
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Write an Informative Essay . . . . . . . . . . 00
Present an Informative Essay . . . . . . . 340
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION : What can cause a sudden change in someone’s life?
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Little Things Are Big
Jesús Colón
NEWS ARTICLE
Profile: Malala Yousafzai
BBC News
PERFORMANCE-BASED
ASSESSMENT
Informative Text:
Essay and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . 348
UNIT REFLECTION
Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
BIOGRAPHY
Noor Inayat Khan
from Women Heroes of WWII
Kathryn J. Atwood
SHORT STORY
A Retrieved Reformation
O. Henry
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SHORT STORY
Between Practice and Perfection
Azizat Danmole
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UNIT
4
People and the Planet
UNIT INTRODUCTION
UNIT ACTIVITY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
LAUNCH TEXT: ARGUMENT MODEL
Rethinking the Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING
ANCHOR TEXT: ESSAY
from Silent Spring
Rachel Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Nobel Speech
Al Gore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
POETRY
Turtle Watchers
Linda Hogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
"Nature" is what We see –
Emily Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
The Sparrow
Paul Laurence Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
MEDIA: PHOTO GALLERY
Eagle Tracking at Follensby Pond
The Nature Conservancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
SHORT STORY
He–y, Come On Ou–t!
Shinichi Hoshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
MEDIA: VIDEO
Al Gore's Nobel
Acceptance Speech
Al Gore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
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COMPARE
ANCHOR TEXT: SPEECH
SMALL-GROUP LEARNING
PERFORMANCE TASK
PERFORMANCE TASK
WRITING FOCUS
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION : What effects do people have on the environment?
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
NOVEL EXCERPT
The Old, Old Tree
from My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George
MYTH
How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun
from Keepers of the Earth
Michael J. Kaduto and Joseph Bruchac
PERFORMANCE-BASED
ASSESSMENT
Argument:
Essay and Multimedia Presentation . . . 438
UNIT REFLECTION
Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
BIOGRAPHY
The Story of Victor d’Aveyron,
the Wild Child
ESSAY
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Introduction from Of Wolves and Men
Barry Lopez
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UNIT
5
Facing Adversity
UNIT INTRODUCTION
UNIT ACTIVITY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
LAUNCH TEXT: EXPLANATORY ESSAY
MODEL
SMALL-GROUP LEARNING
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
A Work in Progress
Aimee Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Against the Odds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
COMPARE
MEDIA: VIDEO
Surviving the Dust Bowl
American Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
ANCHOR TEXT: NOVEL EXCERPT
from The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
COMPARE
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING
AUTOBIOGRAPHY EXCERPT
from The Story of My Life
Helen Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
MEDIA: FILM
from The Miracle Worker
William Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
NEWS ARTICLE
A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill,
Electrifying a Nation
Sarah Childress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
ANCHOR TEXT: SHORT STORY
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The Circuit
Francisco Jiménez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
PERFORMANCE TASK
PERFORMANCE TASK
WRITING FOCUS
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS
Write an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . . . 482
Present an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . 528
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION : How do we overcome obstacles?
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Juliane Koepcke
NOVEL EXCERPT
Four Skinny Trees
from The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
PERFORMANCE-BASED
ASSESSMENT
Explanatory Text:
Essay and Informal Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
UNIT REFLECTION
Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
SHORT STORY
Rikki-tikki-tavi
Rudyard Kipling
MEMOIR
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from Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai
on the African Savanna
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
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