INTRODUCTORY UNIT
Contents
COMMON CORE FOUNDATIONS
Building Academic Vocabulary Workshop............................................... xliv
General Academic Vocabulary...................................................................... xliv
Doman-Specific Academic Vocabulary......................................................... xlix
Writing an Objective Summary.....................................................................liv
MODEL: Summary of “Mowgli’s Brothers”.....................................................lv
Comprehending Complex Texts.....................................................................lvi
STRATEGY 1: Multidraft Reading.......................................................................lvi
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: “Prayers of Steel”
Carl Sandburg................................................................................................... lvii
STRATEGY 2: Close Read the Text.................................................................... lviii
MODEL: from “Speech to the Constitutional Convention”
Benjamin Franklin...............................................................................................lix
STRATEGY 3: Ask Questions................................................................................lx
MODEL: from “Owning Books”
William Lyon Phelps............................................................................................lxi
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: from “Speech at the Grand Canyon”
Theodore Roosevelt............................................................................................lxi
Analyzing Arguments..................................................................................... lxii
Model: from “Speech Supporting Women’s Suffrage”
Robert L. Owen................................................................................................ lxiii
The Art of Argument: Rhetorical Devices
and Persuasive Techniques........................................................................... lxiv
Model: from “Inaugural Address”
Dwight D. Eisenhower....................................................................................... lxv
Composing an Argument.............................................................................. lxvi
Research Workshop.......................................................................................lxviii
Conducting Research....................................................................................lxviii
Research Process Workshop........................................................................... lxx
Model: Research Paper............................................................................... lxxv
Citing Sources Reference Guide................................................................. lxxviii
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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 analyze in detail its
development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the
text.
10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems, in 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 on a text and analyze its development over the
course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
8.Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing
whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to
support the claims.
Additional standards
addressed in these
workshops:
Writing
1.a, 1.b, 1.e, 2.a-c, 2.f;
Language
1, 2, 6
Writing
1.Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine to examine a topic and convey
ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and
analysis of relevant 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, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been
addressed.
7.Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several
sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further
research and investigation.
8.Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using
search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source;
and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding
plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
9.Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
Introductory Unit vii
UNIT 1
Does every conflict have a winner?
PART 1
Setting
Expectations
Introducing the Big Question
PART 2
TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
Does every conflict have
a winner?............................................. TK
Elements of Short Stories............................................... TK
Analyzing How Elements Interact................................. TK
Close Reading Workshop
Read • Discuss • Research • Write........... TK
SHORT STORY READINGS
short story
The Dinner Party
Mona Gardner........................................ TK
short story
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
Walter Dean Myers................................. TK
Rikki-tikki-tavi
Rudyard Kipling................................................................. TK
EXEMPLAR TEXT
Two Kinds from The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan............................................................................ TK
The Third Wish
Joan Aiken......................................................................... TK
Ribbons
Laurence Yep..................................................................... TK
Comparing Texts Literary Analysis................... TK
HUMOROUS ESSAY
The Night the Bed Fell
James Thurber................................................................... TK
SHORT STORY
Stolen Day
Sherwood Anderson.......................................................... TK
Language Study Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus....................................... TK
Speaking and Listening Delivering an Oral Summary............................................... TK
Writing Process Autobiographical Narrative............ TK
Assessment Skills..................................................... TK
Cumulative Review............................................................ TK
Constructed Response....................................................... TK
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UNIT 1 I CONTENTS
PART 3
TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT
COMPETITION
SHORT STORY
Amigo Brothers
Piri Thomas........................................................................ TK
PART 4
DEMONSTRATING
INDEPENDENCE
Independent Reading
Recommended
Titles for Extended Reading..................... TK
WEB ARTICLE
Get More From Competition
Christopher Funk............................................................... TK
ONLINE TEXT SET
WEB ARTICLE
ARTICLE
Forget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment
Adam Naylor...................................................................... TK
The Fall of the Hindenburg
Michael Morrison
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
NOVEL EXCERPT
Video Game Competitiveness, Not Violence,
Spurs Aggression, Study Suggests
Jennifer LaRue Huget......................................................... TK
EDITORIAL
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Win Some, Lose Some
Charles Osgood................................................................. TK
from Letters from Rifka
Karen Hesse
Veteran Returns, Becomes Symbol
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
MEDIA
Orlando Magic
LeRoy Neiman.................................................................... TK
Assessment SYNTHESIS............................................. TK
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion...................... TK
Writing: Personal Narrative............................................... TK
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay........................ TK
Introductory Unit ix
UNIT 1
Unit at a Glance
READ
RESEARCH
Text Analysis
Plot
Character and Point of View
Conflict and Resolution
Theme
Comparing Characters
Conflict
Structure
Persuasive Techniques
Rhetorical Devices
Research and Technology
Outline
Poster
Comprehension
Make Predictions
Make Inferences
WRITE
Language Study
Latin suffix -tion
Latin root -spirLatin prefix malLatin suffix -ious
Language Study Workshop
Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
DISCUSS
Presentation of Ideas
Informal Debate
News Story
Responding to Text
Group Discussion
Partner Discussion
Debate
Panel Discussion
Debate
Listening and Speaking Workshop
Delivering an Oral Summary
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Investigate the Topic: Competition
Healthy and Unhealthy Competition
Mind and Body
Coaching and Competition
A Model of Character
Writing to Sources
Informative Article
Journal Entry
Anecdote
Letter to the Author
Explanatory Essay
Analytical Essay
Fictional Narrative
Argument
Essay
Argument
Argument
Writing Process Workshop
Write a Narrative: Autobiographical Narrative
Assessment Synthesis
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion
Writing: Personal Narrative
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
UNIT 1 I CONTENTS
UNIT VOCABULARY
Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.
Rikki-tikki-tavi revived, immensely, veranda, mourning, consolation, cunningly
Two Kinds from The Joy Luck Club reproach, conspired, devastated, nonchalantly, expectations,
sentimental
The Third Wish verge, dabbling, presumptuous, rash, remote, malicious
Ribbons sensitive, meek, coax, laborious, exertion, furrowed
The Night the Bed Fell; Stolen Day ominous, perilous, culprit, solemn, assumption, common,
discover, perspective
Amigo Brothers devastating, perpetual, evading, literally, communication, effective
Get More From Competition optimal, deteriorates, maximize, attitude, sufficient, resolution
Forget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment advocacy, trivialness, endeavors, perceive, explain, cite
Video game competitiveness, not violence, spurs aggression, study suggests aggressive,
spur, blunt, deduce, insight
Win Some, Lost Some aversion, imposters, emerged, attitude, convince
“Orlando Magic” Painting illustrate, debate
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.
Reading Literature
RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.8, RL.7.9
Reading Informational Text
RI.7.3
Writing
W.7.1, W.7.1.a-b, W.7.2, W.7.2.a, W.7.2.d-e, W.7.3, W.7.3.a-e, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.7, W.7.7-9,
W.7.9.a, W.7.10
Speaking and Listening
SL.7.1.a, SL.7.3, SL.7.6, SL.7.5, SL.7.1, SL.7.4-5, SL.7.1, SL.7.4, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
Language
L.7.1-3, L.7.2.a, L.7.4.a-b, L.7.4.c-d, L.7.5.a, L.7.5.c, L.7.6
Introductory Unit xi
UNIT 2
What should we learn?
PART 2
PART 1
TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION
SETTING
EXPECTATIONS
EXPLORING IDEAS
Introducing the Big Question
What should we learn?..................... TK
Close Reading Workshop
Read • Discuss • Research • Write........... TK
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT EXEMPLAR TEXT
from Freedom Walkers
Russell Freedman.................................... TK
NARRATIVE ESSAY
from What Makes a Rembrandt
a Rembrandt?
Richard Mühlberger................................ TK
Elements of Nonfiction................................................... TK
Analyzing Structure and Relationships in
Literary Nonfiction.......................................................... TK
NONFICTION READINGS
Life Without Gravity
Robert Zimmerman............................................................ TK
I Am a Native of North America
Chief Dan George.............................................................. TK
All Together Now
Barbara Jordan................................................................... TK
Rattlesnake Hunt
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ................................................. TK
COMPARING TEXTS LITERARY ANALYSIS................... TK
REFLECTIVE ESSAY
from Barrio Boy
Ernesto Galarza.................................................................. TK
SHORT STORY
A Day’s Wait
Ernest Hemingway............................................................. TK
Language Study Word Origins................................ TK
Speaking and Listening Evaluating a Persuasive Presentation.................................. TK
Writing Process Argumentative Essay..................... TK
Assessment Skills..................................................... TK
Cumulative Review............................................................ TK
Constructed Response....................................................... TK
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UNIT 2 I CONTENTS
PART 3
TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT
MOTIVATION
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
No Gumption
Russell Baker
PART 4
DEMONSTRATING
INDEPENDENCE
Independent Reading
Recommended
Titles for Extended Reading..................... TK
WEB ARTICLE
Intrinsic Motivation Doesn’t Exist, Researcher Says
Jeff Grabmeier................................................................... TK
ONLINE TEXT SET
POEM
SHORT STORY
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Robert Service.................................................................... TK
Suzy and Leah
Jane Yolen
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
EXPOSITORY ESSAY
A Special Gift—The Legacy of “Snowflake” Bentley
Barbara Eaglesham............................................................ TK
Conversational Ballgames
Nancy Masterson Sakamoto
FOLK TALE
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
All Stories Are Anansi’s
Harold Courlander............................................................. TK
My Head Is Full of Starshine
Peg Kehret
INFOGRAPHIC
Image: Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and
Human Needs
Abraham Maslow.............................................................. TK
Assessment SYNTHESIS............................................. TK
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion...................... TK
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative.................................. TK
Writing to Sources: Informative Text................................ TK
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UNIT 2
Unit at a Glance
READ
RESEARCH
Text Analysis
Expository Essay
Reflective Essay
Persuasive Essay
Word Choice, or Diction
Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction
Autobiography
Expository Writing
Characters
Biography
Folk Tales
Research and Technology
Help-Wanted Ad
Comprehension
Main Idea
Main Idea
Classifying Fact and Opinion
Classifying Fact and Opinion
Language Study
Suffix -ness
Latin root -justLatin root -legLatin root -solLanguage Study Workshop
Word Origins
DISCUSS
Presentation of Ideas
Oral Summary
Response
Comprehension and Collaboration
Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Responding to Text
Group Discussion
Group Discussion
Partner Discussion
Partner Discussion
Small Group Discussion
Listening and Speaking Workshop
Evaluating a Persuasive Presentation
xiv UNIT 2 • What should we learn?
Investigate the Topic: Motivation
Goals and Motivation
Money and Grades
Klondike Gold Rush
Snow Crystals
Tricksters in Folk Tales
Abraham Maslow
WRITE
Writing to Sources
Analogy
Outline
Persuasive Letter
Adaptation
Explanatory Essay (Compare and Contrast?)
Persuasive Essay
Argument
Fictional Narrative
Informative Essay
Folk Tale
Writing Process Workshop
Write an Argumentative Text:
Argumentative Essay
Assessment Synthesis
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative
Writing to Sources: Informative Text
UNIT 2 I CONTENTS
UNIT VOCABULARY
Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.
Life Without Gravity manned, spines, feeble, blander, globules, readapted
I Am a Native of North America distinct, communal, justifies, promote, hoarding, integration
All Together Now legislation, tolerant, culminated, fundamental, equality, optimist
Rattlesnake Hunt adequate, desolate, forage, translucent, arid, mortality
Barrio Boy; A Day’s Wait reassuring, contraption, formidable, epidemic, flushed, evidently,
adaptation, culture, diversity, tradition
No Gumption gumption, crucial, aptitude, identify, insight, purpose
Intrinsic Motivation Doesn’t Exist, Researcher Says psychologists, tout, fosters, perceptions,
acknowledge, investigate
The Cremation of Sam McGee cremated, whimper, loathed, images, contribute, outcome
A Special Gift—The Legacy of “Snowflake” Bentley hexagons, negatives, evaporated,
observe, focus, inquiry
All Stories Are Anansi’s dispute, opinion, acknowledge, communicate, contribute, tradition
Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and Human Needs Infographic explain, diagram, theory
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.
Reading Literature
RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6
Reading Informational Text
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.7, RI.7.8
Writing
W.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.2; W.7.2.a, W.7.3, W.7.3.d, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9,
W.7.9.b, W.7.10
Speaking and Listening
SL.7.1, SL.7.1.a, SL.7.1.c, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4
Language
L.7.1, L.7.2, L.7.2.b, L.7.3, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.b-c, L.7.5, L.7.5.a-b, L.7.6
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UNIT 3
What is the best way to communicate?
PART 1
SETTING
EXPECTATIONS
Introducing the Big Question
PART 2
TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION
SOUNDS AND IMAGES
What is the best way to
communicate?..................................... TK
Elements of Poetry.......................................................... TK
Analyzing Language, Form, and Structure
in Poetry.......................................................................... TK
Close Reading Workshop
Read • Discuss • Research • Write........... TK
Poetry Collection 1
POEM The Rider Naomi Shihab Nye........................................... TK
EXEMPLAR TEXT
The Railway Train
Emily Dickinson....................................... TK
POEM
Maestro • The Desert Is My
Mother • Bailando
Pat Mora................................................. TK
Winter Nikki Giovanni..................................................... TK
Seal William Jay Smith..................................................... TK
Haiku Matsuo Basho-........................................................ TK
POETRY COLLECTION 2
Life Naomi Long Madgett................................................ TK
The Courage That My Mother Had Edna St. Vincent Millay...................................................... TK
Mother to Son Langston Hughes................................... TK
Fog Carl Sandburg........................................................... TK
POETRY COLLECTION 3
Train Tune Louise Bogan................................................. TK
Full Fathom Five William Shakespeare........................... TK
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not
Take the Garbage Out Shel Silverstein.......................... TK
Onomatopoeia Eve Merriam.......................................... TK
POETRY COLLECTION 4
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost....................................................................... TK
Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe......................................... TK
Father William Lewis Carroll.......................................... TK
Jim Gwendolyn Brooks..................................................... TK
COMPARING TEXTS LITERARY ANALYSIS................... TK
POEM
Miracles
Walt Whitman................................................................... TK
POEM
in Just—
E. E. Cummings.................................................................. TK
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UNIT 3 I CONTENTS
Language Study Words With Multiple Meanings.......................................... TK
Speaking and Listening Evaluating Media Messages and Advertisements................ TK
Writing Process Comparison-and-Contrast Essay......................................... TK
PART 4
DEMONSTRATING
INDEPENDENCE
Independent Reading
Recommended
Titles for Extended Reading..................... TK
Assessment Skills..................................................... TK
Cumulative Review............................................................ TK
ONLINE TEXT SET
Constructed Response....................................................... TK
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
from Angela’s Ashes
Frank McCourt
PART 3
SHORT STORY
HEROES AND OUTLAWS
WEB SITE
TEXT SETS DEVELOPING INSIGHT
Seventh Grade
Gary Soto
Safe Routes to School
NARRATIVE POEM
The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes...................................................................... TK
WEB SITE
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission................................ TK
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
The Myth of the Outlaw
Ruth M. Hamel.................................................................. TK
EXPOSITORY ESSAY
The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life
Geoffrey C. Ward............................................................... TK
SHORT STORY
After Twenty Years
O. Henry............................................................................ TK
WEB ARTICLE
Harriet Tubman.............................................................. TK
POSTER
Harriet Tubman Wanted Poster................................... TK
ASSESSMENT SYNTHESIS............................................. TK
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion...................... TK
Writing: Fictional Narrative............................................... TK
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay................................ TK
Introductory Unit xvii
UNIT 3
Unit at a Glance
READ
RESEARCH
Text Analysis
Forms of Poetry
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Sound Devices
Comparing Imagery
Repetition
Structure
Diction
Primary Sources
Irony
Author’s Viewpoint
Research and Technology
Scientific Explanation
Survey
Comprehension
Draw Conclusions
Draw Conclusions
Paraphrase
Paraphrase
Investigate the Topic: Heroes and Outlaws
Heroes and Outlaws in Literature
Civilization’s Heroes
Outlaws after the Civil War
Cowboys and Settlers
Police Heroes
The Underground Railroad
A Leader of the American Abolitionist
Movement during the 1800s (**Change**)
WRITE
DISCUSS
Writing to Sources
Lyric Poem, Concrete Poem, Haiku
Metaphor
Paraphrase
Poem
Recommendation (Compare and Contrast?)
Character Analysis
Persuasive Letter
Argument
Argument
Fictional Narrative
Fictional Narrative
Argument
Presentation of Ideas
Presentation
Poetry Reading
Writing Process Workshop
Compare and Contrast Essay
Language Study
Latin root -lumSuffix -er
Old English suffix -less
Old English prefix unLanguage Study Workshop
Words with Multiple Meanings
Responding to Text
Group Discussion
Group Discussion
Partner Discussion
Debate
Group Discussion
Group Discussion
Listening and Speaking Workshop
Evaluating Media Messages and Advertisements
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Assessment Synthesis
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion
Writing: Fictional Narrative
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay
UNIT 3 I CONTENTS
UNIT VOCABULARY
Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.
Poetry Collection 1 translates, luminous, minnow, swerve, utter, fragrant
Poetry Collection 2 fascinated, granite, crystal, haunches
Poetry Collection 3 groves, fathom, withered, curdled, sputters, smattering
Poetry Collection 4 downy, coveted, envying, incessantly, uncommonly, supple
Miracles; in Just— exquisite, distinct, appreciate, insight, perceive, unique
The Highwayman torrent, bound, strove, contrast, identify, opposing
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission commemorated, prompted, eligible, explain, definition,
characteristic
The Myth of the Outlaw nondescript, repulsive, commissioned, attitude, reflect, viewpoint
The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life discipline, gauge, emphatic, challenge, attitude, evaluate
After Twenty Years spectators, intricate, simultaneously, communicate, contradiction, contribute
Harriet Tubman subjected, feigned, conferred, media, solve, reactions
Harriet Tubman Wanted Poster convincing, facts, conclude
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.
Reading Literature
RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.7
Reading Informational Text
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6
Writing
W.7.1, W.7.2, W.7.2.a-e, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10,
Speaking and Listening
SL.7.1, SL.7.1.c-d, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4, SL.7.5, SL.7.6
Language
L.7.1, L.7.1.a-c, L.7.2, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.a, L.7.4.c-d, L.7.5.b, L.7.6
Introductory Unit xix
UNIT 4
Do others see us more clearly than
we see ourselves?
PART 1
SETTING
EXPECTATIONS
Introducing the Big Question
PART 2
TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION
DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Do other see us more clearly
than we see ourselves?..................... TK
The Elements of Drama.................................................. TK
Analyzing Drama............................................................ TK
Close Reading Workshop
Read • Discuss • Research • Write........... TK
DRAMA
DRAMA
from Sorry, Wrong Number
Lucille Fletcher........................................ TK
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley
Israel Horovitz
Act I.................................................................................. TK
Act II................................................................................ TK
DRAMA
from Dragonwings
Laurence Yep.......................................... TK
Comparing Texts Literary Analysis................... TK
EDITORIAL
Zoos: Joys or Jails?
from Teen Ink..................................................................... TK
EDITORIAL
Kid Territory: Why Do We Need Zoos?
San Diego Zoo Staff........................................................... TK
Language Study Connotation and Denotation............................................. TK
Speaking and Listening
Conducting an Interview.................................................... TK
Writing Process Review of a Short Story...................................................... TK
Assessment Skills..................................................... TK
Cumulative Review............................................................ TK
Constructed Response....................................................... TK
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UNIT 4 I CONTENTS
PART 3
TEXT SETs DEVELOPING INSIGHT
LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS
TELEPLAY
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Rod Serling........................................................................ TK
PART 4
DEMONSTRATING
INDEPENDENCE
Independent Reading
Recommended
Titles for Extended Reading..................... TK
SHORT STORY
All Summer in a Day
Ray Bradbury..................................................................... TK
ONLINE TEXT SET
TEXTBOOK ARTICLE
Poem
Joseph R. McCarthy
Prentice Hall: United States History.................................... TK
Loo Wit
Wendy Rose
WEB ARTICLE
NEWS ARTICLE
The Salem Witch Trials of 1962
The Salem Witch Museum................................................. TK
BLOG POST
Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of
Boarding a Bus
Stephen J. Dubner............................................................. TK
What Gives the Sunrise and
Sunset its Orange Glow?
GantDaily
FOLK TALE
How the Snake Got Poison
Zora Neale Hurston
WEB ARTICLE
Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality
Michael Shirber.................................................................. TK
PHOTOGRAPH
Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial
Assessment Synthesis............................................. TK
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion...................... TK
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative.................................. TK
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay........................ TK
Introductory Unit xxi
UNIT 4
Unit at a Glance
READ
RESEARCH
Text Analysis
Dialogue
Stage Directions
Characters’ Motives
Setting
Main Idea
Tone
Author’s Argument
Expository Writing
Research and Technology
Costume Plans
Comprehension
Purpose for Reading
Purpose for Reading
Analyze Point of View
Language Study
Latin root -gratLatin prefix interLanguage Study Workshop
Connotation and Denotation
DISCUSS
Presentation of Ideas
Dramatic Monologue
Comprehension and Collaboration
Responding to Text
Panel Discussion
Partner Discussion
Debate
Group Discussion
Partner Discussion
Group Discussion
Investigate the Topic:
Leaders and Followers
Crowds and Their Actions
Bullying
McCarthyism
Mass Hysteria
Herd Mentality
Wisdom of the Crowd
The Memorial
WRITE
Writing to Sources
Letter
Tribute
Editorial (Compare and Contrast?)
Argumentative Essay
News Report
Argument
Expository Essay
Autobiographical Narrative
Argument
Argument
Writing Process Workshop
Write an Argument: Response to Literature:
Review a Short Story
Assessment Synthesis
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Listening and Speaking Workshop
Conducting an Interview
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UNIT 4 I CONTENTS
UNIT VOCABULARY
Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I implored, morose, destitute, void, conveyed,
gratitude
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II astonish, compulsion, severe, meager, audible,
intercedes
Zoos: Joys or Jails?; Why Do We Need Zoos? habitats, vulnerable, resources
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street flustered, persistently, defiant, affect, identify, convince
All Summer in a Day slackening, vital, resilient, environment, awareness, explain
Joseph R. McCarthy unscrupulous, furor, riveted, evaluations, debate, investigations
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 accusations, successive, disbanded, determination, formal,
simultaneously
Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of Boarding a Bus investment, muster, succumb, behavior,
contribute, assumptions
Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality pertinent, explicit, inherent, transmitting,
complex, refute
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Photo materials, understand, significance
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.
Reading Literature
RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5
Reading Informational Text
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.6, RI.7.9
Writing
W.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.2, W.7.2.a-b, W.7.2.d, W.7.2.f, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5.c, W.7.7, W.7.8,
W.7.9, W.7.9.a, W.7.10
Speaking and Listening
SL.7.1, SL.7.1.a-c, SL.7.4, SL.7.6
Language
L.7.1a, L.7.1.c, L.7.2, L.7.2.b, L.7.3, L.7.4.a-c, L.7.4.c, L.7.5.b-c, L.7.6
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UNIT 5
Community or individual—which is
more important?
PART 1
SETTING
EXPECTATIONS
Introducing the Big Question
PART 2
TEXT ANALYSIS GUIDED EXPLORATION
EXPLAINING THE WORLD
Community or individual—
which is more important?................. TK
Elements of Folk Literature............................................ TK
Analyzing Structure and Theme in Folk Literature...... TK
Close Reading Workshop
Read • Discuss • Research • Write........... TK
FOLK LITERATURE READINGS
FABLE
The Travelers and the Bear from
Aesop’s Fables
Jerry Pinkney........................................... TK
FOLK LITERATURE Grasshopper Logic • The Other Frog
Prince • Duckbilled Platypus vs.
BeefSnakStik®
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith................... TK
Demeter and Persephone
Anne Terry White
Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl
Juliet Piggott Wood........................................................... 00
Sun and Moon in a Box
Alfonso Ortiz and Richard Erdoes....................................... 00
The People Could Fly
Virginia Hamilton............................................................... 00
Comparing Texts Literary Analysis................... TK
GREEK MYTH
The Voyage from Tales from the Odyssey
Mary Pope Osborne........................................................... TK
BLOG
To the Top of Everest
Samantha Larson............................................................... TK
Language Study Figurative Language .......................................................... TK
Speaking and Listening
Research Presentation........................................................ TK
Writing Process Cause-and-Effect Essay...................................................... TK
Assessment Skills..................................................... TK
Cumulative Review............................................................ TK
Constructed Response....................................................... TK
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UNIT 5 I CONTENTS
PART 3
TEXT SETs DEVELOPING INSIGHT
BECOMING AMERICAN
NARRATIVE ESSAY
My First Free Summer
Julia Alvarez....................................................................... TK
PART 4
DEMONSTRATING
INDEPENDENCE
Independent Reading
Recommended
Titles for Extended Reading..................... TK
NARRATIVE POEM
How I Learned English
Gregory Djanikian.............................................................. TK
ONLINE TEXT SET
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Poem
mk
Jean Fritz........................................................................... TK
Martin Luther King
Raymond R. Patterson
PUBLIC DOCUMENT
SHORT STORY
Discovering a Paper Son
Byron Yee.......................................................................... TK
The Bear Boy
Joseph Bruchac
PLAY
CONTRACT
from Grandpa and the Statue
Arthur Miller...................................................................... TK
Theater Show Contract
Crystal Springs Uplands School
NEWS ARTICLE
Melting Pot
Anna Quindlen.................................................................. TK
INFOGRAPHIC
Census Data on Immigration
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Office of Immigration Statistics.......................................... TK
Assessment Synthesis............................................. TK
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion...................... TK
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative.................................. TK
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay.............................. TK
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UNIT 5
Unit at a Glance
READ
Text Analysis
Myths
Legend and Fact
Cultural Context
Folk Tales
Universal Theme
Symbolism
Narrative Poem
Narration
Direct Quotation
Dialogue
Idiom
Comprehension
Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast
Language Study
Latin root -dom-
Latin prefix uniLatin suffix –ity
Greek root -myst-
Partner Discussion
Debate
Write and Discuss
Listening and Speaking Workshop
Research Presentation
RESEARCH
Investigate the Topic: Becoming American
Politics and Becoming American
Help in “Becoming American”
American Literature
The Chinese Exclusion Act
“The New Colossus”
Urban “Melting Pots”
Immigration to the United States
WRITE
Presentation of Ideas
Persuasive Speech
Television News Report
Writing to Sources
Myth
Description
Plot Summary
Review
Essay
Compare and Contrast Essay
Autobiographical Narrative
Compare and Contrast Essay
Expository Essay
Explanatory Essay
Problem and Solution Essay
Short Story
Comprehension and Collaboration
Debate
Retelling
Writing Process Workshop
Write an Explanatory Text:
Cause and Effect Essay
Responding to Text
Group Discussion
Partner Discussion
Group Discussion
Assessment Synthesis
Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay
Language Study Workshop
Figurative Language
DISCUSS
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UNIT 5 I CONTENTS
UNIT VOCABULARY
Academic Vocabulary appears in blue.
Demeter and Persephone defies, monarch, dominions, intervene, realm, abode
Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl shortsightedness, routed, decreed, relished, unanimous,
feebleness
Sun and Moon in a Box regretted, reliable, curiosity, pestering, relented, cunning
The People Could Fly shed, scorned, hoed, croon, mystery, shuffle
My First Free Summer vowed, summoned, contradiction, explain, perspective, culture
How I learned English notions, transfixed, writhing, stanza, outcome, explain
mk adequate, deceive, ignorant, communicate, predict
Discovering a Paper Son decipher, interrogations, scrutiny, discover, enhance, cites
Grandpa and the Statue subscribed, peeved, swindle, characterize, debate, discover
Melting Pot fluent, bigots, dolefully, attitude, compose, community
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
For the full wording of the standards, see the standards chart following the Contents pages.
Reading Literature
RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.9
Reading Informational Text
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.9
Writing
W.7.1, W.7.1.a-b, W.7.2, W.7.2.a–f, W.7.3, W.7.3.a-b, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.7, W.7.8, W.7.9
Speaking and Listening
SL.7.1, SL.7.1.a, SL.7.1.c, SL.7.4, SL.7.5, SL.7.6
Language
L.7.1, L.7.1.a, L.7.2, L.7.2.a-b, L.7.3.a, L.7.4, L.7.4.b, L.7.5, L.7.5.b, L.7.5.a-b, L.7.6
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