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A Correlation of Pearson Language Central, ©2013
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Introduction
This document demonstrates how Pearson Language Central, ©2013 aligns to
Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, and fully complements the program.
Correlation page references are to the Student Edition and Teacher’s Edition and are cited
by activity and page number. Lessons in the Teacher’s Edition contain facsimile Student
Edition pages.
Pearson Language Central is an English language development program that builds
structural and academic language while scaffolding reading skills. The goals of Language
Central are to introduce the Common Core State Standards where appropriate in the
instruction, and to build the language necessary for students to access, learn, and master
the Common Core State Standards in their core reading program.
Pearson Common Core Literature ©2015 is an exciting literature program designed
specifically to meet the rigors of Common Core. Its unique Instructional Model brings
support around the critical shifts in literacy, emphasizing building knowledge through
content rich nonfiction, reading and writing grounded in evidence, providing texts of the
appropriate range of complexity and focusing on academic vocabulary.
Additionally, an instructional focus is paid to developing students’ close reading ability to
prepare them for the rigorous tasks they will experience on upcoming assessments.
Powerful instructional tools are designed to personalize learning for every student, allowing
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Table of Contents
UNIT 1: Does every conflict have a winner? ........................................................... 4
UNIT 2: What should we learn? .............................................................................. 7
UNIT 3: What is the best way to communicate? ................................................... 11
UNIT 4: Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?............................ 15
UNIT 5: Community or individual—which is more important? .............................. 18
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GRADE 7
UNIT 1: Does every conflict have a winner?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
The Dinner Party
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
Mona Gardner, page 5
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
Write about using background knowledge to
Walter Dean Myers, page 9
understand author’s purpose (to inform),
29
Writing Model: Argumentative Text
Write: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Rikki-tikki-tavi
Rudyard Kipling, page 26
Nouns: common, proper, 10, possessive,
16
Make Predictions
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Conventions: Common, Proper and
Possessive Nouns
Writing to Sources: Informative Article
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Write a complex summary of the article,
“Pushing Buttons”, 165
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
predictions, 43, 49, 65
Writing: prediction sentences, 45,
prediction paragraph, 51
Two Kinds from The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan, page 48
Pronouns: personal, 22, possessive, 28
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
predictions, 43, 49, 65
Character and Point of View
Make Predictions
Writing: prediction sentences, 45,
prediction paragraph, 51
Conventions: Personal and Possessive
Pronouns
Writing to Sources: Journal Entry
The Third Wish
Joan Aiken, page 70
Adjectives, 56
Adverbs, 62
Conflict Resolution
Make Inferences
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
inferences, 55, 61, 66
Conventions: Adjectives and Adverbs
Writing to Sources: Anecdote
Language Workshop: infer, 54, 60, 66, 116,
133
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Ribbons
Laurence Yep, page 82
Adjectives, 56
Adverbs, 62
Make Inferences
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
inferences, 55, 61, 66
Conventions: Comparison of Adjectives and
Adverbs
Writing to Sources: Letter to the Author
Language Workshop: infer, 54, 60, 66, 116,
133
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
The Night the Bed Fell
James Thurber, page 100
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Stolen Day
Sherwood Anderson, page 106
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities″, 193
Characterization
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Narration: Autobiographical Narrative, page
118
Pronouns: personal, 22, possessive, 28
Adjectives, 56
Conventions: Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adverbs, 62
Write an Autobiography, 57
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
Amigo Brothers
Piri Thomas, page 134
Nouns: common, proper, 10, possessive,
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Conflict
Pronouns: personal, 22, possessive, 28
Conventions: Proper Nouns
Pronoun Agreement
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Analytical Essay
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
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Get More From Competition
Christopher Funk, page 148
Write a Story: narrative techniques, 23, 91,
159; also see: Tell a Story, 11, 79
Writing to Sources: Fictional Narrative
Forget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment
Adam Naylor, page 152
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Persuasive Techniques
Response: write about facts and opinions,
91, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Write about questions and conclusions
based on an article, 113
Video Game Competitiveness, Not Violence,
Spurs Aggression, Study Suggests
Jenifer LaRue Huget, page 156
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Writing to Sources: Informative Text: Essay
Response: write about connecting details in
an article, 119
Research a Role Mode, 45; Research
Traditions, 85; Research Greeting Cards,
113; Research for a Hero, 119; Research
Positive Attitudes, 147; Research
Communities, 187; Write a Research
Report, 193
Win Some, Lose Some
Charles Osgood, page 158
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Orlando Magic
LeRoy Neiman, page 164
Response: write about facts and opinions,
91, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125
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Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Personal Narrative, page 167
Write an Autobiography, 57
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 168
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Response: write about facts and opinions,
91, 97
Write about questions and conclusions
based on an article, 113
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
UNIT 2: What should we learn?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from Freedom Walkers
Russell Freedman, page 177
Write about using background knowledge to
understand author’s purpose (to inform),
29
From What Makes a Rembrandt a
Rembrandt?
Richard Muhlberger, page 181
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Write about questions and conclusions
based on an article, 113
Writing Model: Informative Essay
Write: Explanatory Essay
Write a complex summary of the article,
“Pushing Buttons”, 165
Response: write about cause/effect
statements, 187
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Life Without Gravity
Robert Zimmerman, page 194
Verbs: action, linking, 44
Expository Essay
Main Idea
Reading Skills and Strategies: main idea,
77, 83, 99, significant and insignificant
details, 99
Conventions: Action Verbs and Linking
Verbs
Writing to Sources: Analogy
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
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I Am a Native of North America
Chief Dan George, page 204
Verbs: action, linking, 44, irregular,
regular, 50
Reflective Essay
Main Idea
Reading Skills and Strategies: main idea,
77, 83, 99, significant and insignificant
details, 99
Conventions: Principal Parts of Verbs
Writing to Sources: Outline
Response: write main idea outline, 79
All Together Now
Barbara Jordan, page 214
Reading Skills and Strategies: fact and
opinion, 89, 95, 100
Persuasive Essay
Classifying Fact and Opinion
Response: write about facts and opinions,
91, 97
Conventions: Conjunctions and
Interjections
Writing to Sources: Persuasive Letter
Conjunctions, 78
Interjections, 146
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125
Rattlesnake Hunt
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, page 222
Subjects: simple, 90, compound, 96
Classifying Fact and Opinion
Reading Skills and Strategies: fact and
opinion, 89, 95, 100
Conventions: Subjects and Predicates
Writing to Sources: Adaptation
Response: write about facts and opinions,
91, 97
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
from Barrio Boy
Ernesto Galarza, page 234
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
A Day's Wait
Ernest Hemingway, page 240
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing
Explanatory Essay
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Writing Process
Argument: Argumentative Essay, page 250
Verbs: action, linking, 44, irregular,
regular, 50
Conventions: Correct Verb Tense
Combine Sentences Using Conjunctions
Principal Parts of Verbs
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Conjunctions, 78
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
No Gumption
Russell Baker, page 266
Pronouns: personal, 22, possessive, 28
Verbs, 44, 50
Autobiography
Write an Autobiography, 57
Conventions: Verbs in Compound
Predicates
Pronoun Agreement
Writing to Sources: Argument: Persuasive
Essay
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist,
Researcher Says
Jeff Grabmeier, page 278
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Robert Service, page 284
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Characters
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Writing to Sources: Fictional Narrative
A Special Gift - The Legacy of "Snowflake"
Bentley
Barbara Eaglesham, page 290
Research a Role Mode, 45; Research for a
Hero, 119; Research Positive Attitudes, 147
Biography
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay
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All Stories Are Anansi's
Harold Courlander, page 296
Folk Tales
Writing to Sources: Fictional Narrative: Folk
Tale
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Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Maslow’s Theory of Motivation and Human
Needs
Maslow, page 302
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
305
Writing to Sources: Informative Text, page
306
Write an Autobiography, 57
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
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UNIT 3: What is the best way to communicate?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
The Railway Train
Write about using background knowledge to
Emily Dickinson, page 315
understand author’s purpose (to inform),
29
Maestro / The Desert Is My Mother /
Bailando
Response: use clear main to write about
Pat Mora, page 318
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Close reading: Poetry
Writing Model: Informative Text
Write: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Winter
Nikki Giovanni, page 331
The Rider
Naomi Shihab Nye, page 332
Seal
William Jay Smith, page 334
Punctuate the sentences, 33, 203
Write sentences, 101, 135
Sentences, 129, 158, 164
Reading Skills and Strategies: draw
conclusions, 111, 117, 133
Haiku
Matsuo Basho, page 336
Forms of Poetry
Draw Conclusions
Conventions: Sentence Functions and
Endmarks
Writing to Sources: Lyric Poem, Concrete
Poem, or Haiku
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Collection 2: Figurative Language
Life
Naomi Long Madgett, page 343
The Courage That My Mother Had
Edna St. Vincent Millay, page 344
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Clauses: independent, subordinate, 124,
130, 135
Reading Skills and Strategies: draw
conclusions, 111, 117, 133
Mother to Son
Langston Hughes, page 345
Fog
Carl Sandburg, page 346
Draw Conclusions
Conventions: Independent and Dependent
Clauses
Collection 3: Sound Devices
Train Tune
Louise Bogan, page 353
Full Fathom Five
William Shakespeare, page 354
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take
the Garbage Out
Shel Silverstein, page 356
Write sentences, 101, 135
Sentences, 129, 158, 164
Reading Skills and Strategies: paraphrase,
123, 129, 134
Writing: simple paraphrase, 125, complex
paraphrase, 131
Onomatopoeia
Eve Merriam, page 358
Sound Devices
Paraphrase
Conventions: Sentence Structure
Writing to Sources: Paraphrase
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Collection 4: Rhythm & Rhyme
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, page 365
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe, page 366
Father William
Lewis Carroll, page 368
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Verbs, 44, 50
Subjects: simple, 90, compound, 96
Reading Skills and Strategies: paraphrase,
123, 129, 134
Jim
Gwendolyn Brooks, page 370
Paraphrase
Conventions: Subject-verb Agreement
Miracles
Walt Whitman, page 376
in Just-E. E. Cummings, page 378
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Argumentative Essay
Writing Process
Explanatory text: Comparison-and-Contrast
Essay, page 384
Conventions: Sentence Structures
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Clauses: independent, subordinate, 124,
130, 135
Punctuate the sentences, 33, 203
Write sentences, 101, 135
Sentences, 129, 158, 164
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
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Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes, page 400
Pronouns: personal, 22, possessive, 28
Conjunctions, 78
Conventions: Clauses and Conjunctions
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Character Analysis
Clauses: independent, subordinate, 124,
130, 135
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, page 410
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Writing to Sources: Persuasive Letter
The Myth of the Outlaw
Ruth M. Hamel, page 416
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
The Real Story of a Cowboy's Life
Geoffrey C. Ward, page 420
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Primary Sources
Research a Role Mode, 45; Research for a
Hero, 119; Write a Research Report, 193
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
After Twenty Years, page 426
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: Fictional
Character
Harriet Tubman, page 432
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: Fictional
Character
Harriet Tubman Wanted Poster, page 436
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
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Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Fictional Narrative, page 439
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay, page
440
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
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UNIT 4: Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from Sorry, Wrong Number
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Lucille Fletcher, page 449
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
from Dragonwings
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
Laurence Yep, page 453
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
from Dragonwings
Laurence Yep, page 455
Close Reading: Drama
Writing Model: Argument
Write: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act
1
Israel Horovitz, page 468
Dialogue
Purpose For Reading
Conventions: Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases
Writing to Sources: Letter
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases, 84,
101
Dialogue, 6, 12, 18, 24, 40, 46, 52, 58, 74,
80, 86, 92, 108, 114, 120, 126, 142, 148,
154, 160, 176, 182, 188, 194
Reading Skills and Strategies: purpose for
reading, 145, 151, 167
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A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act
2
Israel Horovitz, page 502
Stage Directions
Purpose for Reading
Conventions: Appositives and Appositive
Phrases
Writing to Sources: Tribute
Zoos: Joys or Jails?
Rachel F., page 539
Kid Territory: Why Do We Need Zoos?
San Diego Zoo Staff, page 541
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Appositives and Appositive Phrases, 118,
135
Reading Skills and Strategies: purpose for
reading, 145, 151, 167
Research a Role Mode, 45; Research for a
Hero, 119
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing: Editorial
Writing Process
Argument: Review of a Short Story, page
548
Conventions: Revising Sentences using
Participles
Prepositional Phrases
Appositive Phrases
Writing to Sources: Response to Literature:
Review of a Short Story
Appositives and Appositive Phrases, 118,
135
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases, 84,
101
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
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Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Rod Serling, page 564
Character’s Motives
Conventions: Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases
End Punctuation
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Punctuate the sentences, 33, 203
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All Summer in a Day
Ray Bradbury, page 588
Setting
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
News Report
Joseph R. McCarthy , page 598
Main Idea
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Vocabulary: setting, 142, 166
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Reading Skills and Strategies: main idea,
77, 83, 99, significant and insignificant
details, 99
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692
The Salem Witch Museum, page 604
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
Expository Essay
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Write paraphrase of the article, “The Age
Factor”, 131
Write a summary of the article, “Called
Out”, 159
Write a complex summary of the article,
“Pushing Buttons”, 165
Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of
Boarding a Bus
Stephen J. Dubner, page 608
Author’s Argument
Writing to Sources: Autobiographical
Narrative
Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd
Mentality
Michael Shirber, page 614
Write an Autobiography, 57
Author’s Purpose, 21, 27, 32; Fact and
Opinion, 89, 95, 100; also see: Bullying,
18–19; Helping Others, 40–41; Rumors and
Gossip, 160–161; “The Great Dress
Debate,” 177
Response: write about facts and opinions,
91, 97
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial , page 620
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
623
Write an Autobiography, 57
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 624
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
UNIT 5: Community or individual—which
Part 1 Setting Expectations
The Travelers and The Bear from Aesop’s
Fables
Jerry Pinkney, page 633
is more important?
Grasshopper Logic
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, page 636
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
The Other Frog Prince
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, page 636
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, page 636
Write about using background knowledge to
understand author’s purpose (to inform),
29
Close Reading: The Oral Tradition
Writing Model: Explanatory Text
Write: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Demeter and Persephone
Anne Terry White, page 648
Myth
Cause and Effect
Conventions: Infinitive Phrases and Gerund
Phrases
Writing to Sources: Myth
Infinitive phrases, 112
Reading Skills and Strategies: cause and
effect, 179, 185, 201
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
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Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl
Juliet Piggott Wood, page 660
Reading Skills and Strategies: cause and
effect, 179, 185, 201
Legend and Fact
Cause and Effect
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Conventions: Punctuation Marks
Writing to Sources: Description
Sun and Moon in a Box
Alfonso Ortiz and Richard Erdoes, page 674
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 191, 197, 202
Cultural Context
Compare and Contrast
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Conventions: Commas
Writing to Sources: Plot Summary
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
The People Could Fly
Virginia Hamilton, page 684
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 191, 197, 202
Folk Tales
Compare and Contrast
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Conventions: Capitalization
Writing to Sources: Review
The Voyage from Tales from the Odyssey
Mary Pope Osborne, page 694
To the Top of Everest
Samantha Larson, page 698
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Explanatory Text: Cause-and-Effect Essay,
712
Conventions: Commas and Other
Punctuation Marks
Capitalization
Response: write about cause/effect
statements, 187
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
Grammar, Usage and Mechanics:
capitalization, 10, 33, 192
Punctuate the sentences, 33, 203
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My First Free Summer
Julia Alvarez, page 728
Symbolism
Conventions: Punctuation Marks
Adverbial Clauses
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
How I Learned English
Gregory Djanikian, page 736
Pearson Language Central
Grade 7, ©2013
Adverbs, 62
Punctuate the sentences, 33, 203
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Write an Autobiography, 57
Writing to Sources: Autobiographical
Narrative
mk
Narration
Jean Fritz, page 740
Writing to Sources: Comparison-andContrast Essay
Discovering a Paper Son
Byron Yee, page 752
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Expository Essay
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Response: write compare and contrast
sentences about the article,
“Rebuilding Communities”, 193
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Response: write main idea outline, 79
Response: use clear main to write about
honoring Native American cultures, 85
Write paraphrase of the article, “The Age
Factor”, 131
Write a summary of the article, “Called
Out”, 159
Write a complex summary of the article,
“Pushing Buttons”, 165
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A Correlation of Pearson Language Central, ©2013
to Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, Grade 7
Pearson Common Core Literature
Grade 7, ©2015
from Grandpa and the Statue
Arthur Miller, page 756
Dialogue
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay
Melting Pot
Anna Quindlen, page 764
Idiom
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Problem-and-Solution Essay
Census Data on Immigration
US Dept. of Homeland Security, page 770
Pearson Language Central
Grade 7, ©2013
Dialogue, 6, 12, 18, 24, 40, 46, 52, 58, 74,
80, 86, 92, 108, 114, 120, 126, 142, 148,
154, 160, 176, 182, 188, 194
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125; also see:
Write Fact and Opinion Sentences, 91; Fact
and Opinion Paragraph, 97
Word Analysis: idioms, 175
Write a Story, 23, 91, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
79
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: Short
Story
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
773
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay,
page 774
Write an Autobiography, 57
Write a compare and contrast paragraph
about two characters from the article,
“Trickster Appeal—Revealed!”, 199
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
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