A Correlation of
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Pearson
Language
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©2013
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Literature
to
Grade 8
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A Correlation of Pearson Language Central, ©2013
to Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, Grade 8
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
teachers to customize instruction and differentiate resources.
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Table of Contents
UNIT 1: Can all conflicts be resolved? .................................................................... 4
UNIT 2: How much information is enough? ............................................................ 7
UNIT 3: What is the secret to reaching someone with words? ............................. 11
UNIT 4: Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most? ....................... 15
UNIT 5: Are yesterday’s heroes important today? ................................................ 19
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GRADE 8
UNIT 1: Can all conflicts be resolved?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from Peter and Rosa
Isak Dinesen, page 5
An Hour With Abuelo
Judith Ortiz Cofer, page 8
Writing Model: Argumentative Text
Write: Informative Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Raymond's Run
Toni Cade Bambara, page 22
Plot
Make Predictions
Conventions: Nouns
Writing to Sources: New Ending
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe, page 38
Character Traits
Compare and Contrast
Conventions: Pronouns
Writing to Sources: Character Profile
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Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Fact and opinion paragraph,
91, 97; Prewriting: purpose and organizing
ideas, WP2
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Nouns, 9, 16
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Make predictions, 9, 15, 31
Pronouns, 22, 28, 33
Write a story, include a setting and named
characters, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes, page 52
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
inferences, 55, 61, 66
Make Inferences
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
Conventions: Adjectives and Adverbs
Writing to Sources: Dialogue
Adjectives, 78
Adverbs, 78, 84
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The Story-Teller
Saki, page 92
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
inferences, 55, 61, 66
Make Inferences
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Conventions: Principal Parts of Verbs
Writing to Sources: Comparison of Works
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Verbs, principal parts of regular, 50
Comparing Texts
The Finish of Patsy Barnes
Paul Laurence Dunbar, page 104
Write a story, include a setting and named
characters, 51
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
Ray Bradbury, page 112
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Character
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Writing Process
Narration: Autobiographical Essay, page
124
Nouns, 9, 16
Conventions: Conjunctions
Common and Proper Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Conjunctions, 90
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Pronouns, 22, 28, 33
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Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
Who Can Replace a Man?
Brian Aldiss, page 140
Conventions: Nouns
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
John Henry
Anonymous, page 154
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Letter to the Editor
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Nouns, 9, 16
Fact and opinion paragraph based on the
article, “Net Smarts”, 91
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Write a business letter, 17
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Julie and the Turing Test
Linda Formichelli, page 160
Fact and opinion paragraph based on the
article, “Net Smarts”, 91
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text
Fact and Opinion Paragraph, 97
"The good news, Dave,. . . ."
Chris Madden, page 164
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Writing to Sources: Narrative text: Diary
Entry
Robots Get a Feel for the World at USC
Viterbi
University of Southern California Viterbi,
page 166
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Comparisons
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
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from The Measure of a Man from Star Trek:
The Next Generation
Melinda M. Snodgrass, page 172
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
Dialogue
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
183
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 184
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
UNIT 2: How much information is enough?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
We the People from Words We Live By
Main idea outline, 79; Main idea paragraph,
Linda R. Monk, page 193
85
Making Tracks on Mars
Andrew Mishkin, page 196
Write a summary of the article, “Performing
Poets”, 125
Writing Model: Informative Text
Write: Informative Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the
Underground Railroad
Ann Petry, page 210
Narrative Essay
Main Idea
Reading Skills and Strategies: Main idea,
77, 83, 99
Verb tense, 56, 62
Write fictional biography, 85
Conventions: Simple Tenses of Verbs
Writing to Sources: Biographical Sketch
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from Always to Remember: The Vision of
Maya Ying Lin
Brent Ashabranner, page 226
Biography and Autobiography
Main Idea
Conventions: Perfect Tenses of Verbs
Writing to Sources: Reflective Essay
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Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Reading Skills and Strategies: Main idea,
77, 83, 99
Verb tense, 56, 62
The Trouble With Television
Robert MacNeil, page 238
Fact and opinion paragraph based on the
article, “Net Smarts”, 91
Persuasive Techniques
Fact and Opinion
Fact and opinion paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Evaluation
Listen to classmate, 63
State opinion clearly in discussion, 63
Listen for believability, 45
Share ideas about articles you’ve read, 199
State opinion clearly in discussion, 63
Write a speech, 193
Present a speech, 193
Use voice and gestures to stress ideas, 193
Science and the Sense of Wonder
Isaac Asimov, page 248
Fact and opinion paragraph based on the
article, “Net Smarts”, 91
Fact and Opinion
Fact and opinion paragraph, 97
Writing to Sources: Response
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
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Comparing Texts
Forest Fire
Anaïs Nin, page 258
The Season's Curmudgeon Sees the Light
Mary C. Curtis, page 262
Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall
Diane Ackerman, page 264
Types of Organization
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Informative Text: Comparison-and-Contrast
Essay, page 274
Conventions: Revising Verbs for Mood
Simple and perfect Verb Tenses
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Main idea outline, 79
Main idea paragraph, 85
Write a summary of the article, “Performing
Poets”, 125
Write a paraphrase of the article, “Writing
That Heals”, 131
Write a summary of the article, “Heroes
Without Haloes”, 181
Write a summary of the article, “Larger
Than Life”, 187
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Verb tense, 56, 62
Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
from Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck, page 290
Conventions: Adjectives and Commas
Gentleman of Río en Medio
Juan A. A. Sedillo, page 300
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
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Adjectives, 78
Commas, 186
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
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Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alice Walker, page 306
Write a summary of the article, “Performing
Poets”, 125
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay:
Analytical Essay
Write a paraphrase of the article, “Writing
That Heals”, 131
Write a summary of the article, “Heroes
Without Haloes”, 181
Write a summary of the article, “Larger
Than Life”, 187
Tears of Autumn
Yoshiko Uchida, page 312
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Writing to Sources: Fictional Narrative: New
Ending
from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, page 322
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Study Finds Americans Increasingly Rooted
Cindy Weiss, page 332
Reading Skills and Strategies: Main idea,
77, 83, 99
Main Idea and Support
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Relationships to Place from What Is Sense
of Place?
Jennifer E. Cross, page 336
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
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Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
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Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Narrative Essay, page 339
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay,
page 340
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Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
UNIT 3: What is the secret to reaching someone with words?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long
Write a poem, 125
Nikki Giovanni, page 349
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
Describe Somebody; Almost Summer Sky
Jacqueline Woodson, page 353
Close Reading: Poetry
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Collection 1
Silver
Walter de la Mare, page 367
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, page 368
Cat!
Eleanor Farjeon, page 370
Sentences, 180
Write a poem, 125
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
Language Workshop: Context, 110
Thumbprint
Eve Merriam, page 372
Using Context
Conventions: Types of Sentences
Writing to Sources: Poem
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The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean
Emily Dickinson, page 379
Concrete Mixers
Patricia Hubbell, page 380
Harlem Night Song
Langston Hughes, page 382
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Subject complements, 9
Language Workshop: Context, 110
Write a poem, 125
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
The City Is So Big
Richard García, page 384
Context Clues
Conventions: Subject Complements
Writing to Sources: Study for a Poem
Collection 3
The New Colossus
Emma Lazarus, page 391
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
William Shakespeare, page 392
Paul Revere's Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, page 394
Write a poem, 125
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
Reading Skills and Strategies: paraphrase,
123, 129, 134
Forms of Poetry
Paraphrase
Conventions: Object Complements
Writing to Sources: Lyric or Narrative Poem
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Collection 4
Grandma Ling
Amy Ling, page 405
your little voice/Over the wires came
leaping
E.E. Cummings, page 406
New World
N. Scott Momaday, page 408
January
John Updike, page 410
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Pronoun case, 22
Reading Skills and Strategies: paraphrase,
123, 129, 134
Write a poem, 125
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153
Paraphrase
Conventions: Pronoun Case
Writing to Sources: Review
Comparing Texts
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost, page 416
O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman, page 420
Write a poem, 125
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Argument-Response to Literature: Critical
Review, page 426
Pronoun Case
Pronoun case, 22
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
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Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
Old Man
Ricardo Sánchez, page 442
For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties
Alice Walker, page 444
Free Verse and Structure
Conventions: Pronouns
Pronoun Case
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
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Pronoun case, 22
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Write a poem, 125
Recite poem using voices and gestures, 125
The Medicine Bag
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, page 452
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Symbolism
Vocabulary: symbolize, 174, 200
Writing to Sources: Narrative Retelling
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi
Mark Twain, page 464
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79
Writing to Sources: Scenario
Thank You, Ma'm
Langston Hughes, page 476
Writing: Cause and effect paragraph, 159,
165
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay:
Cause-and-Effect Analysis
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Tutoring Benefits Seniors' Health, Students'
Skills
David Crary, page 484
Writing to Sources: Persuasive Essay
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
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The Return of the Multi-Generational Family
Household
Pew Research Center, page 490
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Fact and opinion paragraph based on the
article, “Net Smarts”, 91
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
497
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay,
page 498
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
UNIT 4: Is it our differences or our similarities that matter most?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from Billy Elliot
Write a story, include a setting and named
Lee Hall, page 507
characters, 51
from The Miracle Worker
William Gibson, page 510
Writing Model: Explanatory Text
Write: Play Review
Tell/retell a Story, 79
Write fictional biography, 85
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, page
534
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
Dialogue
Cause and Effect
Reading Skills and Strategies: Cause and
effect, 157, 163, 168
Conventions: Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases
Writing to Sources: Diary Entries
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The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, page
598
Character’s Motivation
Cause and Effect
Conventions: Participial and Infinitive
Phrases
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Write a story, include a setting and named
characters, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: Cause and
effect, 157, 163, 168
Infinitive phrases, 130
Participles, 146
Participial phrases, 152
The Governess
Neil Simon, page 642
Write a story, include a setting and named
characters, 51
Setting and Character
Draw Conclusions
Fact and opinion paragraph based on the
article, “Net Smarts”, 91
Conventions: Clauses
Writing to Sources: Public Service
Announcement
Reading Skills and Strategies: Draw
conclusions, 145, 151, 167
Comparing Texts
The Ninny
Anton Chekhov, page 654
Adaptation
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Clauses: independent, 158, subordinate,
164
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
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Writing Process
Exposition: Cause-and-Effect Essay, page
662
Conventions: Using Gerunds and Participles
Prepositional Phrases
Clauses
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Writing: Cause and effect paragraph, 159,
165
Clauses: independent, 158, subordinate,
164
Prepositional phrases, 96, 101, 124
Participles, 146
Participial phrases, 152
Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
from Kindertransport
Diane Samuels, page 678
Conventions: Prepositional Phrases
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, page 712
Prepositional phrases, 96, 101, 124
Clauses, subordinate, 164
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Diary
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: FirstPerson Narrative
from Anne Frank Remembered
Miep Gies (with Allison Leslie Gold) , page
718
Main idea outline, 79
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text:
Analytical Essay
Use details, 57
from Night
Elie Wiesel, page 726
Main idea outline, 79
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay
Main idea paragraph, 85
Main idea paragraph, 85
Use details, 57
Complex summary, 187
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from Remarks on a Visit to Buchenwald
Elie Wiesel, page 738
Claims and Evidence
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Letter to the Editor
Local Holocaust Survivors and Liberators
Attend Opening Event for Exhibition, page
742
Author’s Purpose
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Facts vs. opinions, 89, 95, 100
Fact and opinion paragraph, 91, 97
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Prewriting: purpose
and organizing ideas, WP2
Reading Skills and Strategies: Author’s
purpose, 21, 27, 32
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text:
Imaginary Interview
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Dramatic Text, page 747
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay,
page 748
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
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UNIT 5: Are yesterday’s heroes important today?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 119, 153;
Mark Twain, page 757
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Prewriting: purpose
Water Names
and organizing ideas, WP2
Lan Samantha Chang, page 763
Use details, 57
Writing Model: Argument
Write: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon
Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, page 776
Reading Skills and Strategies:
Summarizing, 179, 185, 201
Summarize
Sentences, 180
Conventions: Basic Sentence Structures
Writing to Sources: Myth
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Chicoria
Rudolfo A. Anaya and José Griego y
Maestas, page 784
Reading Skills and Strategies:
Summarizing, 179, 185, 201
from The People, Yes
Carl Sandburg, page 787
Summarize
Conventions: Commas and Semicolons
Writing to Sources: Critical Analysis
Commas, 186
Colons, 192
Write a summary of the article, “Performing
Poets”, 125
from Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse, page
Vocabulary: cultural, 106, 108, 120, 132,
200
Cultural Context
Use internet to search for Information, 17;
Research video games, 45; Write a
Research Report, 159, 187; Present
research, 181
Writing to Sources: Research Proposal
An Episode of War
Stephen Crane, page 808
Write and present a speech, 193
Capitalization, 198
Conventions: Capitalization
Writing to Sources: Persuasive Speech
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Comparing Texts
Davy Crockett's Dream
Davy Crockett, page 820
Write a story, include a setting and named
characters, 51
Paul Bunyan of the North Woods
Carl Sandburg, page 823
Response writing: compare and contrast
video games described in article, 45
Invocation from John Brown's Body
Stephen Vincent Benét, page 826
Response writing: compare and contrast
the adults and kids from the article, “Text
Talk”, 51
Heroic Characters
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Argument: Problem-and-Solution Essay,
page 836
Conventions: Comparative and Superlative
Forms
Commas and Semicolons
Capitalization
Part 3 Text Sets Developing Insight
from The American Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr. , page 852
Oratory
Conventions: Independent Clauses
Punctuation with Independent Clauses
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 43, 49, 65
Language Workshop: compare and contrast
words, 42, 48
Compare and contrast words, 42,
48
Commas, 186
Semicolons, 192
Capitalization, 198
Write and present a speech, 193
Clauses, independent, 158
Main idea outline, 79
Main idea paragraph, 85
Runagate Runagate
Robert Hayden, page 860
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Forms of Poetry
Write a poem, 125
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text
Key: WP = Writing Process Handbook
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to Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, Grade 8
Pearson Common Core Literature
Grade 8, ©2015
Emancipation from Lincoln: A
Photobiography
Russell Freedman, page 866
Pearson Language Central
Grade 8, ©2013
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Writing to Sources: Narrative Journal
Entries
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Paul Laurence Dunbar, page 874
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay
Brown vs. Board of Education
Walter Dean Myers, page 876
Write a poem, 125
Use details, 57
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a Story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text
On Woman's Right to Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony, page 886
Persuasive Techniques
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text
from Address to the Commonwealth Club of
San Francisco
César Chávez, page 890
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
Write a poem, 125
Facts vs. opinions, 89, 95, 100
Claims and Evidence
Writing to Sources: Poem
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
889
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 900
Key: WP = Writing Process Handbook
Write a story, 51; Tell/retell a story, 79;
Write fictional biography, 85
Write an essay (opinion), 23, 57, 119, 153;
Write a speech, 193; also see: Author’s
purpose paragraph, 29; Facts vs. opinions,
89, 95, 100; Prewriting: purpose and
organizing ideas, WP2
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