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A Correlation of Pearson Language Central, ©2013
to the Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, Grade 9
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: Is conflict necessary? ................................................................................ 4
UNIT 2: Is knowledge the same as understanding? ............................................... 7
UNIT 3: How does communication change us? ..................................................... 10
UNIT 4: Do our differences define us? .................................................................. 15
UNIT 5: Do heroes have responsibilities? ............................................................. 19
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GRADE 9
UNIT 1: Is conflict necessary?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
Old Man at the Bridge
Ernest Hemingway, page 8
The Jade Peony
Wayson Choy, page 9
Close Reading: Short Story
Writing Model: Argumentative Essay
Write: Informative Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell, page 24
Conflict
Make Inferences
Writing to Sources: Comparison-andContrast Essay
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry, page 52
Situational Irony, Surprise Endings
Make Inferences
Conventions: Verb Tenses
Writing to Sources: News Report
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Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65, 69; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article?, 117
Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Make inferences, 32, 36
Make inferences, 32, 36
Informational Text and Careers Handbook:
News Article, IC3
Summarize the article, “What is Love?”,
105
Write a complex summary of the article,
“Staying Connected”, 109
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article, 117
Rules of the Game
Amy Tan, page 64
Cause and Effect
Writing to Sources: Written Presentation
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Cause and effect words, 40; Cause and
effect, 44
Cause and effect paragraph about the
article, “Giving Back”, 45
Present your interview, 9, 61; Conduct a
Debate, 85; also see: Publishing and
Presenting, WP6
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The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe, page 82
Predict
Writing to Sources: Critique
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Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
Response paragraph (using background
knowledge to determine the author’s
purpose for the article “Telling Tales”), 21
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Comparing Texts
Checkouts
Cynthia Rylant, page 96
The Girl Who Can
Ama Ata Aidoo, page 100
Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Argument: Response to Literature
Writing to Sources: Argument: Response to
Literature
Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
Response paragraph (using background
knowledge to determine the author’s
purpose for the article “Telling Tales”), 21
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Part 3 Text Set Developing Insight
The Scarlet Ibis
James Hurst, page 128
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
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Much madness is divinest sense
Emily Dickinson, page 144
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Response
My English
Julia Alvarez, page 146
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
Essay
The Case for Fitting In
David Berreby, page 156
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
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Write a Poem, 105
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Word analysis: idioms, 125
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
from The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
Alexandra Robbins, page 162
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Position Paper
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
from Blue Nines and Red Words from Born
on a Blue Day
Daniel Tammet, page 168
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Description
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Write a Biography, 137
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text:
Autobiographical Narrative
from The New Yorker , page 178
Write a Story, 13
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: Short
Story
Tell a Story, 17
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Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
181
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Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 182
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
UNIT 2: Is knowledge the same as understanding?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
I am an American Day Address
Response paragraph (paragraph on
Learned Hand, page 191
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
Before Hip-Hop was Hip-Hop
Rebecca Walker, page 194
Response paragraph (using background
knowledge to determine the author’s
Close Reading: Nonfiction
purpose for the article “Telling Tales”), 21
Writing Model: Explanatory Essay
Write: Informative Essay
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article, 117
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Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
On Summer
Lorraine Hansberry, page 208
Writing to Sources: Analysis
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Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
Response paragraph (using background
knowledge to determine the author’s
purpose for the article “Telling Tales”), 21
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Main idea, 56, 60
The News
Neil Postman, page 218
Main Idea
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Main idea, 56, 60
Informational Text and Careers Handbook:
News Article, IC3
Libraries Face Sad Chapter
Pete Hamill, page 232
Punctuation and fluency: end marks,
commas, dashes, and semicolons, 80
Persuasive Essay
Evaluate Persuasion
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Conventions: Colons, Semicolons, Ellipsis
Points
Writing to Sources: Abstract
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr. , page 242
Persuasive Speech
Evaluate Persuasion
Writing to Sources: Proposal
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
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Comparing Texts
from Silent Spring
Rachel Carson, page 254
If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…
Arthur C. Clarke, page 258
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Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Reflective Essay
Writing Process
Explanatory Text: Cause-and-Effect Essay
Writing to Sources: Exposition: Cause-andEffect Essay
Part 3 Text Set Developing Insight
First Inaugural Address
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, page 284
Persuasive Appeals
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Persuasive Essay
from Nothing to Fear
Alan Axelrod, page 294
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
from Americans in the Great Depression
Eric Rauchway, page 298
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: Fictional
Narrative
Cause and effect paragraph about the
article, “Giving Back”, 45
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Cause and effect, 40, 44; Cause and effect
paragraph, 41, 45
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Write a Story, 13
Tell a Story, 17
Women on the Breadlines
Meridel Le Sueur, page 308
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Reportage
Research Report, 65, 89, 133
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay
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Bread Line, New York City, 1932
Dorothea Lange, page 318
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Text aids, 104
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Explanatory Caption
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Reflective Essay, page 321
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay,
page 322
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Research Report, 65, 89, 133
UNIT 3: How does communication change us?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
Barter
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
Sara Teasdale, page 331
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Uncoiling
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Pat Mora, page 334
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
A Voice
Pat Mora, page 335
Write a Poem, 105
Close Reading: Poetry
Writing Model: Argumentative Essay
Write: Explanatory Essay
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
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Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Collection 1
Dream Deferred
Langston Hughes, page 347
Dreams
Langston Hughes, page 348
Sonnet on Love XIII
Jean de Sponde, page 349
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Write a Poem, 105
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Punctuation and fluency, 80
Meciendo/Rocking
Gabriela Mistral, page 350
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
Emily Dickinson, page 352
Figurative Language
Read Fluently
Writing to Sources: Description of a Scene
Collection 2
The Bells
Edgar Allan Poe, page 359
Analysis of Baseball
May Swenson, page 364
Slam, Dunk, & Hook
Yusef Komunyakaa, page 366
Write a Poem, 105
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll, page 368
Sound Devices
Read Fluently
Writing to Sources: Editorial
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Collection 3
Fifteen
William Stafford, page 377
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, page 378
Twister Hits Houston
Sandra Cisneros, page 381
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Write a Poem, 105
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Paraphrase, 88, 92
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe, page 382
Narrative Poetry
Paraphrase
Writing to Sources: Description of the
Scene
Collection 4
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost, page 395
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
T.S. Eliot, page 396
The Seven Ages of Man
Shakespeare, page 398
Write a Poem, 105
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Paraphrase, 88, 92
We never know how high we are-Emily Dickinson, page 400
Paraphrase
Writing to Sources: Poem
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Comparing Texts
I Hear America Singing
Walt Whitman, page 406
Three Haiku
Basho, Chiyojo, page 407
Women
Alice Walker, page 408
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Write a Poem, 105
Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Sonnet 30
Shakespeare, page 410
Lyric Poetry
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Argument: Problem-and-Solution Essay
Writing to Sources: Argument: Problemand-Solution Essay
Part 3 Text Set Developing Insight
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Gwendolyn Brooks, page 432
Instead of an Elegy
G. S. Fraser, page 434
Using Line Breaks in Quotations from Poetry
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay
from A White House Diary
Lady Bird Johnson, page 440
Memoir
Write a Problem and Solution Essay, 37,
113
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Write a Poem, 105
Punctuation and fluency, 80
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Write a Biography, 137
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Character Analysis
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American History
Judith Ortiz Cofer, page 448
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Historical Context
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article, 117
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
Analytical essay
Address Before a Joint Session of the
Congress
Lyndon Johnson, page 460
Writing to Sources: Narrative text:
Historical Narrative
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Images of a Tragedy, page 468
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
Magazine Article
Tell a Story, 17
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Memoir, page 473
Informational Text and Careers Handbook:
News Article, IC3
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Writing: Argumentative Essay, page 472
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
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UNIT 4: Do our differences define us?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams, page 483
The Inspector-General
Anton Chekov, page 487
Writing Model: Explanatory Essay
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I
Shakespeare, page 508
Dialogue and Stage Directions
Summarize
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II
Shakespeare, page 536
Blank Verse
Read in Sentences
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Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Dialogue, 6, 10, 14, 18, 30, 34, 38, 42, 54,
58, 62, 66, 78, 82, 86, 90, 102, 106, 110,
114, 126, 130, 134, 138
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Text aids, 104
Write a Poem, 105
Punctuation and fluency, 80
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III
Shakespeare, page 564
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Paraphrase, 88, 92
Dialogue and Dramatic Speeches
Paraphrase
Reading: “A Time to Protest,” 138, 139
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV
Shakespeare, page 596
Punctuation and fluency, 80
Dramatic Irony
Break Down long Sentences
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V
Shakespeare, page 616
Tragedy and Motive
Cause and Effect
Writing to Sources: Editorial
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Speech
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Cause and effect words, 40
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Comparing Texts
Pyrammus and Thisbe
Ovid, page 640
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare, page 644
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Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Informative Text: Comparison-and-Contrast
Essay
Writing to Sources: Exposition:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Part 3 Text Set Developing Insight
from The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde, page 674
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Character Analysis
Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
The Necklace
Guy de Maupassant, page 686
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article, 117
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay
Response paragraph (using background
knowledge to determine the author’s
purpose for the article “Telling Tales”), 21
New Directions
Maya Angelou, page 696
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Advice Column
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from Fragile Self-Worth
Tim Kasser, page 702
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Critical Response
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Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
My Possessions, Myself
Russell Belk, page 710
Word analysis: context clues, 125
Connotations
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Persuasive Essay
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
from The New Yorker, page 716
Write a Story, 13
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text: Short
Story
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Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Personal Narrative, page 719
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Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay,
page 720
Cause and effect paragraph about the
article, “Giving Back”, 45
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a paragraph about the article, “A
Heated Debate” (use sensory words), 85
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article, 117
Research Report, 65, 89, 133; also see:
Conduct research for your essay, 81
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UNIT 5: Do heroes have responsibilities?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
Urban Legends, 18; “Telling Tales”, 19
Caron Lee Cohen, page 729
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
Pecos Bill: The Cyclone
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Harold Felton, page 733
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
Close Reading: The Oral Tradition
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Writing Model: Argumentative Essay
Write: Informative Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Odyssey, Part 1
Homer, page 756
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Historical and Cultural Context
Analyze long sentences, 92
Conventions: Simple and Compound
Sentences
Writing to Sources: Retelling
Write a Story, 13
The Odyssey, Part 2
Homer, page 800
Cultural and historical context, 128,
132
Epic Simile
Historical and Cultural Context
Analyze long sentences, 92
Conventions: Complex and CompoundComplex Sentences
Writing to Sources: Biography
Tell a Story, 17
Write a Biography, 137
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An Ancient Gesture
Edna St. Vincent Millay, page 830
Siren Song
Margaret Atwood, page 832
Prologue and Epilogue from The Odyssey
Derek Walcott, page 834
Ithaca
Constantine Cavafy, page 836
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Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Write a Poem, 105
Writing: How did you connect details in the
article, 117
Contemporary Interpretation
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Narrative: Autobiographical Narrative
Conventions: Using Adverb Clauses
Types of Sentences
Writing to Sources: Narration:
Autobiographical Narrative
Part 3 Text Set Developing Insight
from The Ramayana
R.K. Narayan, page 860
Conventions: Simple and Compound
Sentences
Varied Sentence Structure
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Perseus
Edith Hamilton, page 868
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Response to Literature
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Analyze long sentences, 92
Writing: Compare and contrast paragraph,
137, 141: also see: Language and
Comprehension Workshop: Compare and
contrast, 136, 140
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Key: WP = Writing Process Handbook; IC = Informational Text and Careers Handbook
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A Correlation of Pearson Language Central, ©2013
to the Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, Grade 9
Pearson Common Core Literature
Grade 9, ©2015
The Washwoman
I.B. Singer, page 878
Pearson Language Central
Grade 9, ©2013
Write a Story, 13
Writing to Sources: Narrative Test: Short
Story
from The Hero’s Adventure
Joseph Campbell/Bill Moyers, page 886
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Text:
Persuasive Essay
from My Hero's Hero
Elie Wiesel, page 892
Argumentation
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text:
Definition Essay
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Use information from the article, “The
Effects of Fear” to write persuasive
paragraphs on the topic of fear, 69
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Of Altruism, Heroism, and Nature's Gifts in
the Face of Terror
Natalie Angier, page 898
Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Article or Blog Post
American Blood Donation
Executive Healthcare Management
Magazine, page 904
Cause and effect paragraph about the
article, “Giving Back”, 45
What background knowledge did you use to
understand the article, “The Borders of
Giving”?, 133
Key: WP = Writing Process Handbook; IC = Informational Text and Careers Handbook
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Pearson Common Core Literature
Grade 9, ©2015
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Reflective Essay, page 907
Pearson Language Central
Grade 9, ©2013
Write a Descriptive Essay, 129
Write a Biography, 137
Speaking and Listening: Tell a Story, 17
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 908
Response paragraph (paragraph on
determining author’s purpose paragraph in
“Judging Eyewitness Accounts”), 17
Cause and effect paragraph about the
article, “Giving Back”, 45
What background knowledge did you use to
understand the article, “The Borders of
Giving”?, 133
Write a Persuasive Essay, 33, 41, 57; Write
a Problem and Solution Essay, 37, 113;
Persuasive paragraph, 65; also see:
Language and Comprehension Workshop:
persuasive appeals, 64, persuasive
techniques, 68
Key: WP = Writing Process Handbook; IC = Informational Text and Careers Handbook
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