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UNIT INTRODUCTION

UNIT ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

LAUNCH TEXT:

NONFICTION NARRATIVE MODEL

Grounded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING

ANCHOR TEXT: NOVEL EXCERPT

Two Kinds

fromThe Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

ANCHOR TEXT: NEWS BLOG

A Simple Act

Tyler Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

ANCHOR TEXT: MEMOIR

fromAn Invisible Thread

Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski. . . .42 MEDIA CONNECTION:Maurice's Toast

SMALL-GROUP LEARNING

NEWS ARTICLE

Tutors Teach SeniorsNew High-Tech Tricks

Jennifer Ludden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 MEDIA CONNECTION:Cyber-Seniors

MEMOIR

fromMom & Me & Mom

Maya Angelou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

MEDIA: VIDEO

Learning to Love My MotherMaya Angelou and Michael Maher. . . .80

MEDIA: IMAGE GALLERY

Mother-Daughter Drawings

Mica Hendricks and Myla Hendricks. . . . . .86

POETRY

Mother to Son

Langston Hughes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

To James

Frank Horne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

PERFORMANCE TASK

SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

Present a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . .104

COMPARE

Generations1

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write a Nonfiction Narrative. . . . . . . . .52

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POETRY

Lineage

Margaret WalkerFamily

Grace Paley

OPINION PIECE

Gotcha Day Isnt a Causefor Celebration

Sophie Johnson

SHORT STORY

The Grandfather and the Little Grandson

Leo Tolstoy

BLOG POST

Bridging the Generational Divide Betweena Football Father and a Soccer Son

John McCormick

SHORT STORY

Water Names

Lan Samantha Chang

SHORT STORYAn Hour With Abuelo

Judith Ortiz Cofer

PERFORMANCE-BASEDASSESSMENT

Narration: Nonfiction Narrative:Text and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . .112

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Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

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Review Evidence for

a Nonfiction Narrative. . . . . . . . . . . . .111

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What can one generation learn from another?

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LAUNCH TEXT: ARGUMENT MODEL

Leaving Main Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120


ANCHOR TEXT: SHORT STORY

Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed

Ray Bradbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

MEDIA: RADIO PLAY

Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed

Ray Bradbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

ANCHOR TEXT: NEWS ARTICLE

Danger! This Mission to MarsCould Bore You to Death

Maggie Koerth-Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152


NEWS ARTICLE

Future of Space Exploration Could SeeHumans on Mars, Alien Planets

Nola Taylor Redd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 MEDIA CONNECTION:Starship

SHORT STORY

The Last Dog

Katherine Paterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

MEDIA: VIDEO

Ellen Ochoa: Director, JohnsonSpace Center

Makers Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

INTERVIEW

Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of U.S.Space Exploration After Curiosity

Keith Wagstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

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A Starry Home2

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POETRY

Science-Fiction Cradlesong

C.S. Lewis

ARTICLE

UFO Sightings and News

Benjamin Radford

ESSAY

Packing for Mars

Mary Roach

ARTICLE

Trip to Mars Could Damage AstronautsBrains

Laura Sanders


Argument:Essay and Speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for an Argument . . .219

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Should we make a home in space?

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LAUNCH TEXT: INFORMATIVE

ESSAY MODEL

At the Crossroads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228


ANCHOR TEXT: DRAMA

A Christmas Carol:

Scrooge and Marley, Act 1Israel Horovitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

A Christmas Carol:Scrooge and Marley, Act 2

Israel Horovitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

MEDIA: FILM

Scrooge

Henry Edwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298


SHORT STORY

Thank You, Mam

Langston Hughes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

MEMOIR

fromAn American Childhood

Annie Dillard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

MEDIA: PHOTO GALLERY

Urban Farming Is Growinga Greener Future

Hillary Schwei. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Informative Essay. . . . . . . . . .00

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Informative Essay . . . . . . . 340

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Turning Points3

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REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Little Things Are Big

Jess Coln

NEWS ARTICLE

Profile: Malala Yousafzai

BBC News

BIOGRAPHY

Noor Inayat KhanfromWomen Heroes of WWII

Kathryn J. AtwoodSHORT STORY

A Retrieved Reformation

O. Henry

SHORT STORY

Between Practice and Perfection

Azizat Danmole


Informative Text:Essay and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . .348

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence foran Informative Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What can cause a sudden change in someones life?

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LAUNCH TEXT: ARGUMENT MODEL

Rethinking the Wild. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356


ANCHOR TEXT: ESSAY

fromSilent Spring

Rachel Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

ANCHOR TEXT: SPEECH

Nobel Speech

Al Gore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

MEDIA: VIDEO

Al Gore's NobelAcceptance Speech

Al Gore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386


POETRY

Turtle Watchers

Linda Hogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

"Nature" is what We see

Emily Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

The Sparrow

Paul Laurence Dunbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

MEDIA: PHOTO GALLERY

Eagle Tracking at Follensby Pond

The Nature Conservancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

SHORT STORY

Hey, Come On Out!

Shinichi Hoshi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

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People and the Planet4

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NOVEL EXCERPT

The Old, Old TreefromMy Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

MYTH

How Grandmother Spider Stole the SunfromKeepers of the Earth

Michael J. Kaduto and Joseph Bruchac

BIOGRAPHY

The Story of Victor dAveyron,the Wild Child

ESSAY

IntroductionfromOf Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez


Argument:Essay and Multimedia Presentation . . .438

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for anArgumentative Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . .437

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What effects do people have on the environment?

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LAUNCH TEXT: EXPLANATORY ESSAY

MODEL

Against the Odds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446


MEDIA: VIDEO

Surviving the Dust Bowl

American Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . .452

ANCHOR TEXT: NOVEL EXCERPT

fromThe Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

ANCHOR TEXT: SHORT STORY

The Circuit

Francisco Jimnez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468


PERSONAL NARRATIVE

A Work in Progress

Aimee Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492

AUTOBIOGRAPHY EXCERPT

fromThe Story of My Life

Helen Keller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

MEDIA: FILM

fromThe Miracle Worker

William Gibson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

NEWS ARTICLE

A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill,Electrifying a Nation

Sarah Childress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Explanatory Essay. . . . . . . . . 482

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . 528

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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Juliane Koepcke

NOVEL EXCERPT

Four Skinny TreesfromThe House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

SHORT STORY

Rikki-tikki-tavi

Rudyard KiplingMEMOIR

fromFacing the Lion: Growing Up Maasaion the African Savanna

Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton


Explanatory Text:Essay and Informal Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . .536

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence foran Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . .535

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do we overcome obstacles?

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