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PlotYou gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt

What Do You Think? howmightconfrontingadifficultsituationhelpyoubecomeastrongerperson?

Literary Skills Focus What Is Plot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Reading Skills Focus How Do I Explain Past, Present,

and Future Actions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mona Gardner Reading Model The Dinner Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 8

Literary Selections Rudyard Kipling Rikki-tikki-tavi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 12 George G. Toudouze Three Skeleton Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 32 Rene Saldaa, Jr. The Dive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 50 Rod Serling The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TELEPLAY 64

Comparing TextsPlot in Science Fiction Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Edward D. Hoch Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 91 Shinichi Hoshi Hey, Come On Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 97

californiaStandardsWord Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development1.3 Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast. Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)Gr 6 rev 2.4 Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports. Literary Response and Analysis3.2 Identify events that advance the plot and determine how each event explains past or present action(s) or foreshadows future action(s).Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.5 Write summaries of reading materials:

a. Include the main ideas and most significant details.b. Use the students own words, except for quotations.c. Reflect underlying meaning, not just the superficial details.

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Informational Text Focus Note Taking, Outlining, and Summarizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

World Almanac Empress Theodora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGAZINE ARTICLE 105 World Almanac The Hippodrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGAZINE ARTICLE 110

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SuMMARY 114Preparing for Timed Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . PRESENTING A SuMMARY 124Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

LiterarySkillsreview Laura Ingalls Wilder from On the Banks of Plum Creek . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 126 InformationalSkillsreview Joan Burditt Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Do I See Myself As Others Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARTICLE 128 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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CharacterBe who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter dont mind and those who mind dont matter. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

What Do You Think? howdootherpeoplehelpyoudiscoversomethingwithinyourself?

Literary Skills Focus What Is Characterization? . . . . . . . . . . . 136Reading Skills Focus How Do I Analyze

Characterization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Gary Paulsen Reading Model Girls from How Angel Peterson

Got His Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 140

Literary Selections Gary Soto Seventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 146 D. H. Figueredo That October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 158 Toni Cade Bambara The War of the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 170

californiaStandardsWord Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development1.2 Use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to understand content-area vocabulary. Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)2.1 Understand and analyze the differences in structure and purpose between various categories of informational materials (e.g., textbooks, newspapers, instructional manuals, signs).Literary Response and Analysis3.3 Analyze characterization as delineated through a characters thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions; the narrators description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters.Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.1 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives:

a. Develop a standard plot line (having a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and denouement) and point of view.

b. Develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting. c. Use a range of appropriate strategies (e.g., dialogue; suspense; naming of specific narrative action,

including movement, gestures, and expressions).

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Comparing TextsComparing Characters and Character Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Ernest Hemingway A Days Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 185 Sherwood Anderson Stolen Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 192

Informational Text Focus Structure and Purpose of Informational Materials . . . . . . . . . . 200

Jessica Cohn Flea Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 201 Holt Social Studies The Black Death from World History: Medieval to Early Modern Times . . . . . . . . . . . . HISTORY TEXTBOOK 205 Stopping Plague in Its Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . INSTRuCTIONAL MANuAL 211 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PuBLIC DOCuMENTS 217

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AuTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIvE 220Preparing for Timed Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRESENTING AN AuTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIvE 230Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Jamaica Kincaid LiterarySkillsreview from The Red Girl . . . . . SHORT STORY 232 InformationalSkillsreviewTextbook,

Newspaper Article, Instructional Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 234 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

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ThemeIf you live in my heart, you live rent free. Irish Proverb

What Do You Think? Whatmakesuscareaboutcertainpeople?Whydoweconnectwithsomepeopleandnotwithothers?

Literary Skills Focus What Is Theme? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Reading Skills Focus How Do I Identify

and Analyze Theme? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 O. Henry Reading Model Hearts and Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 246

Literary Selections Alfred Noyes The Highwayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 252 T. Ernesto Bethancourt User Friendly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 264 Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 280 Roger Lancelyn Green Echo and Narcissus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MYTH 286 Bill Cosby The Only Girl in the World for Me . . . . . . . . . PERSONAL NARRATIvE 296

californiaStandardsWord Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development1.1 Identify idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes in prose and poetry. Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)2.4 Identify and trace the development of an authors argument, point of view, or perspective in text. Literary Response and Analysis3.4 Identify and analyze recurring themes across works (e.g., the value of bravery, loyalty, and friendship; the effects of loneliness).Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.2 Write responses to literature:

a. Develop interpretations exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight.b. Organize interpretations around several clear ideas, premises, or images from the literary work.c. Justify interpretations through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

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Comparing TextsComparing Themes Across Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Naomi Shahib Nye Hum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 307 Borden Deal Antaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 324

Informational Text Focus Tracing an Authors Argument or Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Jonah Goldberg Canines to the Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARTICLE 337 George Graham Vest Tribute to the Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPEECH 344

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESPONSE TO LITERATuRE 348Preparing for Timed Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRESENTING A RESPONSE TO LITERATuRE 358Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

LiterarySkillsreview Gwendolyn Brooks Home from Maud Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 360 Pat Mora Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 362 InformationalSkillsreview Cara Buckley A Man Down, a Train Arriving, and

a Stranger Makes a Choice . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 364 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

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Point of ViewYou cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you. Brian Tracy

What Do You Think? howdoourattitudesinfluencethechangesandchallengeswefaceinlife?

Literary Skills Focus What Is Point of View? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Reading Skills Focus How Can I Contrast Points of View

to Analyze Narrative Texts? . . . . . . . . . 374 Shaquille ONeal Reading Model A Good Reason

to Look Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONAL NARRATIvE 376

Literary Selections O. Henry After Twenty Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 380 A. B. Guthrie Bargain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 390 Julia Alvarez Names/Nombres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONAL NARRATIvE 408 Milton Meltzer Elizabeth I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIOGRAPHY 420 Ernesto Galarza from Barrio Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AuTOBIOGRAPHY 436

californiaStandardsWord Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development1.1 Identify idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes in prose and poetry.1.3 Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast. Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)2.3 Analyze text that uses the cause-and-effect organizational pattern. Literary Response and Analysis3.5 Contrast points of view (e.g., first and third person, limited and omniscient, subjective and objective) in narrative text and explain how they affect the overall theme of the work.Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.4 Write persuasive compositions:

a. State a clear position or perspective in support of a proposition or proposal.b. Describe the points in support of the proposition, employing well-articulated evidence.c. Anticipate and address reader concerns and counterarguments.

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Comparing TextsComparing Versions of the Cinderella Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm Aschenputtel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GERMAN FOLK TALE 447 Ai-Ling Louie Yeh-Shen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHINESE FOLK TALE 458 Sara Henderson Hay Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 464

Informational Text Focus Cause-and-Effect Organizational Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

World Almanac Tilting at Windmills: The Search for Alternative Energy Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGAZINE ARTICLE 469 World Almanac Saving the Earth: Teens Fish for Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 474

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSuASIvE ESSAY 478Preparing for Timed Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRESENTING A PERSuASIvE SPEECH 488Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

LiterarySkillsreviewThe News of King Midas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASSAGES 490

InformationalSkillsreview Larry Luxner Mongoose on the Loose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGAZINE ARTICLE 492 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

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Forms of Prose and PoetryEvery one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. Oprah Winfrey

What Do You Think? howdoyoumanagethroughtoughtimes?

Literary Skills Focus What Are the Forms of Prose? . . . . . . . 500Reading Skills Focus How Do I Analyze Prose? . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Amy Tan Reading Model Fish Cheeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONAL NARRATIvE 504

Literary Selections Piri Thomas Amigo Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 508 Maijue Xiong An Unforgettable Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AuTOBIOGRAPHY 524 Mildred D. Taylor Song of the Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOvELLA 536 Clifton Davis A Mason-Dixon Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONAL NARRATIvE 556

Literary Skills Focus What Are the Forms and Characteristics of Poetry? . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Literary Skills Focus What Are the Sounds of Poetry? . . . . . 570Reading Skills Focus How Do I Read

and Analyze Poetry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Reading Model The Village Blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 574

californiaStandardsWord Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development1.3 Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast. Literary Response and Analysis3.1 Articulate the expressed purposes and characteristics of different forms of prose (e.g., short story, novel, novella, essay).Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.1 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives:

a. Develop a standard plot line (having a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and denouement) and point of view.

b. Develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting. c. Use a range of appropriate strategies (e.g., dialogue; suspense; naming of specific narrative action,

including movement, gestures, and expressions).

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Literary SelectionsForms and Characteristics of Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Emily Dickinson Im Nobody! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 579 Langston Hughes Madam and the Rent Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 583 Langston Hughes Harlem Night Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 586 Langston Hughes Winter Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 587 Li-Young Lee I Ask My Mother to Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 589 Gary Soto Ode to Family Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 592

Sounds of Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 Lewis Carroll Father William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 595 Shel Silverstein Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 600 Robert Frost The Runaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 603 Donald Hall Names of Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 607

Comparing TextsAuthor Study: Sandra Cisneros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Marit Haahr An Interview with Sandra Cisneros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTERvIEW 613 Sandra Cisneros Salvador Late or Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 616 Sandra Cisneros Chanclas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHORT STORY 620 Sandra Cisneros Abuelito Who . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 623 Sandra Cisneros The Place Where Dreams Come From . . . . . PERSONAL NARRATIvE 624

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FICTIONAL NARRATIvE 628Preparing for Timed Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRESENTING A FICTIONAL NARRATIvE 638Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

LiterarySkillsreview A Prose Reading List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIST 640 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

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Reading for LifeThere is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. Benjamin Disraeli

What Do You Think? howcanreadinghelpyoutomakedecisionsorsolveproblems?

Informational Text Focus What Is Reading for Life? . . . . . . 648Reading Skills Focus How Do I Locate Information in

Documents? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Reading Model So You Want to Start a Club . . .

Tips from the Association of School Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSLETTER/FLIER 652

Public Documents Casting Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNOuNCEMENT 656 Hollywood Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTERNET ARTICLE 660 Application for Permission to Work in the Entertainment Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPLICATION 661

Workplace Documents Letter from a Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BuSINESS LETTER 664 Talent Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WORKPLACE INSTRuCTIONS 667 E-mail Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOB MEMORANDuM 668 E-mail Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOB RESOuRCES 668

californiaStandardsReading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)2.2 Locate information by using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents.2.5 Understand and explain the use of a simple mechanical device by following technical directions.Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.4 Write persuasive compositions:

a. State a clear position or perspective in support of a proposition or proposal.b. Describe the points in support of the proposition, employing well-articulated evidence.c. Anticipate and address reader concerns and counterarguments.

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Consumer DocumentsBART System Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRANSIT MAP 670

BARTs Bicycle Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WEB PAGE 674 BART Ticket Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WEB PAGE 675 BART Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WEB PAGE 676

Technical DirectionsHow to Change a Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MANuAL 678

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MuLTIMEDIA PRESENTATION: PuBLIC SERvICE ANNOuNCEMENT 684Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANALYZING ELECTRONIC JOuRNALISM 692Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

InformationalSkillsreview World Almanac Workplace, Public, Consumer Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOCuMENTS 694

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Expository CritiqueReaders are plentiful; thinkers are rare. Harriet Martineau

What Do You Think? howdoyoudecidewhethertobelievewhatyouread?

Informational Text Focus How Do I Know If I Can Trust the Information in a Text? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Reading Skills Focus What Skills Can Help Me Critique Expository Texts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

World Almanac Reading Model Music Makers . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 704

californiaStandardsReading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)2.6 Assess the adequacy, accuracy, and appropriateness of the authors evidence to support claims and assertions, noting instances of bias and stereotyping.Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.3 Write research reports:

a. Pose relevant and tightly drawn questions about the topic.b. Convey clear and accurate perspectives on the subject.c. Include evidence compiled through the formal research process (e.g., use of a card catalog, Readers Guide

to Periodical Literature, a computer catalog, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries).d. Document reference sources by means of footnotes and a bibliography.

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Informational Selections World Almanac Borders of Baseball: U.S. and Cuban Play . . . . . MAGAZINE ARTICLE 710 World Almanac Hungry Here? For Millions of Americans, the Answer Is Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 716 World Almanac Virtual Sticks and Stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 722 World Almanac Debate on Bullying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS 728 World Almanac Sound Off to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WEB SITE 732

Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESEARCH REPORT 736Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRESENTING A RESEARCH REPORT 746Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

InformationalSkillsreview Ritu Upadhyay Can We Rescue the Reefs? . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGAZINE ARTICLE 748 Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LETTER 748 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

Read On: For Independent Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

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M a s t e r i n g t h e S t a n d a r d sc h a p t e r 8

Literary Criticism: Analyzing Responses to Literature

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the darks streets of life for men to see by. Felix Adler

What Do You Think? Whattruthsaboutlifecanwelearnfromtalesaboutgreatheroes?

Literary Skills Focus What Is Literary Criticism? . . . . . . . . . . . 756Reading Skills Focus How Do I Analyze

Literary Criticism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Walter de la Mare Reading Model The Listeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POEM 760 Reading Model A Critical Response

to The Listeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESSAY 763

Literary Selections Hudson Talbott King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEGEND 766 Three Responses to Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESSAYS 786 Jane Yolen Merlin and the Dragons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEGEND 794 Betsy Hearne Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEGEND 810

californiaStandardsWord Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development1.2 Use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to understand content-area vocabulary. Literary Response and Analysis3.6 Analyze a range of responses to a literary work and determine the extent to which the literary elements in the work shaped those responses.Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)2.2 Write responses to literature:

a. Develop interpretations exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight.b. Organize interpretations around several clear ideas, premises, or images from the literary work.c. Justify interpretations through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

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Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESPONSE TO LITERATuRE 824Preparing for Timed Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833Listening and Speaking Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRESENTING A RESPONSE TO LITERATuRE 834Standards Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836

LiterarySkillsreview Themes in Arthurian Legends / Women Characters in the King Arthur Stories . . . . . . . . . ESSAYS 836 VocabularySkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838 WritingSkillsreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

Read On: For Independent Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

RESOURCESreadingMatters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844handbookofLiteraryterms . . . . . 860handbookofreadingandInformationalterms . . . . . . . . . . . . 871

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886SpanishGlossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891academicVocabularyGlossaryinenglishandSpanish . . . . . . . . . . 895

acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898picturecredits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902IndexofSkills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905Indexofauthorsandtitles . . . . . . 914

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Search:

Borders of Baseball: U: S: and Cuban Play:

Empress Theodora:

The Hippodrome:

Girls from How Angel Peterson Got His Name:

Seventh Grade:

That October:

The War of the Wall:

A Days Wait:

Stolen Day:

Flea Patrol:

The Black Death from World History: Medieval to Early Modern Times:

Stopping Plague in its tracks:

Hearts and Hands:

The Highwayman:

User Friendly:

Annabel Lee:

Echo and Narcissus:

Antaeus:

Canines to the Rescue:

Tribute to the Dog:

A Good Reason to Look Up:

After Twenty Years:

Bargain:

Names/Nombres:

Elizabeth I:

from Barrio Boy:

Aschenputtel:

Yeh-Shen:

Interview:

Tilting at Windmills:

Saving the Earth:

Fish Cheeks:

Amigo Brothers:

An Unforgettable Journey:

Song of the Trees:

A Mason-Dixon Memory:

The Village Blacksmith:

Im Nobody!:

Madam and the Rent Man:

Harlem Night Song:

Winter Moon:

I Ask My Mother to Sing:

Ode to Family Photographs:

Father William:

The Runaway:

Names of Horses:

Salvador Late or Early:

Chanclas:

Abuelito Who:

The Place Where Dreams Come From:

So You Want to Start a Club:

Letter from a Casting Director:

Music Makers:

Hungry Here?:

Virtual Sticks & Stones:

Debate on Bullying:

Sound Off to the Editor:

The Listeners:

King Arthur:

Three Responses to Literature (King Arthur):

Merlin and the Dragons:

Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady:

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street act 1: The Dinner Party:

Rikki-tikki-tavi:

Three Skeleton Key:

The Dive:

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street act 2:

Zoo:

Hey Come On Out:

Hum: