unit book choices free-choice book with this unit you will...

Before Reading Your Anchor Book

1-1 Understanding the Big Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. 4

Introduction to Fiction and Nonfiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1-2 Context Clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . . 8“After the Tsunami” Informational.Text

1-3 Suffixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary.Building.Skills. . . . . .14

While Reading Your Anchor Book

1-4 Reader’s Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . .16

1-5 Narrative Texts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . .18from.“The Talk”.by.Gary.Sotofrom.“The Medicine Bag”.by.Virginia.Driving.Hawk.Snevefrom.“Nisei Daughter”.by.Monica.Sone

1-6 Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . .30“The Father and His Sons” by.Aesop“The War of the Wall” by.Toni.Cade.Bambara

Unit Book ChoicesWith this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well. j Journey of the Sparrowsj The Outsidersj The Glory Fieldj Guys Write for Guys Read j Rosa Parks—My Story j The Lottery Rose

Can truth always be proven?

Genre Focus: Fiction and Nonfiction

Unit 1

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1-7 Step-by-Step Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyzing.an.Informational.Text. . . . . .42

1-8 Show, Don’t Tell Using Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . .44.

1-9 Description: Descriptive Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . .46

1-10 Literature Circles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . .50

Monitoring Your Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

1-11 Author’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . .54“One Out Away!” Informational.Text

“Laptops vs. Learning” by.David.Cole Informational.Text

Ready for a Free-Choice Book?

1-12 Character; Point of View .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Literary.Analysis. . . . . .60from.“Bronx Masquerade” by.Nikki.Grimesfrom.“Travel Team” by.Mike.Lupica“Stolen Day” by.Sherwood.Anderson

1-13 Setting and Mood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing.Literary.Works. . . . . .72from “Heart of a Chief” by.Joseph.Bruchacfrom.“An American Childhood”.by.Annie.Dillard

1-14 Subject-Verb Agreement; Singular and Plural Pronouns; Possessive Pronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement; Indefinite Pronouns and Use of Who and Whom. . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . .80

1-15 Exposition: How-To Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . .84

After Reading Your Anchor Book

1-16 Anchor Book Projects, Free-Choice Book Reflection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . .88

Unit Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

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Unit Book ChoicesWith this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well. j A Step From Heavenj Between Madison and Palmettoj Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuffj Let the Circle Be Unbrokenj Heatj Hatchet

Does every conflict have a winner?

Genre Focus: Introduction to the Novel

Unit 2


2-1 Understanding the Big Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .98

Introduction to the Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

2-2 Making Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . . .102“Against the Odds”.

“Surfing’s Dynamic Duo” by.Joel.K ..Bourne.Jr .

2-3 Prefixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary.Building.Skills. . . . . 108


2-4 Reader’s Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . 110from.“The Bracelet” by.Yoshiko.Uchida

from.“Treasure Island” by.Robert.Louis.Stevenson

2-5 Learning About Plot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . 112x“Androcles and the Lion” by.Aesopfrom.“Rules of the Game” from.The Joy Luck Club by.Amy.Tan


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2-6 Flashback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 126from.“Charcoal and Tamarinds”.by.Anna.Wehrwein

Foreshadowing.“Trombones and Colleges”.by.Walter.Dean.Myers

2-7 Active and Passive Verbs; Regular and Irregular Verbs; Verb Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 136

2-8 Narration: Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 140

2-9 Literature Circles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . 144

Monitoring Your Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 146

2-10 Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 148“What Are Memories Made Of”


2-11 Characterization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 154from.“The Secret Garden” by.Frances.Hodgson.Burnett

. Irony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 156“An Hour with Abuelo”.by.Judith.Ortiz.Cofer

2-12 Theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing.Literary.Works. . . . . 166“The Stonecutter: A Japanese Folktale”

“The Luckiest Time of All” from.The Lucky Stone.by.Lucille.Clifton

2-13 Reader’s Theater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening.and.Speaking. . . . . 172

2-14 Adjectives and Articles; Adverbs; Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs; Spelling Tricky or Difficult Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 174

2-15 Workplace Writing: Business Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 178


2-16 Anchor Book Projects, Free-Choice Book Reflection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . 182

Unit Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

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What should we learn ?

Genre Focus: Nonfiction

Unit 3



3-1 Understanding the Big Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 192

Introduction to Nonfiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

3-2 Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 196

“Hanging Up On Cell Phones” by.Mark.DeLong

3-3 Word Origins and Borrowed Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary.Building.Skills. . . . . 200


3-4 Reflective Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 202

from.“Working Fire: The Making of a Fireman”.by.Zac.Unger

Author’s Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

from “A Wagner Matinée” by.Willa.Cather

“Cyber Chitchat” by.Cindy.Kauffman

“Melting Pot” by.Anna.Quindlen

Unit Book ChoicesWith this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well. j Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo j Who Moved My Cheesej They Led the Way: 14 American Women j Oddballs

j Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America j Farewell to Manzanar

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3-5.. Biography and Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing.Literary.Works. . . . . 212

from “Museum Indians” by.Susan.Power

“Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad” by.Ann.Petry

“The Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution” by.Ji-li.Jiang.

3-6.. Sentence Functions; Avoiding Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 230

3-7 Narration: Autobiographical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 232

Monitoring Your Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

3-8.. Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 238“New Zealand and Australia”. Informational.Text

“The Black Blizzards”. Informational.Text


3-9 Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 244“A Growing Remembrance: Art

Takes Root Near Ground Zero” by.Margaret.G ..Zackowitz. Informational.Text

“The Shutout”.by.Patricia.C ..McKissack.and.Frederick.McKissack,.Jr .. Informational.Text

3-10.. Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 252

“Protect the Rights of Immigrants” by.Rocío.Sáenz. Informational.Text

“All Together Now” by.Barbara.Jordan. Informational.Text

3-11.. Delivering a Persuasive Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening.and.Speaking. . . . . 258

3-12 Simple and Compound Sentences; Complex Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 260

3-13 Persuasion: Persuasive Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 262

3-14 Literature Circles: Author’s Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . 266


3-15 Anchor Book Projects, Free-Choice Book Reflection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . 268x

Unit Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

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Unit Book ChoicesWith this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well. j Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island j Touching Spirit Bear j Crazy Loco j Within Reach: My Everest Story j Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange j Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965

What is the best way to communicate ?

Genre Focus: Prose and Poetry

Unit 4



4-1 Connecting to the Big Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 278

Introduction to Prose and Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

4-2 Paraphrasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . . 282“Glass”

4-3 Denotation, Connotation, and Idioms. . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary.Building.Skills. . . . . 286


4-4 Imagery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . . 288“Petals” by.Pat.Mora

Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310“Thursday” by.Edna.St ..Vincent.Millay“in Just-” by.E ..E ..Cummings“A Child’s Painting” by.Cathy.Song“Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” by.Martín.Espada“The Trout” by.Sean.O’Faolain

4-5 Figurative Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing.Literary.Works. . . . . 314“Child on Top of a Greenhouse” by.Theodore.Roethke“Fame Is a bee” by.Emily.Dickinson“Fog” by.Carl.Sandburg“Mother to Son” by.Langston.Hughes

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4-6 Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions Correlative Conjunction Interjections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 310

4-7 Response to Literature: Literary Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 314

4-8 Literature Circles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . 318

Monitoring Your Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

4-9 Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 322“Chico Mendes and the Amazon Rain Forest”


4-10 Sound Devices, Rhythm, and Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 326“Summer” by.Walter.Dean.Myers“Analysis of Baseball” by.May.Swenson“Wind and Water and Stone” by.Octavio.Paz“I’ve Had This Shirt” by.Michael.Rosen“The Wounded Wolf” by.Jean.Craighead.George

4-11 Symbolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 340“Epigram” by.Langston.Hughes“Stopping by.Woods.on.a.Snowy.Evening”.by.Robert.Frost

4-12 Forms of Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 344“The Sidewalk Racer or On the Skateboard” by.Lillian.Morrison“Annabel Lee” by.Edgar.Allan.Poe“Describe Somebody” by.Jacqueline.Woodson“Haiku” by.Matsuo.Basho2 “Haiku” by.Yosa.Buson

4-13 Reading Poetry Aloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening.and.Speaking. . . . . 352

4-14 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases; Infinitives. . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 354

4-15 Exposition: Writing for Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 356


Unit Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

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Unit Book ChoicesWith this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well. j The Yellow Boat j Flowers for Algernon j Novio Boy

j Doors j Lost in Yonkers j Our Town

Do others really see us?

Genre Focus: Drama

Unit 5



5-1 Understanding the Big Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 370

Introduction to Drama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

5-2 Setting a Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 374““The Human Eye”. Informational.Text

5-3 Synonyms, Antonyms and Homonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary.Building.Skills. . . . . 380


5-4 Dialogue and Stage Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . . 382from Our Town by.Thornton.Wilder. Dramafrom “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” by.Israel.Horovitz,.. .

from.“.A.Christmas.Carol”.by.Charles.Dickens. Dramafrom “Novio Boy” by.Gary.Soto. Drama

5-5 Formal and Informal Language; Spelling Higher Frequency Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 396

5-6 Research: Interview Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 398

5-7 Literature Circles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor.Book.Activities. . . . . . 402

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5-8 Cause-and-Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . . 406“A Plentiful Harvest”

“Plants on the Warpath-The roots of combat” by.Joel.Achenbach. Informational.Text


5-9 Character Motivation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Literary.Analysis. . . . . . 410from “The Secret Adversary” by.Agatha.Christie“The White Umbrella” by.Gish.Jen

5-10 Dramatization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary.Analysis. . . . . 424from the.novel Dragonwings by.Laurence.Yep . Novelfrom.the.dramatization.of.“Dragonwings”.by.Laurence.Yep Drama

5-11 Reading Drama Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening.and.Speaking. . . . . 434

5-12 Participles; Participial Phrases; Dangling Modifiers; Spelling Tricky or Difficult Words. . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 436

5-13 Exposition: Cause-and-Effect Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 440



Unit Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

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Unit Book ChoicesWith this unit you will read a book (your Anchor Book) as you learn unit skills. Here are six books that complement the unit well j Micromonsters j Gandhi: A Photographic Story of a Life j The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Extraordinary Stories About Everyday Things

Community or individual: Which is more important ?

Genre Focus: Introduction to the Research Process

Unit 6



6-1 Understanding the Big Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 454

Introduction to the Research Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

6-2 Compare and Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 458“Which Dog to Choose: Hybrid or Mutt?”

“Kabuki and Noh Plays”

6-3 Vocabulary Building Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vocabulary.Building.Skills. . . . . 462Using.a.Dictionary


6-4 Choosing and Narrowing Your Topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The.Research.Process. . . . . 464

6-5 Finding Reliable Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The.Research.Process. . . . . 470“All Kinds of Whales”

“Clue from the Past”

6-6 Primary and Secondary Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The.Research.Process. . . . . 478from.“The American Dream” by.Martin.Luther.King,.Jr .“Achieving.the.Dream,.Civil.Rights.Champion.Martin.Luther.King,.Jr .”

j Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine j Portraits of African-American Heroes j Sea Otter Rescue: The Aftermath of an Oil Spill

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Community or individual: Which is more important ?

6-7 Analyzing an Informational Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 484“DNA Fingerprinting”. Informational.Text

6-8 Punctuation and Capitalizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 486

6-9 Exposition: Compare-and-Contrast Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 488


6-10 Summarizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading.Skill. . . . . 494“The.Ancient.Ones”. Informational.Text


6-11 Drafting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The.Research.Process. . . . . 500

6-12 Revising Your Research Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The.Research.Process. . . . . 506

6-13 Sources and Publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The.Research.Process. . . . . 510

6-14 Analyzing Media Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening.and.Speaking. . . . . 516

6-15 Word Choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language.Coach. . . . . 518

6-16 Research: Multimedia Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s.Workshop. . . . . 520



Unit Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

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