Unit 1 Is truth 1-7 Literary Analysis from by Yoshiko ...assets.pearsonglobalschools.com/asset_mgr/legacy/20095/Readers... · from ”Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida Short Story

1-7 Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . .34from ”Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida Short Story

UnderstandingPlot“The Attic” by Alvin Schwartz Folk Tale“Amigo Brothers” by Piri Thomas Short Story

1-8 TheWritingRules;CommonandProperNouns;Concrete,Abstract,andPossessiveNouns;SpellingandPluralNouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . .50

1-9 Description:DescriptiveEssay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . .54

1-10 AnchorLiteratureCircles:Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor Book Activities . . . . .58

MonitoringYourProgress:TimedWriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

1-11 Author’sPurpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . .62Email Informational Text

Memo Informational Text

ReadyforaFree-ChoiceBook?

1-12 SettingandMood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . .66from The Land I Lost by Huynh Quang Nhuong Memoirfrom “The Day It Rained Cockroaches” by Paul Zindel Memoir

1-13 Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Literary Works . . . . .74”The Ant and the Dove” by Aesop Fablefrom “The Grass Harp” by Truman Capote Novelfrom “Child of the Owl” by Lawrence Yep Novel

1-14 PersonalPronouns,ReflexivePronouns,PronounAgreement,SpellingTrickyorDifficultWords . . . . Language Coach . . . . .88

1-15 Narration:PersonalNarrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . .92

AfterReadingYourAnchorBook

1-16 AnchorBookProjects,Free-ChoiceBookReflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor Book Activities . . . . .96

UnitReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

BeforeReadingYourAnchorBook

1-1 UnderstandingtheBigQuestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

IntroductiontoFictionandNonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1-2 MakingPredictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . . 8“A Changing Society” Informational Text“Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”

by Brent Ashabranner Informational Text

1-3 PrefixesandSuffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills . . . . .16

WhileReadingYourAnchorBook

1-4 Reader’sJournal:Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor Book Activities . . . . .18

1-5 AnalyzinganInformationalText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reading Skill . . . . .20“The Greenhouse Effect” Informational Text

1-6 NarrativeTexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . .22from “Water Man Comics” by Dav Pilkey Memoir“Occupation: Conductorette” from

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Autobiography

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 CutFromtheSameClothj AnIslandLikeYouj UncommonChampionsj TheHouseofDiesDrearj RobotDreamsj ToBeaSlave

Is truth the same for everyone?

GenreFocus:FictionandNonfiction

Unit 1

Free-Choice Book Enrich and extend your learning with a free-choice book.

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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 AlCaponeDoesMyShirtsj TheSchwaWasHerej CodeTalkerj AnnieJohnj RollofThunder,HearMyCryj Obasan

What can we learn

from conflict ?GenreFocus:TheNovel

Unit 2



2-1 UnderstandingtheBigQuestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

IntroductiontotheNovel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

2-2 MakingInferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 110“Grandma Ling” by Amy Ling Poem

“Animals Among Us” Informational Text

2-3 WordOrigins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills . . . . 116


2-4 Reader’sJournal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 118from Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers Memoir

from “The Giver” by Lois Lowry Novel

2-5 Flashback,Foreshadowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 120from The Land by Mildred D . Taylor Novelfrom “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier Short Story

“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst Short Story

2-6 ActionandLinkingVerbs,PrincipalPartsofRegularVerbs,IrregularVerbs,Subject/VerbAgreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 138

2-7 Narration:ShortStory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 142

2-8 LiteratureCircles:Subplots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 146

MonitoringYourProgress:TimedWriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

2-9 CompareandContrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 150“Weighing Your Options: Plasma or LCD Television” Informational Text

“Extreme Weather: Hurricanes and Tornados” Informational Text

2-10 Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 156from “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara Short Story

Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158from Jim the Boy by Tony Earley Novel

“Hamadi” by Naomi Shihab Nye Short Story

2-11 PointofView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 172from “Beauty Lessons” by Judith Ortiz Cofer Short Story

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story

2-12 OralInterpretationofLiterature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening and Speaking . . . . 184

2-13 VerbTenses-SimpleandPerfect,VowelSoundsinUnstressedSyllables,ChoosingtheRightWord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 186

2-14 Exposition:Compare-and-ContrastEssay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 190

2-15 LiteratureCircles:PowerandConflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 196


2-16 AnchorBookProjects,Free-ChoiceBookReflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor Book Activities . . . . 198

UnitReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

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How much information is enough?

GenreFocus:Nonfiction

Unit 3



3-1 UnderstandingtheBigQuestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

IntroductiontoNonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

3-2 IdentifyingMainIdeasandSupportingDetails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 212“Local Kids Clean Up Playground” Informational Text“What Makes a Car Run?” Informational Text

3-3 SynonymsandAntonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills . . . . 218


3-4 ExpositoryWriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 220“The World of the Forensic Scientist” Informational Text

3-5 PersuasiveWriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 228“Interview” by Sara Henderson Hay Poem“The Trouble with TV” by Robert MacNeil Editorial

3-6 DeliveringaPersuasiveSpeech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening and Speaking . . . . 238

3-7 Adjectives,ArticlesandAdverbs,ComparativeandSuperlativeForms,Modifiers,PrepositionsandPrepositionalPhrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 240

3-8 Exposition:Cause-and-EffectEssay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 244

3-9 LiteratureCircles:CauseandEffect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 248

MonitoringYourProgress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

3-10 DifferentiatingBetweenFactandOpinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 252“On Women’s Right to Suffrage” by Susan B . Anthony Speech Transcript“America the Not-So-Beautiful” by Andrew A . Rooney Editorial

3-11 BiographyandAutobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 258“Harriet Beecher Stowe” Biography

Author’sPerspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260“Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass”

by Frederick Douglass Autobiography

3-12 Author’sStyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Literary Works . . . . 266“Volar: To Fly” by Judith Ortiz Cofer Memoir

3-13 Conjunctions,SpellingHomonymsandHomophones . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 272

3-14 Persuasion:PersuasiveEssay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 274


3-15 AnchorBookProjects,Free-ChoiceBookReflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 278

UnitReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

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 AnneFrank: TheDiaryofaYoungGirlj OpenYourEyesj WeJustWanttoLiveHerej TheyHadaDreamj EscapeFromEarthj TheAirDownHere

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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 ADimeaDozenj TheDevil’sArithmeticj Maus:ASurvivor’sTalej SagaofLewisandClarkj TheWatsonsGotoBirmingham—1963j UndertheBaseballMoon

Is the form of communication important?

GenreFocus:ProseandPoetry

Unit 4




IntroductiontoProseandPoetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

4-2 Paraphrasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . . 292from Rumblefish by S.E. Hinton Novel“For Some, Pain is Orange” by Susan Hornik Informational Text

4-3 WordOriginsandRoots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills . . . . 298


4-4 Imagery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . . 300“At First, It Is True, I Thought There Were

Only Peaches & Wild Grapes” by Alice Walker Poem “Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100” by Martín Espada Poem

4-5 Symbolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 306“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost Poem “Kim” by Paul Fleischmann Memoir “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost Poem

4-6 FigurativeLanguage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Literary Works . . . . 312“Ode to Enchanted Night” by Pablo Neruda Poem “Hope’ is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson Poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes Poem “The City Is So Big” by Richard García Poem

4-7 ActiveandPassiveVoice,SpellingWordsWithPrefixesandSuffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 318

4-8 ResponsetoLiterature:CriticalReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 320

4-9 LiteratureCircles:CulturalContext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 324

MonitoringYourProgress:TimedWriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

4-10 UsingContexttoDetermineMeaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 328“Short-Sided Soccer” Informational Text“The Rhythms of Rap” by Kathiann M . Kowalski Informational Text

4-11 SoundDevices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 334“Onomatopoeia” by Eve Merriam

RhythmandMeter“I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman Poem “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln Speech “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” by Yusef Komunyakaa Poem

“The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem

4-12 ReadingPoetryAloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening and Speaking . . . . 344

4-13 FormsofPoetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . 346Haikus by Bashõ, Chiyojo Poem “I, Too” by Langston Hughes Poem “Forsythia” by Mary Ellen Solt Poem “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus Poem

“Fences” by Pat Mora Poem

4-14 SentenceStructure,RevisingtoVarySentencePatterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 354

4-15 Exposition:WritingforAssessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 356



UnitReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

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5-5 ParticiplesandParticiplePhrases,SentenceCombiningwithGerundsandParticiples . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 394

5-6 Exposition:Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 396

MonitoringYourProgress:TimedWriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

5-7 DrawingConclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . . 402“Golden Years” by Joel Achenbach Informational Text

5-8 Suspense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . . 408from “The Diary of Anne Frank” Drama

by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett from “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen Novel

5-9 Staging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . . 416from “The Dancers” by Horton Foote Drama“Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon” retold Myth

by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz

5-10 DramaticSpeeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Literary Works . . . . 424from “FOB” by David Henry Hwang Dramafrom “The Piano Lesson” by August Wilson Drama from “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry Drama “Harlem” by Langston Hughes Poem

5-11 ReadingDramaAloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening and Speaking . . . . 434

5-12 IndependentandSubordinateClauses,SentenceCombiningwithSubordinateClauses . . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 436

5-13 WorkplaceWriting:BusinessLetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 438

5-14 LiteratureCircles:AskingQuestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchor Book Activities . . . . 442


5-15 AnchorBookProjects,Free-ChoiceBookReflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anchor Book Activities . . . . 444

UnitReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

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 ARaisinintheSunj TheEffectofGammaRayson Man-in-the-MoonMarigoldsj TheDiaryofAnneFrankj Nerdlandiaj TheMiracleWorkerj Monster

Are we really that

different ?GenreFocus:Drama

Unit 5



5-1 UnderstandingtheBigQuestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

IntroductiontoDrama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

5-2 CauseandEffect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 374“Moving Plates of Rock” Informational Text “The Red Tail Angels” Informational Text

5-3 UsingaDictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills . . . . 382


5-4 DialogueandStageDirections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Analysis . . . . . 384from “Let Me Hear You Whisper” by Paul Zindel Drama

CharacterMotivationfrom “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw Drama “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes Short Story

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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 FamousHispanicAmericansj UltimateRobotj Baseball’sBiggestBloopersj CoolStuffandHowItWorksj CrimeBustersj AmosFortune

Are yesterday’s heroes and events important today?

GenreFocus:IntroductiontotheResearchProcess

Unit 6




IntroductiontotheResearchProcess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

6-2 SettingaPurposeforReading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 458Recording Your Announcement Informational Text Employment Agreement Informational Textfrom The World Book Encyclopedia Informational Text

6-3 WordsfromMythologyandBorrowedWords . . . . . Vocabulary Building Skills . . . . 464


6-4 ChoosingYourTopic,NarrowingYourTopic . . . . . . . . . The Research Process . . . . 466

6-5 FindingReliableSources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Research Process . . . . 472“Flying to Fame” Informational Text

6-6 PrimaryandSecondarySources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 480“A Great and Honorable Leader” Informational Text from “A Visit to Washington, D.C., 1879” by Chief Joseph Speechfrom “The Surrender in the Bear Paw Mountains” by Chief Joseph Speech

6-7 AnalyzinganInformationalText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 487 “Stephen King: His Books, His Life, His Wife” Interview

6-8 RevisingRun-onSentences,SentenceFragments;RevisingtoUseQuotationMarksandBlockQuotes . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 491

6-9 Research:InterviewReport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 497

MonitoringYourProgress:TimedWriting

6-10 Summarizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Skill . . . . 499Bicycle Warranty Informational Textfrom “Kids on the Bus: The Overlooked Role

of Teenagers in the Civil-Rights Era” by Jeffrey Zaslow Informational Text

6-11 ThesisStatement;OrganizingYourIdeas;CreatinganOutline;WritingYourRoughDraft . . . . . . . The Research Process . . . . 505

6-12 RevisingYourResearchReport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Research Process . . . . 511“Alexander the Great” by James Barraclough Rough Draft

6-13 SourcesandPublishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Research Process . . . 515“Alexander the Great” by James Barraclough Final Draft

6-14 AnalyzingMediaMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening and Speaking . . . . 521

6-15 Capitalization;Commas,Semicolons,andColons . . . . . . . . . Language Coach . . . . 523

6-16 Research:MultimediaPresentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writer’s Workshop . . . . 525



UnitReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

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Unit 1 Is truth 1-7 Literary Analysis from by Yoshiko ...assets.pearsonglobalschools.com/asset_mgr/legacy/20095/Readers... · from ”Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida Short Story