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Generations

unit INTRODUCTION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Launch Text:
NONFICTION NARRATIVE MODEL

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

whole-class learning
ANCHOR TEXT: NOVEL EXCERPT

Two Kinds
from The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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ANCHOR TEXT: NEWS BLOG

A Simple Act
Tyler Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ANCHOR TEXT: MEMOIR

from An Invisible Thread

Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski. . . . 42
Media connection: Maurice's Toast

Performance Task
WRITING FOCUS

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

NEWS ARTICLE

Tutors Teach Seniors

New High-Tech Tricks
Jennifer Ludden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Media connection: Cyber-Seniors
MEMOIR
Compare

Unit ACTIVITY.

Small-Group learning

from Mom & Me & Mom

Maya Angelou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
MEDIA: VIDEO

Learning to Love My Mother

Maya 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

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Performance Task
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

Present a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . 104

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essential question : What can one generation learn from another?

Independent Learning
POETRY

Lineage
Margaret Walker
Family
Grace Paley
OPINION PIECE

performance-based
assessment
Narration: Nonfiction Narrative:
Text and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . 112

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

Gotcha Day Isnt a Cause

for Celebration
Sophie Johnson
SHORT STORY

The Grandfather and the Little Grandson

Leo Tolstoy

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BLOG POST

Bridging the Generational Divide Between

a Football Father and a Soccer Son
John McCormick
SHORT STORY

Water Names
Lan Samantha Chang

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An Hour With Abuelo

Judith Ortiz Cofer

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Review Evidence for

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

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UNIT

A Starry Home

unit INTRODUCTION
Unit ACTIVITY.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Launch Text: ARGUMENT MODEL

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

Small-Group learning
NEWS ARTICLE

Future of Space Exploration Could See

Humans on Mars, Alien Planets
Nola Taylor Redd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Media connection: Starship

Compare

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 Mars

Could Bore You to Death
Maggie Koerth-Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Performance Task
WRITING FOCUS

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

SHORT STORY

The Last Dog

Katherine Paterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
MEDIA: VIDEO

Ellen Ochoa: Director, Johnson

Space Center
Makers Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
INTERVIEW

Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of U.S.

Space Exploration After Curiosity
Keith Wagstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

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Performance Task
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

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

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essential question : Should we make a home in space?

Independent Learning
POETRY

Science-Fiction Cradlesong
C.S. Lewis
ARTICLE

UFO Sightings and News

Benjamin Radford

performance-based
assessment
Argument:
Essay and Speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Unit Reflection
Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

ESSAY

Packing for Mars

Mary Roach
ARTICLE

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Trip to Mars Could Damage Astronauts

Brains
Laura Sanders

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UNIT

Turning Points

unit INTRODUCTION
Unit ACTIVITY.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Small-Group learning
SHORT STORY

Launch Text: INFORMATIVE

ESSAY MODEL

Thank You, Mam

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

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

MEMOIR

whole-class learning

from An American Childhood

Annie Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
MEDIA: PHOTO GALLERY

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ANCHOR TEXT: DRAMA

A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge and Marley, Act 1
Israel Horovitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge and Marley, Act 2
Israel Horovitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Urban Farming Is Growing

a Greener Future
Hillary Schwei. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

MEDIA: film

Performance Task
WRITING FOCUS

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

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

Performance Task
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

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

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essential question : What can cause a sudden change in someones life?

Independent Learning
REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Little Things Are Big

Jess Coln
NEWS ARTICLE

Profile: Malala Yousafzai

BBC News

performance-based
assessment
Informative Text:
Essay and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . 348

Unit Reflection
Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

BIOGRAPHY

Noor Inayat Khan

from Women Heroes of WWII
Kathryn J. Atwood
SHORT STORY

A Retrieved Reformation
O. Henry

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SHORT STORY

Between Practice and Perfection

Azizat Danmole
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an Informative Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

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UNIT

People and the Planet

unit INTRODUCTION
Unit ACTIVITY.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Launch Text: ARGUMENT MODEL

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

whole-class learning
ANCHOR TEXT: ESSAY

from Silent Spring

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

Nobel Speech
Al Gore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

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

MEDIA: VIDEO

Al Gore's Nobel
Acceptance Speech
Al Gore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Performance Task
WRITING FOCUS

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

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ANCHOR TEXT: SPEECH

Small-Group learning

Performance Task
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

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

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essential question : What effects do people have on the environment?

Independent Learning
NOVEL EXCERPT

The Old, Old Tree

from My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George
MYTH

How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun

from Keepers of the Earth
Michael J. Kaduto and Joseph Bruchac

performance-based
assessment
Argument:
Essay and Multimedia Presentation . . . 438

Unit Reflection
Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

BIOGRAPHY

The Story of Victor dAveyron,

the Wild Child
ESSAY

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Introduction from Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez

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Argumentative Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

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UNIT

Facing Adversity

unit INTRODUCTION
Unit ACTIVITY.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Launch Text: EXPLANATORY ESSAY

MODEL

Small-Group learning
PERSONAL NARRATIVE

A Work in Progress
Aimee Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

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

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MEDIA: VIDEO

Surviving the Dust Bowl

American Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
ANCHOR TEXT: NOVEL EXCERPT

from The Grapes of Wrath

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

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whole-class learning

AUTOBIOGRAPHY EXCERPT

from The Story of My Life

Helen Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
MEDIA: Film

from The Miracle Worker

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

NEWS ARTICLE

A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill,

Electrifying a Nation
Sarah Childress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

ANCHOR TEXT: SHORT STORY

Performance Task
WRITING FOCUS

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

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The Circuit
Francisco Jimnez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Performance Task
SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

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

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essential question : How do we overcome obstacles?

Independent Learning
PERSONAL NARRATIVE

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Juliane Koepcke
NOVEL EXCERPT

Four Skinny Trees

from The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros

performance-based
assessment
Explanatory Text:
Essay and Informal Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Unit Reflection
Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

SHORT STORY

Rikki-tikki-tavi
Rudyard Kipling
MEMOIR

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from Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai

on the African Savanna
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

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