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Key Learning Objectives• Analyze plot• Analyze science fiction• Analyze organization• Analyze structure• Analyze irony• Analyze claim and evidence

• Analyze graphic features• Evaluate evidence• Analyze rhetoric and

reasoning

COMPARE ARGUMENTS

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Does technology improve or control our lives?

GADGETS AND GLITCHESPAGE 1

UNIT 1

ANALYZE & APPLY

SCIENCE FICTION

The Brave Little Toaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4by Cory Doctorow

INFORMATIONAL TEXT MENTOR TEXT

Are Bionic Superhumans on the Horizon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16by Ramez Naam

POEM

Interflora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28by Susan Hamlyn

COLLABORATE & COMPARE

ARGUMENT

The Automation Paradox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36by James Bessen

ARGUMENT

Heads Up, Humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48by Claudia Alarcón

INDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62These selections can be accessed through the digital edition .

POEM

If You Go into the Woods You Will Find It Has a Technology by Heather Christle

SCIENCE FICTION

Hallucinationby Isaac Asimov

SCIENCE FICTION

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

NOVEL

from All the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony Doerr

Suggested Novel Connection

NOVEL

Singularityby William Sleator

Unit 1 Tasks• Write an Informational Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64• Present and Respond to an Instructional Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Key Learning Objectives• Analyze literary criticism• Make connections• Analyze rhyme scheme• Analyze point of view• Analyze suspense

• Analyze theme• Analyze foreshadowing• Evaluate media

UNIT 2

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Why do we sometimes like to feel frightened?

THE THRILL OF HORROR PAGE 74

UNIT 2


COMPARE VERSIONS

ANALYZE & APPLY

LITERARY CRITICISM MENTOR TEXT

What Is the Horror Genre? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78by Sharon A . Russell

SHORT STORY

The Tell-Tale Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90by Edgar Allan Poe

POEM

The Hollow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104by Kelly Deschler


SHORT STORY

The Monkey’s Paw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112by W . W . Jacobs

FILM CLIP

from The Monkey’s Paw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132by Ricky Lewis Jr .

INDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140These selections can be accessed through the digital edition .

POEM

Frankenstein by Edward Field

POEM

beware: do not read this poemby Ishmael Reed

SHORT STORY

Blood by Zdravka Evitmova

SHORT STORY

The Outsiderby H . P . Lovecraft

ESSAY

Scary Talesby Jackie Torrence


NOVEL

Draculaby Bram Stoker

Unit 2 Task• Write a Literary Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142





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Key Learning Objectives• Analyze plot• Analyze character• Analyze narrative structure• Analyze theme

• Analyze graphical elements• Analyze literary devices

UNIT 3

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What are the places that shape who you are?

PLACES WE CALL HOMEPAGE 150

UNIT 3


COMPARE PURPOSES

ANALYZE & APPLY

SHORT STORY

My Favorite Chaperone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154by Jean Davies Okimoto

NOVEL MENTOR TEXT

from The Book of Unknown Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184by Cristina Henríquez

POEM

Spirit Walking in the Tundra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200by Joy Harjo


DOCUMENTARY

New Immigrants Share Their Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208directed by Lisa Gossels

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

A Common Bond: Teens Forge Friendships Despite Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212by Brooke Hauser

INDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228These selections can be accessed through the digital edition .

POEM

My Father and the Figtree Naomi Shihab Nye

SHORT STORY

Golden Glassby Alma Luz Villanueva

MEMOIR

from The Latehomecomerby Kao Kalia Yang

RESEARCH STUDY

A Place to Call Homeby Scott Bittle and Jonathan Rochkind

MYTH

Salmon Boyby Michael J . Caduto and Joseph Bruchac


NOVEL

Seedfolksby Paul Fleischman

Unit 3 Task• Write a Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230





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Key Learning Objectives• Analyze autobiography• Analyze structure• Analyze characterization in

nonfiction• Analyze author’s craft

• Analyze setting• Analyze mood• Analyze figurative language• Analyze poetry

UNIT 4

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What will people risk to be free?

THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM PAGE 238

UNIT 4


COMPARE TREATMENTS

ANALYZE & APPLY

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242by Frederick Douglass

BIOGRAPHY

from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254by Ann Petry

HISTORICAL FICTION

The Drummer Boy of Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274by Ray Bradbury

POEM

O Captain! My Captain! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288by Walt Whitman


POEM

Not My Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296by Marilyn Nelson

HISTORY WRITING MENTOR TEXT

from Fortune’s Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302by Pamela Espeland


POEM

I Saw Old General at Bayby Walt Whitman

SHORT STORY

A Mystery of Heroismby Stephen Crane

HISTORY WRITING

from Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davisby James L . Swanson

BIOGRAPHY

My Friend Douglassby Russell Freedman

JOURNAL

Civil War Journalby Louisa May Alcott


NOVEL

The Glory Fieldby Walter Dean Myers

Unit 4 Tasks• Write a Research Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312• Participate in a Collaborative Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319





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UNIT 5

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How do your teenage years prepare you for adulthood?

FINDING YOUR PATH PAGE 322

UNIT 5

Key Learning Objectives• Analyze structure• Analyze author’s purpose• Analyze characterization• Analyze free verse poetry• Make inferences

• Analyze argument• Identify counter argument• Analyze rhetorical devices


COMPARE POEMS

COMPARE ARGUMENTS

ANALYZE & APPLY

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326by Jeanne Miller

NOVEL

from Bronx Masquerade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338by Nikki Grimes


POEM

Hanging Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352by Audre Lorde

POEM

Summer of His Fourteenth Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358by Gloria Amescua

ARGUMENT MENTOR TEXT

from It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364by danah boyd

ARGUMENT

Outsmart Your Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376by Catherine Steiner-Adair


POEM

Teenagers by Pat Mora

POEM

Identityby Julio Noboa Polanco

POEM

Hard on the Gasby Janet S . Wong

SHORT STORY

Marigoldsby Eugenia Collier

ESSAY

My Summer of Scooping Ice Cream by Shonda Rhimes

Suggested Nonfiction Connection

MEMOIR

Reaching Outby Francisco Jiménez

Unit 5 Tasks• Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394• Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401





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Key Learning Objectives• Analyze drama• Analyze plot development• Make predictions• Analyze primary sources• Make inferences

• Analyze appeals• Analyze rhetorical devices• Analyze sound devices• Analyze figurative language

UNIT 6

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What can we learn from Anne Frank?

THE LEGACY OF ANNE FRANK PAGE 404

UNIT 6


COMPARE POEMS

ANALYZE & APPLY

DRAMA

The Diary of Anne Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

DIARY MENTOR TEXT

from The Diary of a Young Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500by Anne Frank

SPEECH

After Auschwitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512by Elie Wiesel


POEM

There But for the Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522by Wisława Szymborska

POEM

Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528by Billy Collins


ESSAY

Peace Can Happenby Christine Kingery

CHILDREN’S POEMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

The Butterfly by Pavel FriedmannOn a Sunny Eveningby Anonymous

SHORT STORY

The Singing Women by Rebecca Makkai

ARTICLE

from A Tragedy Revealed: A Heroine’s Last Daysby Ernst Schnabel

SPEECH

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speechby Elie Wiesel


NOVEL

Number the Starsby Lois Lowry

Unit 6 Task• Write a Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536





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