Description: Glencoe Literature: Reading with Purpose, Course Three Unit One: The Big Question: Reading: What's In It For You? Genre Focus: Autobiography and Biography Warm-Up: Genre Focus fromI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou, Autobiography Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Connecting Ice- Graham Salisbury, Memoir On Top of the World- Martha Pickerell, TIME Magazine Article Writing Workshop Part 1: Autobiographical Sketch Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Setting a Purpose for Reading The Tell-Tale Heart- Edgar Allan Poe, Short Story fromThe Book of Rock Stars- Kathleen Krull, Biography Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge The March of the Mill Children- Judith Pinkerton Josephson, Biography Filling Out the Application- Cindy Pervola and Debby Hobgood, Informational Text: Handbook Exploring Careers - Uncredited, Informational Text: Handbook Writing Workshop Part 2: Autobiographical Sketch Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Identifying Author's Purpose fromAkiko in the Forbidden Foothills of Gozmaturk- Mark Crilley, Graphic Story Being Japanese American- Yoshiko Uchida, Autobiography Comparing Literature Workshop: Tone fromA Gift of Laughter- Allan Sherman, Autobiography A Family Thing- Jerry Spinelli, Autobiography Knoxville, Tennessee- Nikki Giovanni, Poem Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills fromDear Exile- Kate Montgomery and Hilary Liftin, Letters Reading on Your Own Skills and Strategies Assessment Unit Two: The Big Question: Which is More Important, the Journey or the Destination? Genre Focus: Folktales Warm-Up: Genre Focus Racing the Great Bear- Joseph Bruchac, Myth Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Analyzing The People Could Fly- Virginia Hamilton, Myth/Legend A Father's Daring Trek- Julie K.L. Dam, TIME Magazine Article Writing Workhop Part 1: Folktale Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Making Inferences Paul Revere's Ride- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poem The Oxcart- Eric Kimmel, Myth/Legend Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Predicting The Snake Chief- Retold by Kathleen Arnott, Myth/Legend fromHarriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad- Ann Petry, Biography Writing Workship Part 2: Folktale Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting Icarus and Daedalus- Josephine Preston Peabody, Myth A Dose of Medicine- Charlotte Foltz Jones, Informational Text: Science Text Comparing Literature Workshop: Theme Kamau's Finish- Muthomi Muchemi, Short Story The Bunion Derby- Leone Castell Anderson, Informational Text: Magazine Article Wrap Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills Travel- Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poem Reading on Your Own Skills and Strategies Assessment Unit Three: The Big Question: When Is the Price Too High? Genre Focus: Informational Articles Warm-Up: Genre Focus A Tremendous Trade- Jeremy Caplan, TIME Magazine Article Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Previewing Gymnasts in Pain- Scott M. Reid, Informational Text: Newspaper Article In Response to Executive Order 9066- Dwight Okita, Poem Writing Workshop Part 1: Research Report Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning The Games Kids Play- Uncredited, Informational Text: Newspaper Article Cruise Control- Kevin O' Leary, TIME Magazine Article Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Understanding Text

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