Description: Glencoe Literature: Reading with Purpose, Course Two Unit One: The Big Question: Why Do We Read? Genre Focus: Informational Media Warm-Up: Genre Focus Flash Flood- William M. Hendrix, Informational Text: Magazine Article Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Setting a Purpose for Reading Paddling Dicey Waters- Lew Freedman, Informational Text: Newspaper Article Seventh Grade- Gary Soto, Short Story Writing Workshop Part 1: Summary Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Previewing Where You Are- Jack Anderson, Poem Message of Hope- Ericka Souter and Dietlind Lerner, TIME Magazine Article Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Reviewing Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote- Lesley Reed, Informational Text: Magazine Article May I Have Your Autograph?- Marjorie Sharmat, Short Story Writing Workshop Part 2: Summary Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Understanding Text Structure Suzy and Leah- Jane Yolen, Short Story How Things Work- The Editors ofConsumer Guide, Informational Text: Reference Book Comparing Literature Workshop: Theme Summer Reading- Michael Dorris, Personal Essay First Book- Rita Dove, Poem Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills The Day it Rained CockroachesfromPigman and Me- Paul Zindel, Autobiography Reading on Your Own Skills and Strategies Assessment Unit Two: The Big Question: How Can We Become Who We Want to Be? Genre Focus: Biography Warm-Up: Genre Focus Tony Hawk: Chairman of the Board- Steve Pittman, Biography Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge fromRosa Parks: My Story- Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins, Autobiography Kids in Action: Dalie Jimenez- Barbara A. Lewis, Informational Text: Magazine Article Writing Workshop Part 1: Autobiographical Narrative Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Connecting An Hour with Abuelo- Judith Ortiz Cofer, Short Story Toward a Rainbow Nation- Lavendhri Pillay, Autobiography Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Inferring New Directions- Maya Angelou, Biography The War of the Wall- Toni Cade Bambara, Short Story Writing Workshop Part 2: Autobiographical Narrative Reading Workshop: Skill Lesson: Identifying Sequence fromRed Scarf Girl- Ji-li Jiang, Memoir Miracle Hands- Christina Cheakalos and Matt Birkbeck, TIME Magazine Article Comparing Literature Workshop: Setting fromBarrio Boy- Ernesto Galarza, Autobiography How I Learned English- Gregory Djanikian, Poem Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills Graduation Address- Robert Fontaine, One-Act Play Reading on Your Own Skills and Strategies Assessment Unit Three: The Biq Question: Who Can We Really Count On? Genre Focus: Short Story Warm-Up: Genre Focus Broken Chain- Gary Soto, Short Story Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Drawing Conclusions Friendships and Peer Pressure- Uncredited, Informational Text: Magazine Article Amigo Brothers- Piri Thomas, Short Story Writing Workshop Part 1: Short Fictional Story Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Responding Framed- Don Wulffson, Short Story After Twenty Years- O. Henry, Short Story Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Synthesizing Loser- Aimee Bender, Short Story Friends Forever- Sari Locker, TIME Magazine Article Writing Workshop Part 2: Short Fictional Story Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Determining the Main Idea and Supporting Details The Good

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