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Unit 2
Facing Challenges
108
Nonfiction Connections
Introduction to Nonfiction 
110
GUIDED READING
Nonfiction Close Reading Model
NARR ATI V E
112
Aha Moment, Julia Alvarez
113
Understanding Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
MEMOIR
The Teacher Who Changed My Life, Nicholas Gage
Wo r ld H i s t o r y C o n n e c t i o n
GR AMMAR & ST YLE  
AUTOBIOGR APH Y
C iv i l War i n G re e c e
Prepositional, Infinitive, and Participial Phrases 
from Swimming to Antarctica, Lynne Cox
Wo r ld H i s t o r y C o n n e c t i o n
T h e C o l d War
E104
118
121
124
126
129
DIRECTED READING
BIOGR APH Y
Becoming a Composer, Lindsley Cameron
GR AMMAR & ST YLE
Comma Usage
Understanding the Essay
E109
PE R SONAL ESSAY Us and Them, David Sedaris
A NCHOR TE X T/
SHORT STORY The Obligation to Endure, Rachel Carson
from Silent Spring
Biolog y Connection
E111
H i s t o r y o f DD T
I N FOR M AT IO N A L T E X T C O N N EC T IO N
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns 
Understanding Speeches
SPEECH
I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr.
L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N
154
158
C iv i l R igh t s M o ve m e n t
160
162
Te x t-t o -Te x t
MEMOIR Martin Luther King Jr., Gwendolyn Brooks 166
SPEECH Glory and Hope, Nelson Mandela 168
170
174
Wo r ld H i s t o r y C o n n e c t i o n
VOCABUL ARY & SPELLING  
10
150
E121
A mer ican Histor y Connection
xii
146
Te x t-t o -Te x t
When It Comes to Pesticides, Birds Are Sitting Ducks
Mary Deinlein
GR AMMAR & ST YLE  
136
144
CONTENTS
A p ar t h e i d
Figurative Language