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Unit 1
Defining Moments
2
Fiction Connections
Introduction to Fiction
2
GUIDED READING
Fiction Close Reading Model
SHORT STORY
4
Thank You, M’am, Langston Hughes
Understanding Plot
SHORT STORY
E1
The Interlopers, Saki
12
L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N
POEM
SHORT STORY
Te x t-t o -Te x t
A Poison Tree, William Blake
GR AMMAR & ST YLE
5
Subject-Verb Agreement
The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell
Wo r ld H i s t o r y C o n n e c t i o n
VOCABUL ARY & SPELLING
T h e Tre n c h e s o f Wo r l d War I
Context Clues
20
22
24
38
42
DIRECTED READING
Understanding Point of View
SHORT STORY
Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird, Toni Cade Bambara
GR AMMAR & ST YLE
SHORT STORY
E5
Pronouns and Pronoun Agreement
The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe
Cu l t u r a l C o n n e c t i o n
C ar n iva l
Understanding Character
SHORT STORY
44
52
E8
E10
E19
Destiny, Louise Erdrich
54
COMPARING TEXTS
SHORT STORY
The Good Deed, Pearl S. Buck
Cu l t u r a l C o n n e c t i o n
SHORT STORY
A r ra nge d M ar r i a ge s
Tears of Autumn, Yoshiko Uchida
Histor y Connection
A ngel I sl a n d
Understanding Setting
SHORT STORY
E47
The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst
Wo r ld H i s t o r y C o n n e c t i o n
Cu l t u r a l C o n n e c t i o n
DIGITAL CONNECTIONS
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CONTENTS
E22
E28
E39
E43
Wo r l d War I
T h e S c ar l e t I b i s
E49
E56
E57