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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 x 8 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