TEXAS ELA MIRRORS & WINDOWS TOC SAMPLE HIGH SCHOOL

A NCHOR TE X T/ SHORT STORY American History, Judith Ortiz Cofer 66 70 S o c i a l St u d i e s C o n n e c t i o n P u e r t o R i c o I N FOR M AT IO N A L T E X T C O N N EC T IO N Te x t-t o -Te x t NE WSPAPE R ARTICLE TV Coverage of JFK’s Death, Joanne Ostrow Forged Medium’s Role 75 Denotation and Connotation Sentence Variety 78 80 VOCABUL ARY & SPELLING GR AMMAR & ST YLE Understanding Theme E63 COMPARING TEXTS SHORT STORY The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry 82 SHORT STORY The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant 87 88 Literar y Connection Na t ura li s m INDEPENDENT READING Reading Fiction Independently E66 SHORT STORY The Ravine, Graham Salisbury E68 SHORT STORY The Vision Quest, Lame Deer E75 SHORT STORY The Sniper, Liam O’Flaherty E79 SHORT STORY Rules of the Game, Amy Tan I N FOR M AT IO N A L T E X T C O N N EC T IO N E84 Te x t-t o -Te x t HOW-TO WRITING The Rules of Chess SHORT STORY The Man to Send Rain Clouds, Leslie Marmon Silko L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N POEM E94 E97 Te x t-t o -Te x t Without Title, Diane Glancy E102 F OR YOUR R E A DING L IS T 96 SPE A K ING & L IS T ENING WOR K SHOP Deliver a Narrative Presentation 97 W R I T ING WORK SHOP Informative Writing: Character Analysis 98 T E S T PR AC T IC E WORK SHOP Reading Skills: Make Inferences The One Sitting There, by Joanna H. Wo Writing Skills: Reflective Essay Revising and Editing Skills 104 106 107 CONTENTS xi 9

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