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Fiction Connections Introduction to Fiction Unit 3 GUIDED READING 4 Experiencing the World 164 Nonfiction Connections Understanding Plot Fiction Close to Reading Model Introduction Nonfiction SHORT STORY 6 Lob’s Girl, Joan Aiken GUIDED READING G e o g r aph y C o n n e c t i o n 7 Pa lm Tre e s i n C o r n wa l l Nonfiction Close Reading Model Understanding Characters SHORT STORY MEMOIR The 168 from of An Matt American Annie Dillard Goodness Kaizer, Childhood, Avi GR AMMAR & ST YLE Phrases and GR AMMAR & ST YLE Sentence Fragments BIOGR APH Y Understanding Setting Run-ons 22 37 Elizabeth I, Milton Meltzer Cu l t u r a l C o n n e c t i o n 177 38 Harvesting Last Hope: The Story Queen of César Chávez, Parliament, Elizabeth I Kathleen Krull 46 POEM Written with a Diamond on Her Window DIRECTED READING Window at Woodstock, Queen Elizabeth I POEM Written in Her French Psalter, Queen Elizabeth I SHORT STORY The All-American Slurp, Lensey Namioka 52 LE T TE R S o c i a l St u d i from e s C o Letter n n e c t i o to n Mary, C h i n e s e Queen Im m ig ra of t i o n Scots, 1586, Queen Elizabeth I & SPELLING Latin, and Anglo-Saxon Roots VOCABUL ARY & VOCABUL SPELLING ARY Synonyms and Greek, Antonyms 63 BIOGR APH Y Eleven, Sandra Cisneros Understanding the Essay Julia Alvarez e o g Types r aph y of C Nouns onnection GR AMMAR & ST G YLE T h e D o m i m i c a n R e p u b li c L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N Te x t-t o -Te x t LY RIC POEM Face It, Janet S. Wong ARGUME NTATI V E ESSAY The Eternal Frontier, Louis L’Amour 68 70 viii CONTENTS 193 202 207 Sentence Types Digital Connections CONTENTS 190 190 192 Te x t-t o -Te x t PE R SONAL ESSAY NARR ATI V E POEM Same Song, Names/Nombres, Pat Mora S TORY GR AMMAR & ST YLE 189 190 64 SHORT STORY L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N 169 176 The Renaissance P R Francisco I M A RY S O U RC E C O N N EC T IO N Te x t-t o -Te x t A NCHOR TE X T/ The Circuit, Jiménez SHORT STORY SPEECH I N FOR M AT IO N A L Queen TEXT C O N N EC T IO N Te x t-t to o -Te xt from Elizabeth’s Speech Her iv 166