DIRECTED READING
A NCHOR TE X T/
AUTOBIOGR APH Y
from Off the Court, Arthur Ashe
I N FOR M AT IO N A L T E X T C O N N EC T IO N
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E DITORIAL A Black Athlete Looks at Education editorial, Arthur Ashe 223
PE R SONAL ESSAY Fish Cheeks, Amy Tan 227
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GR AMMAR & ST YLE
Fragments and Run-on Sentences
COMPARING TEXTS
BIOGR APH Y A Bittersweet Memoir, Jerry Izenberg
SHORT STORY Searching for January, W. P. Kinsella
BIOGR APH Y Madam C. J. Walker, Jim Haskins
L I T E R AT U R E C O N N EC T IO N
STORY QUILT
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The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, Faith Ringgold
INDEPENDENT READING
MEMOIR
PE R SONAL ESSAY
from Bario Boy, Ernesto Galarza
The Night the Bed Fell, James Thurber
F OR YOUR RE A DING L IS T 233
W RI T ING WORK SHOP
Informative Writing: Cause-and-Effect Essay 234
SPE A K ING & L IS T ENING WORK SHOP
Giving and Actively Listening to Informative Presentations 240
T E S T PR AC T IC E WORK SHOP
Writing Skills: Informative Essay
from Alone Across the Arctic, by Pam Flowers
Revising and Editing Skills
Reading Skills 242
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CONTENTS
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