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Introduction
This document demonstrates how Pearson Language Central, ©2013 aligns to
Pearson Common Core Literature, ©2015, and fully complements the program.
Correlation page references are to the Student Edition and Teacher’s Edition and are cited
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Edition pages.
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instruction, and to build the language necessary for students to access, learn, and master
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content rich nonfiction, reading and writing grounded in evidence, providing texts of the
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Table of Contents
UNIT 1: Is conflict always bad? .............................................................................. 4
UNIT 2: What is important to know? ...................................................................... 7
UNIT 3: Do we need words to communicate well?................................................ 10
UNIT 4: How do we decide who we are? .............................................................. 14
UNIT 5: How much do our communities shape us?............................................... 17
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UNIT 1: Is conflict always bad?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
“The Old Grandfather and His Little
Grandson”
Leo Tolstoy, page 5
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
The Wounded Wolf
Jean Craighead George, page 8
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Writing Model: Argument
Write: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Stray
Cynthia Rylant, page 20
Nouns: common, proper, 10
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
predictions, 9, 15, 31, predictions, 11,
details and predictions, 14
Plot
Make Predictions
Conventions: Common, Proper, and
Possessive Nouns
Writing to Sources: List of Reasons
Write to confirm predictions about
characters, 17
The Tail
Joyce Hansen , page 30
Pronouns: personal, possessive, 22
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
inferences, 43, 49, 65
Characterization
Make Inferences
Write to confirm predictions about
characters, 17
Conventions: Personal and Possessive
Pronouns
Write a Story: include setting, characters,
and details, 23, 159
Zlateh the Goat
Isaac Bashevis Singer, page 46
Pronouns, 22, 28
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
inferences, 43, 49, 65
Conflict and Resolution
Make Inferences
Present Solutions, 85, 153
Conventions: Pronouns
Writing to Sources: Persuasive Speech
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
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The Circuit
Francisco Jiménez, page 60
Pronouns, 22, 28
Reading Skills and Strategies: draw
conclusions, 55, 61, 66
Theme
Draw Conclusions
Write a Story: include setting, characters,
and details, 23, 159
Conventions: Pronoun Case
Writing to Sources: Description
Lob’s Girl
Joan Aiken, page 74
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Jeremiah’s Song
Walter Dean Myers, page 88
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Writing: Timed Writing: Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Narrative: Short Story, page 102
Pronouns, 22, 28
Conventions: Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement
Pronoun Types and Case
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
Part 3: Text Sets Developing Insight
The King of Mazy May
Jack London, page 118
Nouns: common, proper, 10
Verb tense, 56, 62
Setting
Write a cause and effect paragraph about a
mentor and his students, 187
Conventions: Nouns, Verb Tense
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Cause-and-Effect Essay
Write a Story: include setting, characters,
and details, 23, 159
To Klondyke We’ve Paid Our Fare
H.J. Dunham, page 132
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Writing to Sources: Fictional Narrative:
Short Story
Gold Rush: The Journey by Land
from The Sacramento Bee, page 136
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Write about your personality, 45
Writing to Sources: Narrative: Journal Entry
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A Woman’s View of the Gold Rush
Mary B. Ballou, page 138
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
Writing to Sources: Informational Text
Chinese and African Americans in the Gold
Rush
The Johns Hopkins University, 144
Reading Skills and Strategies: identifying
author's purpose, 76, 77, 83, 99, questions
to determine purpose, 85
Author’s Purpose
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Writing to Sources: Editorial
Birds Struggle to Recover From Egg Thefts
of 1800s
Edie Lau, 148
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Historical Fiction, 155
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
156–157
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
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UNIT 2 What is important to know?
PART 1 Setting Expectations
from This Land Was Made
for You and Me
Elizabeth Partridge , page 165
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
from Zlata’s Diary
Zlata Filipovic, page 168
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
Write about author’s purpose, 85
Writing Model: Informative Text
Writing to Sources : Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Drive-In Movies
Gary Soto , page 186
Verb tense, 56, 62
Verbs, principal parts, 50
Narrator and Point of View
Make Predictions
Reading Skills and Strategies: make
predictions, 9, 15, 31, predictions, 11,
details and predictions, 14
Conventions: Principal Parts of Verbs
Writing to Sources: Autobiographical
Narrative
Write to confirm predictions about
characters, 17
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Names/Nombres
Julia Alvarez , page 196
Verbs: action, linking, 44
Writing: facts vs. opinions, 20, 21, 23, 26,
27, 32
Fact and Opinion
Conventions: Action and Linking Verbs
Writing to Sources: Personal Anecdote
Write about your personality, 45
Langston Terrace
Eloise Greenfield , page 208
Verb tense, 56, 62
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Reading Skills and Strategies: identifying
key details, 88, identifying main ideas, 89,
95, 100, main idea and key details, 91, use
important details, 97
Main Idea
Conventions: Simple Verb Tenses
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from The Pigman & Me
Paul Zindel , page 218
Verb tense, 56, 62
Reading Skills and Strategies: identifying
key details, 88, identifying main ideas, 89,
95, 100, main idea and key details, 91, use
important details, 97
Main Idea
Conventions: Perfect Tenses of Verbs
Writing to Sources: Problem and Solution
Essay
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Write a cause and effect paragraph about a
mentor and his students, 187
The Seven Wonders of the World
Infoplease™ , page 231
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Art, Architecture, and Learning in Egypt
Prentice Hall Ancient Civilizations, page 233
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing: Position
Statement
Writing Process
Informative Text: Comparison-and-Contrast
Essay, page 240
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Conventions: Correcting Errors with Verbs
Principal Parts of Verbs
Verb Tenses
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Verbs, principal parts, 50
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Part 3: Text Sets Developing Insight
Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns , page 256
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Conventions: Verb Tenses
Past Tense Verbs
Past Perfect Tense Verbs
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison and Contrast Essay
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Verb tense, 56, 62
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Memories of an All-American Girl
Carmen Pauls, page 264
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Writing to Sources: Autobiographical
Narrative
Preserving a Great American Symbol
Richard Durbin, page 270
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Writing to Sources: Argument : Persuasive
Speech
The Southpaw
Judith Viorst, page 274
Write to confirm predictions about
characters, 17
Characterization
Write a Story: include setting, characters,
and details, 23, 159
Writing to Sources: Persuasive Letter
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Fenway Park Celebrates 100 Years as
America’s Oldest Working Major League
Ballpark
Molly Line, page 280
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Why We Love Baseball
Mark Newman, page 286
Write about your personality, 45
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Writing to Sources: Reflective Essay
Ted Williams Baseball Card, page 292
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Writing to Sources: Narrative: Journal
Essay
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Autobiographical Narrative, page
295
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay, page
296
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
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UNIT 3 Do we need words to communicate well?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
Twelfth Song of Thunder
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
Navajo, page 305
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Oranges
Present Solution, 153
Gary Soto, page 308
Connect to Big Question: write a poem, 29,
Ode to Family Photographs
165
Gary Soto, page 310
Close Reading: Poetry
Writing Model: Argument
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
Poetry Collection 1
A Dream Within a Dream
Edgar Allan Poe, page 321
Adventures of Isabel
Ogden Nash, page 322
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Maya Angelou, page 324
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Lewis Carroll, page 326
Vocabulary: use context, 4, 106
Adjectives, 78, 84, 130
Adverbs, 90
Connect to Big Question: write a poem, 29,
165
Reading Skills and Strategies: context
clues, 111, 133
Context Clues
Conventions: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Poetry Collection 2
Abuelito Who
Sandra Cisneros, page 337
April Rain Song
Langston Hughes, page 338
The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be
Nikki Giovanni, page 339
Fame is a Bee
Emily Dickinson, page 340
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Adjectives, 78, 84, 130
Adverbs, 90
Connect to Big Question: write a poem, 29,
165
Vocabulary: use context, 4, 106
Reading Skills and Strategies: context
clues, 111, 133
Conventions: Comparisons with Adjectives
and Adverbs
Writing to Sources: Poem
Poetry Collection 3
Haiku
Matsuo Bashoˉ, page 347
Reading Skills and Strategies:
paraphrasing, 123, 129, 134
The Sidewalk Racer
Lillian Morrison , page 348
Connect to Big Question: write a poem, 29,
165
Concrete Cat
Dorothi Charles , page 349
Conjunctions, Interjections, 96, 101
Limerick
Anonymous, page 350
Forms of Poetry
Paraphrasing
Conventions: Conjunctions and
Interjections
Writing to Sources: Poem
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Poetry Collection 4
Wind and water and stone
Octavio Paz, page 357
No Thank You
Shel Silverstein, page 358
The Fairies’ Lullaby
William Shakespeare, page 360
Cynthia in the Snow
Gwendolyn Brooks, page 362
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Reading Skills and Strategies:
paraphrasing, 123, 129, 134
Sentences: declarative, exclamatory,
imperative, interrogative, 118
simple, complex, compound, 186
Write a Story: include setting, characters,
and details, 23, 159
Paraphrasing
Conventions: Sentence Parts and Types
Writing to Sources: Prose Description
who knows if the moon’s
E.E. Cummings, page 368
Connect to Big Question: write a poem, 29,
165
Dust of Snow
Robert Frost, page 370
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
Writing Process
Argument: Argumentative Essay, page 376
Conventions: Use Coordinating
Conjunctions
Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparisons with Adjectives
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Adjectives, 78, 84, 130
Adverbs, 90
Conjunctions, 96, 101
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Part 3: Text Sets Developing Insight
Simile: Willow and Ginkgo
Eva Merriam, page 392
Adjectives, 78, 84, 130
Verb tense, 56, 62
Conventions: Adjectives
Present Tense Verbs
Past Tense Verbs
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Expository Essay
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Angela Duckworth and the Research on
“Grit”
Emily Hanford, page 398
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Writing to Sources: Autobiographical
Narrative
The Sound of Summer Running
Ray Bradbury, page 410
Write about your personality, 45
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Writing to Sources: Reflective Essay
from Letter on Thomas Jefferson
John Adams, page 420
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Writing to Sources: Argument: Comparisonand-Contrast Essay
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Water
Helen Keller, page 424
Author’s Purpose
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Reading Skills and Strategies: identifying
author's purpose, 76, 77, 83, 99, questions
to determine purpose, 85
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Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Fictional Narrative , page 433
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay,
page 434
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Writing Process Handbook, WP1–WP6
UNIT 4 How do we decide who we are?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon, page 443
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
Gluskabe and Old Man Winter
Joseph Bruchac, page 446
Comprehension Workshop: Story, 9, 15,
31, 77, 151; Connect to Writing, 11
Writing Model: Informative Essay
Write: Explanatory Essay
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Phantom Tollbooth
Susan Nanus
Act I , page 460
Dialogue in Drama
Summary
Conventions: Prepositions and Appositives
Writing to Sources: Summary
The Phantom Tollbooth
Susan Nanus
Act II, page 490
Stage Directions
Compare and Contrast
Prepositions, 146
Write a summary of the article, “Taking
Sides on Time”, 153
Reading Skills and Strategies: summarize,
145, 151, 167
Write a summary of the article, “Taking
Sides on Time”, 153
Gerunds, 158; Gerund phrases, 164
Reading Skills and Strategies: compare and
contrast, 157, 163, 168
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193
Conventions: Participles and Gerunds
Writing to Sources: Review
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from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Clark Gesner , page 524
Happiness is a Charming Charlie Brown at
Orlando Rep
Matthew MacDermid , page 530
Author’s Purpose
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
WRITING PROCESS
Argument: Problem-and-Solution Essay
Page 538
Conventions: Combining Sentences for
Variety
Prepositions and Appositives
Participles and Gerunds
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Reading Skills and Strategies: identifying
author's purpose, 76, 77, 83, 99, questions
to determine purpose, 85
Write about author’s purpose, 85
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Prepositions, 146
Gerunds, 158
Gerund phrases, 164
Combine sentences, 135
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Mark Twain
from The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain , page 572
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Conventions: Adverbs
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Adverbs, 90
Stage Fright
Mark Twain, page 580
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
How to Essay
Write about author’s purpose, 85
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
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My Papa, Mark Twain
Susy Clemens, page 584
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Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Mark Twain’s First “Vacation”
The New York World, page 590
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Writing to Sources: Narrative Text
According to Mark Twain
Mark Twain, page 594
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
An Encounter With an Interviewer
Mark Twain, page 596
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Fictional Narrative, page 605
Writing to Sources:
Informative/Explanatory Essay, page 606
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Write about author’s purpose, 85
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
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UNIT 5 How much do our communities shape us?
Part 1 Setting Expectations
from Black Ships Before Troy
Write to confirm predictions about
Rosemary Sutcliff , page 615
characters, 17
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Julius Lester, page 620
Write a Story: include setting, characters,
and details, 23, 159
Writing Model: Explanatory Text
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
Part 2 Text Analysis Guided Exploration
The Tiger Who Would Be King
James Thurber
Subject complements, 130
The Ant and the Dove
Leo Tolstoy, page 634
Fables and Folktales
Cause and Effect
Reading Skills and Strategies: cause and
effect, 179, 185, 187, 201
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Conventions: Subject Complements
Writing to Sources: Fable
Arachne
Olivia E. Coolidge, page 642
Reading Skills and Strategies: cause and
effect, 179, 185, 201
Cause and Effect
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Conventions: Object Complements
Writing to Sources: Compare-and-Contrast
Essay
The Stone
Lloyd Alexander, page 652
Setting and Purpose
Conventions: Independent and Dependent
Clauses
Writing to Sources: Plot Proposal
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Clauses: independent, subordinate, 180
Reading Skills and Strategies: identifying
author's purpose, 76, 77, 83, 99, questions
to determine purpose, 85
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Why the Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth
Chinua Achebe, page 668
Reading Skills and Strategies: set a
purpose for reading, 191, 197, 202
Purpose for Reading
Complete the sentence, 33, 169
Conventions: Sentences
Combine sentences, 135
Write sentences, 169
Punctuation, 203
Mowgli’s Brothers
Rudyard Kipling, page 678
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
from James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl, page 688
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Writing to Sources: Timed Writing:
Explanatory Essay
WRITING PROCESS
Explanatory Text: Cause-and-Effect Essay
Page 702
Subject complements, 130
Conventions: Commas, Parentheses, and
Dashes
Subject Complements
Object Complements
Write a cause and effect paragraph about a
mentor and his students, 187
Part 3: Text Sets Developing Insight
Prologue from The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera, page 718
Convention: Independent Clauses
Writing to Sources: Informative Text:
Cause-and-Effect Essay
The Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the
Trees
Susan E. Quinlan, page 726
Writing to Sources: Informational Text:
Explanation
Rescuers to Carry Oxygen Masks for Pets
Associated Press, page 734
Commas, 192
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Clauses: independent, 180
Write a cause and effect paragraph about a
mentor and his students, 187
Write using main idea and important
details, 91, 97
Write a summary of the article, “Taking
Sides on Time”, 153
Write an autobiography or biography, 57
Writing to Sources: Nonfiction Narrative
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2012 Pet Ownership Statistics
American Pet Products Association, page
738
Writing to Sources: Argumentative Essay
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Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
The Old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves
Chief Luther Standing Bear, page 740
Write a cause and effect paragraph about a
mentor and his students, 187
Writing to Sources: Informative Essay
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193
Satellites and Sea Lions
NASA, page 746
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Writing to Sources: Argument: Persuasive
Letter
Turkeys
Bailey White, page 750
Writing to Sources: Argument: Persuasive
Essay
Common Core Assessment Synthesis
Writing: Narrative, page 757
Writing to Sources: Expository Essay, page
758
Write an Essay (Opinion), 125, 193; also
see: Write Facts and Opinions, 23; Solution
Paragraph, 51; Present Solution, 85;
Present Solution, 153
Write a Story, 23, 159; Tell a Story, 11,
113, 181
Writing: compare and contrast two athletes
from the article, “Extreme Challenges,” 159
Writing: compare and contrast two
inventors from the article, “The Creative
Connection”, 165
Write a cause and effect paragraph about a
mentor and his students, 187
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