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| Unit 1 : Stories of Survival |
| Short Story: “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer |
| Poem: “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya Angelou |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Writing: Fictional Narrative |
| Extended Readings: “Dirk the Protector” from My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen |
| Unit 2 : Live Your Dream |
| Biography: from The Life You Imagine by Derek Jeter with Jack Curry |
| Memoir: from Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Writing: Informative Essay |
| Extended Readings: “Peak Performance” by Samantha Larson from Teen Vogue |
| Unit 3 : World Wonders |
| Magazine Article: “World’s Wonders, Worn Down?” by Cody Crane from Science World |
| Magazine Article: from “How to Save the Taj Mahal?” by Jeffrey Bartholet from Smithsonian |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Writing: Argumentative Essay |
| Extended Readings: “Talking About World Wonders” by Joy Nolan and “The Rise and Fall of China’s Great Wall” from Current Events |
| Unit 4 : Coming to America |
| Memoir: from Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dunmas |
| Memoir: from Of Beetles & Angels by Mawi Asgedom |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Writing: Informative Essay |
| Extended Readings: from “1905: Einstein’s Miracle Year” by John Schwartz from The New York Times Upfront and from Shutting Out the Sky by Deborah Hopkinson |
| Unit 5 : Cities of Gold |
| Poems: “City” by Langston Hughes, “Song of the Builders” by Jessie Wilmore Murton, and “Our City” by Francisco X. Alarcon |
| Novel Excerpt: from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Writing: Argumentative Essay |
| Extended Readings: from Here is New York by E.B. White and from Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi |
| Unit 6 : History Lost and Found |
| Magazine Article: from “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt” by Bryan Brown from Junior Scholastic |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Writing: Informative Essay |
| Extended Readings: from Cities of the Dead by Denise Rinaldo |
| Unit 7 : The Big Give |
| Folktale: “Tale of a Wealthy Man” from Folktales From Africa retold by Dianne Stewart |
| Poem: “If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking” by Emily Dickinson |
| Speaking and Listening |
| Extended Readings: from Ryan and Jimmy and the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together by Herb Shoveller and from Marina Silva: Defending Rainforest Communities in Brazil by Ziporah Hildebrandt |