Glencoe Literature: Reading with Purpose, Course Two

Unit One: The Big Question: Why Do We Read?

Genre Focus: Informational Media

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Flash Flood - William M. Hendrix, Informational Text: Magazine Article

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Setting a Purpose for Reading

Paddling Dicey Waters - Lew Freedman, Informational Text: Newspaper Article
Seventh Grade - Gary Soto, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Summary

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Previewing

Where You Are - Jack Anderson, Poem
Message of Hope - Ericka Souter and Dietlind Lerner, TIME Magazine Article

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Reviewing

Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote - Lesley Reed, Informational Text: Magazine Article
May I Have Your Autograph? - Marjorie Sharmat, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 2: Summary

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Understanding Text Structure

Suzy and Leah - Jane Yolen, Short Story
How Things Work - The Editors of Consumer Guide, Informational Text: Reference Book

Comparing Literature Workshop: Theme

Summer Reading - Michael Dorris, Personal Essay
First Book - Rita Dove, Poem

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Day it Rained Cockroaches from Pigman and Me - Paul Zindel, Autobiography

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Two: The Big Question: How Can We Become Who We Want to Be?

Genre Focus: Biography

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Tony Hawk: Chairman of the Board - Steve Pittman, Biography

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge

from Rosa Parks: My Story - Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins, Autobiography
Kids in Action: Dalie Jimenez - Barbara A. Lewis, Informational Text: Magazine Article

Writing Workshop Part 1: Autobiographical Narrative

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Connecting

An Hour with Abuelo - Judith Ortiz Cofer, Short Story
Toward a Rainbow Nation - Lavendhri Pillay, Autobiography

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Inferring

New Directions - Maya Angelou, Biography
The War of the Wall - Toni Cade Bambara, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 2: Autobiographical Narrative

Reading Workshop: Skill Lesson: Identifying Sequence

from Red Scarf Girl - Ji-li Jiang, Memoir
Miracle Hands - Christina Cheakalos and Matt Birkbeck, TIME Magazine Article

Comparing Literature Workshop: Setting

from Barrio Boy - Ernesto Galarza, Autobiography
How I Learned English - Gregory Djanikian, Poem

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

Graduation Address - Robert Fontaine, One-Act Play

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Three: The Biq Question: Who Can We Really Count On?

Genre Focus: Short Story

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Broken Chain - Gary Soto, Short Story

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Drawing Conclusions

Friendships and Peer Pressure - Uncredited, Informational Text: Magazine Article
Amigo Brothers - Piri Thomas, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Short Fictional Story

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Responding

Framed - Don Wulffson, Short Story
After Twenty Years - O. Henry, Short Story

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Synthesizing

Loser - Aimee Bender, Short Story
Friends Forever - Sari Locker, TIME Magazine Article

Writing Workshop Part 2: Short Fictional Story

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Determining the Main Idea and Supporting Details

The Good Samaritan - Rene Saldaña, Short Story
The Brinks Robbery - Henry and Melissa Billings, Informational Text: Article

Comparing Literature Workshop: Plot

Lob’s Girl - Joan Aiken, Short Story
The Highwayman - Alfred Noyes, Poem

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

Home - Gwendolyn Brooks, Short Story
I’ll Walk the Tightrope - Margaret Danner, Poem

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Four: The Big Question: Who Influences Us and How Do They Do So?

Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Violence in Hockey - from The Denver Post, Editorial

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Understanding Persuasive Techniques

3BCB: Three by Clay Bennett - Clay Bennett, Editorial Cartoons
Thank You, M’am - Langston Hughes, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Editorial

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Distinguishing Fact and Opinion

What Exercise Can Do for You - Shelia Globus, Informational Text: Article
Oprah Winfrey - Sidney Poitier, TIME Magazine Article

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Author's Purpose and Perspective

The Courage That My Mother Had - Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poem
Two People I Want to Be Like - Eve Merriam, Poem
Volunteers Welcome! - Informational Text: Brochure

Writing Workshop Part 2: Editorial

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting

Should Naturalized Citizens Be President? - John Yinger and Matthew Spalding, Informational Text: Article
The Teacher Who Changed My Life - Nicholas Gage, Personal Essay

Reading Across Texts Workshop: Reading for Persuasive Techniques

Take the Junk Out of Marketing Food to Kids - from The Detroit Free Press, Editorial
Grainies - Cereal Box

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert Service, Poem

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Five: The Big Question: Is Progress Always Good?

Genre Focus: Science and Technology Writing

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Hip-Hop - from The Story of Music, Informational Text: Reference Book

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Paraphrasing and Summarizing

LAFFF - Lensey Namioka, Short Story
Cyber Chitchat - Cindy Kauffman, Personal Essay

Writing Workshop Part 1: Research Report

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Using Text Features

Conserving Resources - Daniel Briggs, Informational Text: Textbook
There Will Come Soft Rains - Ray Bradbury, Short Story

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Taking Notes

The Next Big Thing - Maryanne Murray Buechner and Mitch Frank, TIME Magazine Article
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell, Song Lyrics

Writing Workshop Part 2: Research Report

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Identifying Problem and Solution

Fireproofing the Forests - J. Madeline Nash, TIME Magazine Article
Missing - Claire Miller, Informational Text: Magazine Article
Birdfoot’s Grandpa - Joseph Bruchac, Poem

Reading Across Texts Workshop: Reading for Author's Craft

America the Not-So-Beautiful - Andrew A. Rooney, Personal Essay
A Glimpse of Home - Kathryn Sullivan, Personal Essay

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

Key Item - Isaac Asimov, Short Story

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Six: The Big Question: Why Do We Share Our Stories?

Genre Focus: Folktales

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion - Julius Lester, Folktale

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Understanding Cause and Effect

The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena - Gwido Mariko, Folktale
Charles - Shirley Jackson, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Modern Folktale

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Questioning

The Boy and His Grandfather - Rudolfo A. Anaya, Folktale
Jeremiah’s Song - Walter Dean Myers, Short Story

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Predicting

The Tale of Kiko Wiko - Mark Crilley, Graphic Story
We Are All One - Laurence Yep, Folktale

Writing Workshop Part 2: Modern Folktale

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Analyzing

Voices—and Stories—from the Past - Kathryn Satterfield, TIME Magazine Article
Aunty Misery - Judith Ortiz Cofer, Poem

Comparing Literature Workshop: Comparing Cultural Context

Aunt Sue’s Stories - Langston Hughes, Poem
I Ask My Mother to Sing - Li-Young Lee, Poem

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Bunyans - Audrey Wood, Folktale

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Seven: The Big Question: What Makes You Tick?

Genre Focus: Poetry

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

One - James Berry, Poem

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Evaluating

Annabel Lee - Edgar Allan Poe, Poem
Names/Nombres - Julia Alvarez, Autobiography

Writing Workshop Part 1: Poem

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Interpreting

Face It - Janet S. Wong, Poem
Almost Ready - Arnold Adoff, Poem

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Monitoring Comprehension

Miracles - Walt Whitman, Poem
The Pasture - Robert Frost, Poem
Reading, Writing, Rapping - Elizabeth Wellington, Informational Text: Web Article

Writing Workshop Part 2: Poem

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Connecting

Growing Pains - Jean Little, Poem
What Makes Teens Tick? - Claudia Wallis, TIME Magazine Article

Comparing Literature Workshop: Comparing Figurative Language

Slam, Dunk, & Hook - Yusef Komunyakka, Poem
The Women’s 400 Meters - Lillian Morrison, Poem
To James - Frank Horne, Poem

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Giggle Prescription - Tracy Eberhart and Robert A. Barnett, TIME Magazine Article
The Carcajou and the Kincajou - Ogden Nash, Poem
The Termite - Ogden Nash, Poem

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Eight: The Big Question: What Is a Community?

Genre Focus: Historical Documents

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

It Was Not My Finest Hour - Linda Meyers Donelson, Informational Text: Historical Document

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Visualizing

Kingdoms of Gold and Salt - Uncredited, Informational Text: Historical Document
Antaeus - Borden Deal, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Descriptive Writing

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning

The Greentown Arena - Functional Document: Map
Getting There - Functional Document: Train Schedule
Letters from Home - Graeme Davis, Informational Text: Historical Document

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Clarifying

Ah, Wilderness! - Amada Hinnant, TIME Magazine Article
Photographing History - Uncredited, Informational Text: Historical Document

Writing Workshop Part 2: Descriptive Writing

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Predicting

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Act 1 - Rod Serling, Drama
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Act 2 - Rod Serling, Drama

Reading Across Texts Workshop: Reading for Author's Credibility

Teacher Hero - Jerrilyn Jacobs, Informational Text: Web Article
from Zlata’s Diary - Zlata Filipovic, Diary

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

There is No Word for Goodbye - Mary Tall Mountain, Poem