Unit 1: Learning from Experience
Unit at a Glance:
Part 1: Knowing Who You Are
Part 2: Moments of Discovery
Speaking & Listening Activities:
Interview: Julia Alvarez
Persuasive Speech
Interview: Homelessness in Your Community
Dedication Speech
Across the Curriculum Selection links:
Social Studies: Zebra
Social Studies: Eleanor Roosevelt
Research Starters:
Life in the U.S.A.
Human Rights
Back in Time: New York City
Author links:
O. Henry
Unit 2: Relationships
Unit at a Glance:
Part 1: Reaching Out
Part 2: Facing Choices
Speaking & Listening Activities:
I Have a Dream
Poems on Tape
Debate: Buying Happiness
You Be the Critic
Interview: Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey
Across the Curriculum Selection links:
Social Studies: from Immigrant Kids
Social Studies: The Noble Experiment
Research Starters:
Times of Change
Ellis Island
Segregation in Sports
Unit 3: Flights of Imagination
Unit at a Glance:
Part 1: Surprising Turns
Part 2: Fantastic Tales
Speaking & Listening Activities:
Postfight Interview
Reading Poetry
Writing Dialogue: The Talking Computer
Preparing a Monologue: Princess Sophia
Across the Curriculum Selection links:
Science: The Eternal Frontier
Research Starters:
Suspicion and Fear
Author links:
Ray Bradbury
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