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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-366679-3 ISBN-10:ISBN: 978-0-13-366679-3 0-13-366679-4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V001 17 1617 1516 1415 1314 1213 1112 1011 0910 08 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following for copyrighted material: Arte Publico Press Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Baseball” is reprinted with permission from the “American Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. from publisher of I Can Hear the Cowbells Ring by Lionel A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of G. Garcia (© 1994 Arte Publico Press-University of Martin Luther King, Jr. Reprinted by arrangement Houston). with The Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., c/o Writers House as agent for the Brent Ashabranner Proprietor New York, NY. Copyright © 1968 Dr. From Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Martin Luther King Jr.; Copyright renewed 1996 Ying Lin. Used by permission of the Author. Coretta Scott King. Child Health Association of Sewickley Farrar, Straus & Giroux “Thumbprint Cookies” from Three Rivers Cookbook. “Charles” by Shirley Jackson from The Lottery. Used by permission of Child Health Association of Copyright © 1948, 1949 by Shirley Jackson and Sewickley. copyright renewed © 1976, 1977 by Laurence Cox, Matthews and Associates Inc. Hyman, Barry Hyman, Mrs. Sarah Webster and “Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters” by Zakia Mrs. Joanne Schnurer. Reprinted by permission Carter from Black Issues Book Review, Nov-Dec. of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2002. Used by permission of Cox, Matthews and Flora Roberts, Inc. Associates Inc. From The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Curtis Brown, Ltd. (UK) Goodrich and Albert Hackett, copyright © 1956 “Who Can Replace a Man?” by Jason Aldiss. renewed by Albert Hackett, David Huntoon & Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Frances Neuwirth in 1986. Group Ltd., London on behalf of Brian Aldiss. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Copyright © 1966 Brian Aldiss. “Describe Somebody,” and “Almost a Summer Sky” from LOCOMOTION by Jacqueline Woodson, copyright © 2003 by Jacqueline Woodson. Used by permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, A Division of Penguin Young Readers Group, A Member of Penguin. (Acknowledgments continue on page V71) CONTENTS PART 1 UNIT 1 Fiction and Nonfiction MODEL SELECTIONS From The Baker Heater League by Patricia C. McKissack Vocabulary Warm Up . 4 Reading Warm Up . 5 Making Connections . 6 Selection . 7 “The 11:59” by Patricia C. McKissack Making Connections . 9 Selection . 10 After You Read . 14 Research the Author . 15 Before You Read “Raymond’s Run” • “A Retrieved Reformation” . 16 “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara Vocabulary Warm Up . 17 Reading Warm Up . 18 Making Connections . 19 Selection . 20 After You Read . 25 “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry Vocabulary Warm Up . 27 Reading Warm Up . 28 Making Connections . 29 After You Read . 30 Before You Read “Gentleman of Rio en Medio” • “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi” . 32 “Gentleman of Rio en Medio” by Juan A. A. Sedillo Vocabulary Warm Up . 33 Reading Warm Up . 34 Making Connections . 35 Selection . 36 After You Read . 39 “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi” by Mark Twain Vocabulary Warm Up . 41 Reading Warm Up . 42 © Pearson Education Contents iii CONTENTS Making Connections . 43 After You Read . 44 INFORMATIONAL TEXT Ferry/Water Bus Making Connections . 46 Selection . 47 After You Read . 50 Before You Read from An American Childhood • “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” . 51 From An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Vocabulary Warm Up . 52 Reading Warm Up . 53 Making Connections . 54 Selection . 55 After You Read . 58 “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Vocabulary Warm Up . 60 Reading Warm Up . 61 Making Connections . 62 After You Read . 63 Before You Read From Steinbeck: A Life in Letters • From Travels With Charley • “The American Dream” . 65 From Steinbeck: A Life in Letters • From Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck Vocabulary Warm Up . 66 Reading Warm Up . 67 Making Connections . 68 After You Read . 69 “The American Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr. Vocabulary Warm Up . 71 Reading Warm Up . 72 Making Connections . 73 Selection . 74 After You Read . 76 INFORMATIONAL TEXT Sun Suckers and Moon Curses © Pearson Education Making Connections . ..