LESSON PLANS with Alternative Teaching Options and Readability Guides Staff Credits Editorial Design Laurie Skiba Shelley Clubb Managing Editor Production Manager Brenda Owens Leslie Anderson High School Editor Senior Designer Becky Palmer Tim Tripp Associate Editor Production Specialist Nichola Torbett Associate Editor Cover Credits Lori Coleman Jennifer Wreisner Editorial Consultant Senior Designer Jennifer Anderson Assistant Editor The Fate of Animals [Detail], 1913. Franz Marc. Valerie Murphy Saint George and the Dragon [Detail], Editorial Assistant c.1400s. Spanish artist. Katherine S. Link Tornado Over Kansas [Detail], 1929. Copy Editor John Stuart Curry. Laura Nelson Copy Editor Sharon Kremer Educational Writer English Instructor Denton High School Denton, Texas Virginia Zellar English Language Learning Consultant ISBN 0-8219-2640-3 © 2003 EMC Corporation All rights reserved. The materials in this publication may be photocopied for classroom use only. No part of this publication may be adapted, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without permission from the publisher. Published by EMC/Paradigm Publishing 875 Montreal Way St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 800-328-1452 www.emcp.com E-mail: [email protected] Printed in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 XXX 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Contents Overview . vii Forms for Student and Classroom Use Free Reading Log . xi Seating Arrangements for Group Activities . xii Group Evaluation Guidesheets Communicating in a Pair Group Guidesheet 1A: Pair Group Self-Evaluation . xiii Guidesheet 1B: Pair Group Peer Evaluation . xiv Communicating in a Small Group Guidesheet 2: Small Group Evaluation . xv Communicating in a Large Group Guidesheet 3: Large Group Evaluation . xvi Asking and Answering Questions Guidesheet 4A: Asking Questions Self-Evaluation . xvii Guidesheet 4B: Answering Skills Self-Evaluation . xviii Discovering Literature Readability Guide . xxi Unit 1 Finding Your True Self Unit 1 Introduction . 1 “The Goodness of Matt Kaizer” . 2 “Eleven” . 4 “Why?” . 6 “Ta-Na-E-Ka” . 8 “The All-American Slurp” . 10 Guided Writing—Expressive Writing: Preparing an Autobiographical Incident . 12 Unit 1 Review. 13 Unit 2 Learning from Heroes Unit 2 Introduction . 14 “How Robin Hood Saved the Widow’s Three Sons” . 15 from Still Me . 17 “Joyriding” . 19 n o i A Woman Called Truth . 21 t a r o “Priscilla and the Wimps” . 24 p r o Guided Writing—Persuasive Writing: Nominating a Hero . 26 C C Unit 2 Review. 27 M E © Unit 3 Adventures and Disasters Unit 3 Introduction . 28 “The Face of the Deep is Frozen” . 29 “Pompeii” . 31 “The Springhill Disaster” . 33 “The Cutoff: The Story of the Donner Party” . 35 “The Wreck of the Hesperus” . 37 “Big Wind” and “Child on Top of a Greenhouse” . 39 Guided Writing—Narrative Writing: Describing a Disaster . 41 Unit 3 Review. 42 CONTENTS DISCOVERING LITERATURE LESSON PLANS iii Unit 4 Insights from Animals Unit 4 Introduction . 43 “My Friend Flicka” . 44 “Rikki-tikki-tavi”. 47 “Zlateh the Goat” . 49 “Shelter Shock” . 51 “Cat on the Go” . 53 from Ranch of Dreams. 55 Guided Writing—Informative Writing: Relating a Process. 57 Unit 4 Review. 58 Unit 5 Do You Hear the Music? Unit 5 Introduction . 59 “The Creation of Music”. 60 “Forever Young”. 62 “Scarborough Fair” . 64 “Nothing But Drums” and “Three/Quarters Time” . 66 from To Be or Not to Bop . 68 Guided Writing: Expressive Writing: Describing Your Favorite Music. 70 Unit 5 Review. 71 Unit 6 Fantastic Places from The Hobbit . ..