gr 6 SE TOC

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

1/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,

oritsaffiliates.Allrightsreserved.

UNIT

UNIT INTRODUCTION

UNIT ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

LAUNCH TEXT:

NONFICTION NARRATIVE MODEL

Wagon Train at Dusk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING

ANCHOR TEXT: MEMOIR IN VERSE

fromBrown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

MEDIA: COMIC STRIP

Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

SMALL-GROUP LEARNING

PUBLIC DOCUMENT

Declaration of theRights of the Child

The United Nations General Assembly. . . .42

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Michaela DePrince: TheWar Orphan Who BecameA Ballerina

William Kremer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

MEDIA CONNECTION:

Michaela DePrince Ballet Dancer

MEMOIR

fromBad Boy

Walter Dean Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

POETRY

I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid

Alma Luz Villanueva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

PERFORMANCE TASK

SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOCUS

Present a Nonfiction Narrative . . . . . . .78

Childhood1

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write a Nonfiction Narrative. . . . . . . . .32

COMPARE

vi

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

2/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,


Use the BouncePage app

whenever you see Scan

for Multimedia to access:

Unit Introduction Videos

Media Selections

Modeling Videos

Selection Audio Recordings

Additional digital resources can be found in:

Interactive Student Edition

myPerspectives+

SCAN FOR

MULTIMEDIA

INDEPENDENT LEARNING

NOVEL EXCERPT

fromPeter Pan

J. M. Barrie

POETRY

Oranges

Gary Soto

ESSAY

The Boy Nobody Knew

Faith Ringgold

SHORT STORY

Raymonds Run

Toni Cade Bambara

SHORT STORY

Eleven

Sandra Cisneros

PERFORMANCE-BASEDASSESSMENT

Nonfiction Narrative:Text and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . .86

UNIT REFLECTION

Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

These selections can be accessed via the

Interactive Student Edition.

PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for a

Nonfiction Narrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up?

vii

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

3/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,


UNIT

UNIT INTRODUCTION

UNIT ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

LAUNCH TEXT: EXPLANATORY ESSAY

MODEL

Reading Buddies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94


ANCHOR TEXT: MEMOIR

fromMy Life With the

ChimpanzeesJane Goodall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

ANCHOR TEXT: BLOG POST

Hachiko, Japans MostFamous Dog

The Daily Onigiri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118


POETRY

A Blessing

James Wright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Predators

Linda Hogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

MEDIA: VISUAL ESSAY

Monkey Master

Waldemar Januszczak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

SHORT STORY

Black Cowboy, Wild HorsesJulius Lester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Explanatory Essay. . . . . . . . .128

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Explanatory Essay . . . . . . . 172

COMPARE

Animal Allies2

viii

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

4/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,






Media Selections

Modeling Videos




myPerspectives+

SCAN FOR

MULTIMEDIA


NOVEL EXCERPT

fromThe Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

FABLE

How the Camel Got His HumpfromJust So Stories

Rudyard Kipling

NEWS ARTICLE

The Girl Who Gets Gifts

From BirdsKaty Sewall

NEWS ARTICLE

Pet Therapy:How Animals and HumansHeal Each Other

Julie Rovner


Explanatory Text:Essay and Oral Presentation. . . . . . . . .180

UNIT REFLECTION

Reflect on the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183



PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for anExplanatory Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can people and animals relate to each other?

ix

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

5/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,


UNIT

UNIT INTRODUCTION

UNIT ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

LAUNCH TEXT: ARGUMENT MODEL

Thats Not Progess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188



Teens and TechnologyShare a Future

Stefan Etienne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206


The Black Hole ofTechnology

Leena Khan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

MEDIA: VIDEO

The Internet of Things

IBM Social Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224


SHORT STORY

The Fun They Had

Isaac Asimov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

BLOG POST

Is Our Gain Also Our Loss?

Cailin Loesch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

MEDIA: PODCAST

Bored . . . And Brilliant?A Challenge To Disconnect

From Your PhoneNPR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

COMPAR

E

Modern Technology3

x

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

6/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,






Media Selections

Modeling Videos




myPerspectives+

SCAN FOR

MULTIMEDIA


NEWS ARTICLE

7-Year-Old Girl Gets New Handfrom 3-D Printer

John Rogers

NEWS ARTICLE

Screen Time Can MessWith the Bodys Clock

Andrew Bridges

POETRY

All Watched Over ByMachines of Loving Grace

Richard Brautigan

Sonnet, without Salmon

Sherman Alexie

NEWS ARTICLE

Teen Researchers DefendMedia Multitasking

Sumathi Reddy


Argument:Essay and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . .268

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence foran Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How is modern technology helpful and harmful to society?

xi

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

7/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,


UNIT

UNIT INTRODUCTION

UNIT ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

LAUNCH TEXT: FICTION MODEL

The Great Universal Undo . . . . . . . . . . .276


ANCHOR TEXT: DRAMA

The Phantom Tollbooth,Act I

Susan Nanus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

ANCHOR TEXT: DRAMA

The Phantom Tollbooth,Act 2

Susan Nanus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

MEDIA: VIDEO

The Phantom Tollbooth . . . . . . . . . .346


NOVEL EXCERPT

fromAlice's Adventuresin Wonderland

Lewis Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

POETRY

JabberwockyfromThrough the Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

MEDIA CONNECTION:Alice in Wonderland

(1983) Jabberwocky

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

The Importance ofImagination

Esha Chhabra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write a Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . .352

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present a Fictional Narrative. . . . . . . . 388

COMPARE

Imagination4

xii

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

8/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,






Media Selections

Modeling Videos




myPerspectives+

SCAN FOR

MULTIMEDIA


NOVEL EXCERPT

fromThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

POETRY

Our Wreath of Rose Buds

Corrinne

Fantasy

Gwendolyn Bennett

NOVEL EXCERPT

The Shah of BlahfromHaroun and the Sea of Stories

Salmon Rushdie

INTERVIEW

Magic, Mystery, andMayhem: An Interviewwith J.K. Rowling

Amazon UK


Fictional NarrativeText and Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . .396

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence for a

Fictional Narrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Where can imagination lead?

xiii

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

9/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,


UNIT

UNIT INTRODUCTION

UNIT ACTIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

LAUNCH TEXT: ARGUMENT MODEL

What on Earth Is Left to Explore?. . . . . 404


ANCHOR TEXT: MEMOIR

fromA Long Way Home

Saroo Brierley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

MEDIA: VIDEO

Animation All AboutExploration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430


NEWS ARTICLE

Mission Twinpossible

TIME For Kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

ARGUMENT

Should NASA PayCompanies to FlyAstronauts to theInternational Space Station?

TIME For Kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

ARGUMENTShould Polar TourismBe Allowed?

Emily Goldberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .458

MEDIA: GRAPHIC NOVEL

fromLewis & Clark

Nick Bertozzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

PERFORMANCE TASK

WRITING FOCUS

Write an Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

PERFORMANCE TASK


Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

COMPARE

Exploration5

xiv

7/24/2019 gr 6 SE TOC

10/10

P

earsonEducation,

Inc.,






Media Selections

Modeling Videos




myPerspectives+

SCAN FOR

MULTIMEDIA


OPINION PIECE

Mars Can Wait. Oceans Cant.

Amitai Etzioni

NONFICTION NARRATIVE

fromShipwreck at the Bottomof the World

Jennifer Armstrong

HISTORICAL FICTION

fromSacajawea

Joseph Bruchac

EXPOSITORY NONFICTION

The Legacy of Arctic ExplorerMatthew Henson

James Mills


Argument:Essay and Oral Presentation. . . . . . . . .482

UNIT REFLECTION




PERFORMANCE-BASED

ASSESSMENT PREP

Review Evidence foran Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What drives people to explore?

xv

Documents

gr 6 SE TOC