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Integrated NovelsmyPerspectives™ integrates a range of novels within the program, in print and online. Popular titles from a variety of genres—fiction, nonfiction, high interest, contemporary, and classic—make it easy for you to create a classroom library to interest all students.

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Reading LevelsStudents in your classroom will have different reading abilities, so when available, the Lexile level for each novel is provided so you can select titles appropriate for your students.

Unit-Aligned NovelsEach unit includes a recommended list of 2 – 3 novels that align with the unit topic. If you choose to implement one of these titles, an alternate pacing suggestion is provided in your Teacher’s Edition. Plus, each unit-aligned novel includes an editable lesson plan and test.

Pacing Guide: Unit Supplement

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UNIT 2

TEACHING WITH NOVELS

NOVELS

The Hunger Games: Chapters 1-14

The Call of the Wild: Chapters 1-4

Lord of the Flies: Chapters 1-6

The Moral Logic of Survivor GuiltThe Seventh Man

Unit Introduction

Introduce Whole-Class Learning

UNIT 2: Survival

Integrating Novels with myPerspectivesThese novels provide students with another perspective on the topic of survival, touching upon many of the ideas found within the unit selections.

Depending on your objectives for the unit, as well as your students’ needs, you may choose to integrate the novel into the unit in several ways, including:

•Supplementtheunit Form literature circles and have students read one of the novels throughout the course of the unit as a supplement to the selections and activities.

•Substituteforunitselections If you replace unit selections with a novel, review the standards taught with those selections. Teacher Resources that provide practice with all standards are available.

•ExtendIndependentLearning Extend the unit by replacing the independent reading selections with one of these novels.

•Pacing However you choose to integrate novels, the Pacing Guide below offers suggestions for aligning the novels with this unit.

Novel GuidesNovel guides for The Hunger Games, The Call of the Wild, and Lord of the Flies are available in Pearson RealizeTM under Teacher Resources, Novel Resources.

Media: The Key to Disaster Survival?

Performance Task

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NOVELS

The Hunger Game: Chapters 15-24

The Call of the Wild: Chapters 5-6

Lord of the Flies: Chapters 7-10

NOVELS

The Hunger Games: Chapters 25-27

The Call of the Wild: Chapter 7

Lord of the Flies: Chapters 11-12

Performance-Based Assessment

Suggested Novels

The Hunger GamesLexile: 810

In a televised battle of life and death, a young woman faces long odds playing a game in which the only rules are kill or be killed.

Connection to Essential QuestionThe moral dilemma at the heart of The Hunger Games challenges students to consider the choices faced in life-or-death situations. Decisions must be made, no matter how difficult or unwanted they are. Driven by necessity, these choices and their impact provide insight into the Essential Question, What does it take to survive?

The Call of the WildLexile: 1120

When a pet dog is sold into service pulling a sled during the Yukon gold rush of the 1890s, he sheds his domesticated tendencies and must rely on his instincts in order to survive.

Connection to Essential QuestionWhat if surviving means shedding all vestiges of civilization and returning to the unrestrained but savage call of the wild? The Call of the Wild provides an interesting perspective on the Essential Question, What does it take to survive? Buck ultimately chooses to bet on his own destiny rather than depend on the humans who have failed him time and again.

Lord of the FliesLexile: 770

After a group of students is marooned on an island, what initially looked like paradise without adult supervision soon turns into a harrowing experience in this brutal portrait of human nature.

Connection to Essential QuestionLord of the Flies offers a unique perspective on the Essential Question, What does it take to survive? It connects students with the timeless theme of society versus the individual, and the savagery possible in human nature when faced with survival situations.

Introduce Small-Group Learning

Introduce Independent Learning

Independent Learning

The Endurance and the James Caird in Images

Performance Task

The Voyage of the James Caird Life of Pi

The Value of a Sherpa Life

I Am Offering This PoemThe WriterHugging the Jukebox

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myPerspectives+ Digital LibraryDigital novels, including classics such as Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice in Wonderland, The Scarlet Letter, and Romeo and Juliet are available as digital ebooks in myPerspectives+. Students can read titles independently, or you can choose titles for your novel study. Some of the ebooks also have a lesson plan and test.

myPerspectives+ Novel Lesson PlansLesson plans and tests are available for over 200 popular novels, including the program’s unit-aligned novels. These resources are editable, so you can customize them, and they can be found in myPerspectives+.

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The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of the Puritan immigrants who figure so prominently in his writing. By his mid-teens, he was a voracious reader. After attending Bowdoin College in Maine, he worked for more than a decade at perfecting the craft of writing. His initial attempts at publication were unsuccessful, and according to the fashion of the day, he published a number of tales anonymously.

Hawthorne’s literary career was officially launched in 1837 with the publication of Twice-Told Tales. To save money for his marriage to Sophie Peabody, he worked in the Boston Custom House from 1839 to 1840. The newly wedded couple spent the first three years of their marriage at the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts. It was there that Hawthorne met and encouraged Herman Melville, who later thanked him by dedicating his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, to Hawthorne.

The publication of Hawthorne’s tales greatly increased his reputation, but he still did not earn enough money to support his wife and three children. In 1849, he began writing The Scarlet Letter, which was published the following year. In 1851, Hawthorne published another important novel, The House of the Seven Gables. Despite his fame, in 1853 he gladly accepted President Franklin Pierce’s appointment as American consul at Liverpool, England, a post he kept until 1857. When he died, many of America’s foremost writers gathered to praise Hawthorne and his works.

BACKGROUND

The novel’s setting is Puritan Massachusetts in the mid-seventeenth century. The brutal reality of the Puritans’ existence in the New World seems to have confirmed their belief that life was filled with endless toil. Indian attacks, virulent diseases, and harsh weather served to harden their hearts still further. Ironically, although they had set sail seeking freedom from religious persecution, they came to be seen as rigid, humorless, and judgmental. In his novel, Hawthorne explores the Puritan ideas of self-discipline, sin, and guilt in order to learn about the inner recesses of the human heart.

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The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

A. Thinking About The Scarlet Letter Choose the best answer.

1. In the introductory section, “The Custom House,” what does the narrator claim to have found?

a. a faded capital A and a manuscript

b. Hester Prynne’s will

c. the text of a speech by Roger Chillingworth

d. a diary kept by Governor Bellingham

2. Hawthorne uses all the following rationalizations for losing his job at the Custom House EXCEPT

a. he needs time off after three years on the job.

b. he was refused a pay increase.

c. being fired by the Whigs strengthens his position with the opposition party.

d. it is heroic to be fired.

3. In which century does the novel’s main action take place?

a. sixteenth c. eighteenth

b. seventeenth d. nineteenth

4. What is the name of Hester’s child?

a. Arthur c. Pearl

b. Roger d. none of the above

5. Hester supports herself and her child by working as

a. a governess. c. a seamstress.

b. a house maid. d. the governor’s secretary.

6. What can we assume is the reason for the physical changes in Dimmesdale?

a. a serious disease c. premature aging

b. diet and exercise d. severe guil

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Novel Collection

One (1) FREE Novel* for each Student Edition

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