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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
These excerpts from Maya Angelou’s autobiography describe important points in her childhood. First Angelou describes the im…
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- 01/21/15
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Why the Waves Have Whitecaps
The wind and water are personified as two women talking about their children. Mrs. Wind brags about her children, which annoys Mrs. Wat…
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- 01/21/15
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Water
In “Water”, Helen Keller describes her first experiences with her new teacher. Keller finally grasps the idea that a …
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- 01/21/15
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Zlata's Diary
Zlata's Diary chronicles the daily life of Zlata, an eleven year-old girl during wartime in Sarajevo, and the war's increasing impact o…
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- 01/21/15
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Invocation of John Brown's Body
In “Invocation” from John Brown’s Body Stephen Vincent Benet calls on the muse of America to inspire him. He invokes …
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- 11/18/14
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The Trouble with Television
In “The Trouble With Television,” former broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil presents a persuasive case that television has…
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- 10/30/14
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The Three Century Woman
Megan’s Great-grandmother Breckenridge has lived in three centuries. She was born in 1899 and now it is 2001. On the …
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- 10/30/14
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Real Story of a Cowboy's Life
“The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life” describes a cattle drive from the perspective of real cowboys who rode on one. (P…
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- 10/30/14
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Who Can Replace a Man?
Brian Aldiss describes a futuristic world in which machines are capable of thinking based on the tasks they have been designed to perfo…
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- 10/30/14
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The White Umbrella
The narrator of The White Umbrella is a Chinese American girl who struggles with feelings of embarrassment and longing to be like other…
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- 10/30/14
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Poetry Collection 5
Lesson guides for Old Man, Runagate Runagate and Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010) This lesson was create…
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- 10/30/14
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Poetry Collection 3
Lesson guides for Concrete, Harlem Night Song and The City is So Big. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010) This lesson was created as par…
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- 10/30/14
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Poetry Collection 1
Lesson guides for Cat!, Silver and Your World. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010) This lesson was created as part of the Anthology …
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- 10/30/14
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Seventh Grade
On the first day of seventh grade, Victor and his friend Michael try to hide their insecurities and impress the girls in their class. &…
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- 10/30/14
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Papa's Parrot
Harry Tillian’s father owns a candy and nut shop. Harry used to visit the shop with his friends every day, but his priorities cha…
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- 10/30/14
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Life Without Gravity
"Life Without Gravity," a nonfiction selection, is designed to help students become familiar with the characteristics of an expository …
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- 10/30/14
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I am a Native of North America
In this reflective essay, Chief Dan George compares his native North American culture with that of white culture and expresses his view…
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- 10/30/14
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Bear Boy
In The Bear Boy, a man neglects his son and does not teach him the ways of Pueblo life and how to transition into manhood. One day, the…
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- 10/29/14
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Becky and the Wheels and Brake Boys
The short story titled “Becky and the Wheel-and-Brake Boys” is about how Becky desperately wants to own a bike despite the …
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- 10/29/14
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The Tail
Tasha, a thirteen year old girl has to babysit her little 7 year old brother, Junior, because her mom is getting a job over the summer.…
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- 10/29/14
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Stray
Mr. and Mrs. Lacey and their daughter, Doris, are stranded at home following a severe winter storm. Doris notices an abandoned pu…
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- 10/29/14
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My Papa Mark Twain
In My Papa, Mark Twain, Suzy Clemens, at thirteen years old, wrote a biography of her famous father, author Mark Twain. Through d…
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- 10/29/14
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Drive-In Movies
In the Drive-In Movies, young Gary Soto wants his mother to take him and his siblings to the drive-in movies, a special treat. Hi…
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- 10/29/14
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The Case of the Monkeys that Fell from the Trees
This article describes scientists Ken and Molly Glander’s research on the eating habits of howler monkeys in Costa Rica. In…
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- 09/30/14
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The Washwoman
In “The Washwoman,” Singer recalls the woman who did his family’s laundry when he was a child in Poland. Singer…
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- 09/30/14
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The Jade Peony
In “The Jade Peony,” a Chinese-Canadian family engages in the delicate dance of retaining the old life while adjusting to t…
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- 09/29/14
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Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall
Diane Ackerman describes fall foliage and explains the natural processes that cause the leaves of deciduous trees to turn each year. Al…
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- 09/13/14
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A Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant
“A Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant: The Weather of New England” was initially delivered as a speech to people familiar with …
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- 09/13/14
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Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Famil…
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 Japanese-Americans on the west coast were forced to uproot themselves and move in…
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- 09/13/14
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John Henry
John Henry competes against a steam drill in driving steel and proudly claims that he would sooner die than let a steam drill beat him.…
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- 09/13/14
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All Summer in a Day
“All Summer in A Day” takes place on the planet Venus in a future world where people have come to set up a civilization. &n…
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- 09/13/14
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The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln
In this chapter from Russell Freedman’s photobiography, the author details Abraham Lincoln’s many facets. Lincoln’s g…
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- 09/13/14
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The Bracelet
Ruri, a young Japanese girl, and her family are taken to an internment camp during WWII because the US government was afraid Japanese A…
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- 08/22/13
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The Third Wish
Almost every culture has a traditional tale about character who is granted three wishes. Two are usually used unwisely, and then the th…
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- 08/22/13
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Mongoose On The Loose
This article examines what happens when a sugar planter tries to save his sugar crops by importing a few mongooses to eat the rats. (Pr…
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- 08/22/13
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Jackie Robinson: Justice At Last
“Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last” is the story of two brave men who changed the course of history in sports. In the 1940s,…
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- 08/22/13
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Letters From a Concentration Camp
WWII has started and Jimbo Kurasaki and his mother and brother have been confined to an internment camp because they are Japanese. He i…
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- 07/29/13
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Names/Nombres
Julia Alvarez recalls her family’s early years as Dominican immigrants in America, and describes her reactions to the mispronunci…