- 10/28/14
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Crow Call
An absentee father takes his daughter on a hunting trip. The experience leads them to discover that that they are not strangers after a…
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- 09/30/14
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Glory and Hope
Nelson Mandela’s speech (1994) was given to celebrate the first free election and the new policy of majority rule in South Africa…
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- 09/29/14
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What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?
A sixth grade boy lives with his mother. The mother maintains their livelihood with a blue collar job. In the story, William wants to f…
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- 09/27/14
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Nadia the Willful
A young Bedouin girl has earned the nickname Nadia the Willful because of her quick temper. Her brother, Hamed, is the only one who can…
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- 09/13/14
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The Walrus and the Carpenter
Lewis Carroll’s poem tells the tale of a walrus and a carpenter who invite a group of oysters to join them for a walk on a sunny …
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- 09/13/14
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An American Childhood
Seven-year old Annie Dillard enjoys playing football with the boys in her neighborhood because it requires her to play with concentrati…
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- 09/13/14
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Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?
The text focuses on Paul Berlin’s mental struggle to conquer his fear in Vietnam. To quell his fear, he thinks about home, his ch…
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- 09/13/14
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String
This autobiographical piece tells what a neat, tidy rule-follower this author was in his youth. Once he was unfairly given a dete…
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- 09/13/14
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One Million Volumes
In this speech, Rudolfo Anaya celebrates the purchase of the 1 millionth library volume by the University of New Mexico. He begin…
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- 09/13/14
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One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts
The main character, Mr. Johnson, embarks upon quite the opposite of an ordinary day. This day he spends as a do-gooder, wandering the s…
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- 08/22/13
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Beethoven Lives Upstairs
This story, set in 1820s Austria, is a series of letters written between a young boy, Christoph, who lives in Vienna and his uncle, a m…
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- 08/22/13
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Harrison Bergeron
In “Harrison Bergeron,” Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. uses irony to illustrate how enforcing absolute equality would require a ridicul…
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- 08/22/13
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Checkouts
The main character is unhappy about her family’s move to Cincinnati and spends most of her time in her room, miserable. Then one …
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- 08/22/13
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Rikki Tikki Tavi
A mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi, comes to live with an English family in their bungalow in colonial India. Two cobras—Nag and Nagain…
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- 08/22/13
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Born Worker
José feels he is destined to a life filled with physical labor. Both of his parents work hard. His mother works at a sewing mach…
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- 08/22/13
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Sarah Cynthia
A young girl, Sarah Stout, despite her father’s request, chooses not to take out the garbage, and soon realizes that there are se…
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- 08/22/13
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The Noble Experiment
This excerpt from Jackie Robinson’s autobiography, "I Never Had It Made," begins with the history behind Branch Rickey’s pl…
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- 08/22/13
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Barrio Boy
In this excerpt from Galarza’s memoir he recants his experiences in a new school in a new country, the United States. He describe…
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- 08/22/13
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Zlateh the Goat
During the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Reuven is forced to sell Zlateh, the family goat, because business has been bad. On his way to t…
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- 08/22/13
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Summer of Fire
In the summer of 1988, fires raged out of control in Yellowstone National Park. Though it seemed like total devastation to outsiders, t…
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- 08/22/13
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The First Emperor
This is an excerpt from "Tomb Robbers." Ch’in Shih Huang Ti was the first emperor of China. He had a great fear of his own death.…
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- 07/29/13
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Eleven
Rachel wakes up on her eleventh birthday feeling as if she’s still ten—and nine, and eight, and all the ages that came befo…