[eBook Code] Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies, Grade 7 (eBook Code, 1st)

Acknowledgments v

Introduction to the Core Literacy Proficiencies: Becoming a Literate Person viii

Unit 1: Reading Closely for Textual Details: “We reckoned now that we were at the Pole” 1

Goal 2

Topic 2

Activities 2

Reading Closely for Textual Details Unit Texts 5

Text 1: Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen Images 7

Text 2: The Last Expedition, Ch. V, Robert Falcon Scott 9

Text 3: Roald Amundsen South Pole, Viking River Cruises 11

Text 4: Scott’s Hut and the Explorer’s Heritage of Antarctica, UNESCO World Wonders Project 11

Text 5: The North Pole, Ch. XXI, Robert Peary 12

Text 6: “To Build a Fire”, Jack London 15

Text 7: The South Pole, Ch. XII, Roald Amundsen 19

Text 8: Scott’s Last Expedition, Ch. XVIII, Robert Falcon Scott 22

Text 9: Scott’s Last Expedition, Ch. XX, Robert Falcon Scott 25

Reading Closely Literacy Toolbox 36

Unit 2: Making Evidence-Based Claims: “We organized!” 77

Goal 78

Topic 78

Activities 78

Making Evidence-Based Claims Unit Texts 81

Excerpt of “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 81

Excerpt of 1984 Commonwealth Club Address, Cesar Chavez 91

Excerpt of “A Single Garment of Destiny” address, Janet Murguia 99

Making Evidence-Based Claims Literacy Toolbox 108

Unit 3: Researching to Deepen Understanding: Water: Why is it so valuable? 151

Goal 152

Topic 152

Activities 152

Researching to Deepen Understanding Common Source Set 156

Researching to Deepen Understanding Literacy Toolbox 162

Unit 4: Building Evidence-Based Arguments: “Doping can be that last 2 percent” 229

Goal 230

Topic 230

Activities 230

Building Evidence-Based Arguments Unit Texts 233

Building Evidence-Based Arguments Literacy Toolbox 235

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