Unit1:MAKINGWAVES
Chapter1WhatMakesWaves?
TheWavesofMatsuyama
(JapanesetankabySaigyo)
TheSeaAroundUS
(ExcerptsbyRacheICarson)
Chapter2:UpsandDowns
EarthShakerWaveMaker
(aGreekmyth)
Chapter3:PeopleAroundUs
LetterfromaDutchImmigant,1846
AnOralHistory
(bySaverioRizzo)
CouldWeEverForget?
(apoembyOkKork)
MyNamelsMonique...
(excerptfromapersonalessayby
MoniqueRubio)
Chapter4:Reflections
HowEverythingHappens
(apoembyMaySwenson)
AttheBeach
(apoembyKemaIOzer)
TheEducationof
BereniceBelizaire
(fromamagazinearticlebyJoeklein)
SongforSmoothWaters
(aNativeAmericanpoem)
westSide
(apoembyNaomiShihabNye)
Unit2:CHOOSINGPATHS
Chaper1:MakingDifficult
Decisions
Who'sHu?
(ashortstorybyLenseyNamioka)
Chapter2:CareerPaths
NicholasaMohr
(anautobiographicalaccount)
Chaper3:TheUnderground
Railroad
TheUndergroundRailroad
(amagazinearticlebyRobertW
Peterson)
TheDouglass"Station"ofthe
UndergroundRaiIroad
(aplaybyGlennetteTilleyTurner)
Chaper4:LifeChoices
TheRoadNotTahen
(apoembyRobertFrost)
JessicaBerg
(apoembyMelGlenn)
Footpath
(apoembyStelIaNgatho)
HarrietTubman
(apoembyEloiseGreenfieId)
Unit3:BREAKINGDOWNBARRIERS
Chpter1:whyDoWebuildBarriers?
Zoo
(ashortstorybyEdwardHoch)
Chapter2:BreakingthroughMentalBarriers
BreakingMentalBarriers
(amagazinearticle)
Chapter3:Racism-ABarrierBetweenPeople
AShamefulchapter
(abookexcerptbyBarbaraRogasky)
InReponsetoExecutive
Order9066
(apoembydwightOkita)
Chapter4:BreakingDownRacialBarriers
aimingforPeace
(amagazinearticlebyScottBrodeur)
AsIGrewOlder
(apoembyLangstonHughes)
ThoseWhoDon't
(apoembySandraCisneros_
Unit4CROSSINGBRIDGES
Chapter1:BridgeDesigns
Far,farAwaySheWasGoing(excerptfromtheKimvanKieu)
Chapter2:FacingChange
TheOldManattheBridge(ashortstorybyErnestHemingway)
Chapter3:Transitions
IFeltLikeaQueen
(amemoirbySuzanneFlores)
Chapter4:LifeSpans
You'vegotaFriend(asongbycaroleKing)
LettertoMySisterWhoLivesinaForeignLand
(apoembyDaisyZamora)
Acrossages
(amagazinearticlebyScottBrodeur)
Chapter5:bridgesAcrossTimeandSpace
August2002:NightMeeting
(fromTheMartianchronicles,byrayBrabdury)
theEighthWonderoftheWorld
(historicaloverview)
PoetryofFriendship
(apoembyJoseMarti)
Vocabulary