Literature Texas Treasures. Read and Write. Course 1. Student's Book

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Contents
Why Use This Book? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
What Exactly Is a Hero? (cid:129) T. A. Barron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The King of Mazy May (cid:129) Jack London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Comparing Literature
The Courage That My Mother Had (cid:129) Edna St. Vincent Millay
My Father Is a Simple Man (cid:129) Luis Omar Salinas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Comparing Literature
He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit (cid:129) Virginia Hamilton
The Toad and the Donkey (cid:129) Toni Cade Bambara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Same Song
Maestro (cid:129) Pat Mora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
I Dream a World (cid:129) Langston Hughes
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me (cid:129) Maya Angelou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Arachne (cid:129) Olivia E. Coolidge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Functional Documents
Survey
Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
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Contents
(continued)
Eulogy on the Dog (cid:129) George Graham Vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Comparing Literature
The Wolf and the House Dog
The Donkey and the Lapdog (cid:129) Aesop, retold by Jerry Pinkney. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Shutout (cid:129) Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
from Elie Wiesel: Voice from the Holocaust (cid:129) Michael A. Schuman . . . . . . . . . 125
Primary Lessons (cid:129) Judith Ortiz Cofer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Eleanor Roosevelt (cid:129) William Jay Jacobs
In Eleanor Roosevelt’s Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
The Eco-Canoeist (cid:129) Sy Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
from Brighton Beach Memoirs (cid:129) Neil Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
TIME: Best of Buddies (cid:129) Kevin Gray and Cindy Dampier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Comparing Literature
Zlateh the Goat (cid:129) Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Boy Who Lived with the Bears (cid:129) Joseph Bruchac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Additional Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Pronunciation Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
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Contents
(continued)
Glossory/Glosario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
My Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
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Why Use This Book?
Read for Fun and Read to Learn!
The notes and features of Read and Writeewill help you read and understand each
literature and nonfi ction selection. As you use these notes and features, you practice
the skills and strategies that good readers use when they read.
Before You Read
Connect
Before You Read
BBeeffoorree yyoouu rreeaadd, tthhiinnkk aabboouutt
your own experiences. Share
Connect to the Short Story
your knowledge and opinions.
Literary Elements and
Reading Skills
LLiitteerraarryy eelleemmeennttss hheellpp yyoouu ttoo A good friend
learn important features of
literature. Reading skills help
you develop good strategies to
understand what you read.
Literary Element Plot
(cid:80)
(cid:80)(cid:202)(cid:202)
Reading Strategy Connect to Personal Experience
(cid:80)
(cid:80)
(cid:80)
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Selection and Content
Vocabulary
LLeeaarrnniinngg nneeww vvooccaabbuullaarryy hheellppss
prepare you to read.
Selection Vocabulary Practice saying the words with a partner.
devastating improvised
(cid:80)
(cid:80)(cid:202)
wary
evading
perpetual
(cid:80)
(cid:80)(cid:202)
Content Vocabulary
lean (lēn)adj.thin champion(chamʼpē ən)n. muscular(musʼkyələr) ashamed (əsham̄ dʼ)adj.
Ali exercises often the person who wins adj.having well-formed feeling embarrassed or
because he wants to be fi rst prize muscles, or strong uncomfortable
leannand strong. Raúl was the championnof Jaime lifts weights to The girl felt ashamed.
the soccer team. become muscular. She forgot her homework
at home.
confi dent(konʼfədənt)adj. victory(vikʼtərē) n.the briskly (briskʼlē) adv.in a charging(chärjʼing)v.
being sure of oneself defeat of an enemy or quick and energetic way moving forward to
Maria is confi dent opponent The excited group of attack
that she will save enough The soccer game ended in students walked briskly to I could not catch my dog.
money to buy a bicycle. avictoryyfor our schoolll. the bus. It was charging after
(cid:80)(cid:202)Cognate (Spanish)victoria a rabbit.
For more practice, see page 242.
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Read, Respond, Interact
Notes support you as you read. Interact with and respond to the
text by answering questions and reading information.
During Reading
Questions about Literary Element
Antonio Cruz and Felix Varga were both seventeen allow you to practice this feature.
years old. They were so together in friendship that they felt
themselves to be brothers. They had known each other
since childhood, growing up on the lower east side of
Manhattan in the same tenement1building on Fifth Street
between Avenue A and Avenue B.
lean(lēn )adj. thin Antonio was fair,leanand lanky, while Felix was dark,
short, and husky. Antonio’s hair was always falling over his
eyes, while Felix wore his black hair in a natural Afro style. Content Vocabulary appears next
10 Each youngster had a dream of someday becoming
lightweightchamppionof the world. Every chance they to the words in the text.
had the boys worked out, sometimes at the Boy’s Club on
champion(chamʼpēən) n. 10th Street and Avenue A and sometimes at the pro’s gym
the person who wins first prize on 14th Street. Early morning sunrises would fi nd them
running along the East River Drive, wrapped in sweat
shirts, short towels around their necks, and handkerchiefs
Apache style around their foreheads.
While some youngsters were into street negatives,
Antonio and Felix slept, ate, rapped, and dreamt positive.
20Between them, they had a collection of Fightmagazines
Background Information second to none, plus a scrapbook fi lled with torn tickets
LightweightBoxers are to every boxing match they had ever attended, and some
put in categories based on clippings of their own. If asked a question about any given
their weights. A boxer in the
lightweight category weighs fi ghter, they would immediately zip out from their memory
between 130 and 135 pounds. banks divisions, weights, records of fi ghts, knockouts,
technical knockouts, and draws2 or losses.
Each had fought many bouts representing their
TToo SSuumm UUpp community and had won two gold-plated medals plus a Amigo Brothers
(cid:80)(cid:202)Felix and Antonio are
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long reach made him the better boxer, while
Felix’s short andmuscular frame made him (musʼ kyə lər)adj.
4 boxing ring the better slugger. Whenever they had met having well-formed muscles,
in the ring for sparring sessions,3 it had or strong
always been hot and heavy.
Now, after a series of elimination bouts,4 they had been
informed that they were to meet each other in the division
fi nals that were scheduled for the seventh of August, two
weeks away––the winner to represent the Boys Club in the
Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. 40 Literary Element
The two boys continued to run together along the East
To Sum Up boxes summarize River Drive. But even when joking with each other, they PlotAntonio and Felix must
both sensed a wall rising between them. fight each other. What type
of conflict is this? Check the
each page. One morning less than a week before their bout, they correct answer.
met as usual for their daily workout. They fooled around internal
with a few jabs at the air, slapped skin, and then took off, external
running lightly along the dirty East River’s edge. neither
Antonio glanced at Felix who kept his eyes purposely
straight ahead, pausing from time to time to do some fancy
leg work while throwing one-twos followed by upper 50
Background Information gives you cuts to an imaginary jaw. Antonio then beat the air with a
barrage of body blows and short devastating lefts with an
extra facts about the text. overhand jaw-breaking right.
After a mile or so, Felix puffed and said, “Let’s stop a
while, bro. I think we both got something to say to each
other.”
Antonio nodded. It was not natural to be acting as
though nothing unusual was happening when two
Selection Vocabularyappears on
Vocabulary TToo SSuumm UUpp
devastating(devʼ əs tāt ʼ ing) adj.causing a lot of injury or destruction
the same page as the new word. (cid:80)(cid:202)The boys have different
boxing styles.
(cid:80)(cid:202)The boys must compete
3. Sparring sessionssare practice fights. against each other.
4. Elimination boutss are fights in a tournament; the winners advance to fight again, but the losers
are taken out of competition.
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the courage of a tug boat pulling a barge fi ve times its
welterweight10 size.
“It’s fair, Tony. When we get into the ring, it’s gotta be Followalong as your
like we never met. We gotta be like two heavy strangers 90 teacher leads you in a Respond to Comprehension Check
that want the same thing and only one can have it. You shared reading.
understand, don’tcha?” to see how well you understand
“Sííí, I know.” Tony smiled. “No pulling punches. We go omprehension Check
all the way.” Reread the boxed text. the text.
“Yeah, that’s right. Listen, Tony. Don’t you think it’s a Underline what the boys
good idea if we don’t see each other until the day of the promise each other.
fi ght? I’m going to stay with my Aunt Lucy in the Bronx. I
can use Gleason’s Gym for working out. My manager says
he got some sparring partners with more or less your style.” Defi nitions of idioms or interesting
Tony scratched his nose pensively.11 “Yeah, it would be 100
better for our heads.” He held out his hand, palm upward. expressions help you to understand
“Deal?” Adeallis an agreement. The
“Deal.” Felix lightly slapped open skin. boys agree to stay apart until what you read.
tthe fight.
“Ready for some more running?” Tony asked lamely.
“Naw, bro. Let’s cut it here. You go on. I kinda like to get
10. Awelterweightt boxer weighs between 141 and 147 pounds. Footnotes defi ne terms in the text.
11. Pensivelyymeans “in a thoughtful or sad way.”
REFLECT
Connect to Personal Experience
Think about a time when you competed against a friend.
How did you feel about it?
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_________________________________________________ Felix and Antonio decide that Note Taking
PAR TNE RS Talk about your answer with a partner. they must fight each other
fairly.
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Refl ectboxes give you a chance to
practice the Reading Strategy.
You can respond to and interact
with nonfi ction text on a special
Note Takingpage. Most Interesting New Word One Thing One Thing
Word I Already Knew I Learned
What Is a Knight? 79
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Show What You Know
After reading activities help you focus your understanding of the text.
Here, you apply the skills and strategies you practiced during reading.
After Reading
After You Read Vocabulary Checkshows how well
you learned the new vocabulary.
Vocabulary Check
Check your understanding of the
text in Comprehension Check.
After You Read
Comprehension Check
Beginning
Middle
End
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After You Read
Role Play an Interview
For more practice, see page 243.
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Fun activities allow you to speak,
listen, read, and write.
Many other activities also appear
Amigo Brothers 243 in the back of your book!
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