• Unit 1, Personal Narrative: Crafting Powerful Life Stories helps students write true stories, learning strategies to generate meaningful story ideas, manage pace, elaborate on important scenes, and deepen insights.

• In Unit 2, The Literary Essay: From Character to Compare/Contrast, sixth graders craft essays that make arguments about characters and themes, learning strategies essayists use to gather, analyze, and explain evidence from the text to support their claims.

• In Unit 3, Research-Based Information Writing: Books, Websites, and Presentations, sixth graders learn ways to research and write informational essays, books, and digital presentations or websites to teach their readers about a topic, using increasingly sophisticated ways to draw on and structure information to explain a position or make a call to action.

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Invoice Title: UNITS STUDY OPINION INFO NARRAT WRTG GR6

ISBN-10: 0325047146

ISBN-13: 9780325047140

• In Unit 1, Writing Realistic Fiction: Symbolism, Syntax, and Truth, students write engaging short fiction, creating action-filled plots and believable characters and crafting nuanced, memorable scenes.

• In Unit 2, Writing About Reading: From Reader's Notebooks to Companion Books, seventh graders intensify their engagement with reading by writing innovative, reflective companion books that explain, develop, and extend ideas about books they love.

• In Unit 3, The Art of Argument: Research-Based Essays, seventh graders learn to write essays that build convincing, nuanced arguments, balancing evidence and analysis to persuade readers to shift their beliefs or take action.

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Invoice Title: UNITS STUDY ARGUMENT INFO NARR WRTG GR7

ISBN-10: 0325047154

ISBN-13: 9780325047157

• In Unit 1, Investigative Journalism, eighth graders learn to use sharp observations of life to write news and investigative articles about meaningful topics, crafting vivid narratives, and elaborating multiple perspectives.

• In Unit 2, Literary Essay: Analyzing Craft and Theme, students write arguments and counterarguments about themes in texts, supporting their positions with details of plot, character, and author's craft.

• In Unit 3, Position Papers: Research and Argument, students learn ways writers explain complex issues and compose arguments by drawing on evidence, contextualizing their positions, and addressing multiple perspectives.

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Invoice Title: UNITS STUDY ARGUMENT INFO NARR WRTG GR8

ISBN-10: 0325047162

ISBN-13: 9780325047164