This page includes the student reader for the unit, as well as editable resources from the teacher manual: writing tasks, charts for discussion, and forms and graphic organizers. All resources can be downloaded for implementation with students.

Table of Contents

Unit Texts

Grade 9, Unit 5 Student Reader
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Writing Tasks

S-7: “Our Secret Latin Heartlands” Tracing Cultural Influences
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S-9: “Our Secret Latin Heartlands” Examining Tobar’s Methods
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S-11: The Research-Based Report Writing Project
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S-21: A “Before You Begin Writing” Task Wrapping Up the Research
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S-22: Writing the Report
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S-25: A Brief Revision Task Imitating Sentences
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Charts for Discussion

S-6: Class Retelling of “Our Secret Latin Heartlands”
S-7: Tobar’s Arguments
S-10: Tobar’s Methods
S-12: Parts of a Project Description
S-13: Short Assignments for the Research Project
S-14: Basic Rules for Interviewing
S-14: Six Things to Do Before the Interview
S-15: Six Things to Do At the Interview
S-16: Things to Do After the Interview
S-16: Ways to Incorporate Interviews into a Report
S-16: Things to Work On
S-17: Sentences: Writing From Interviews
S-17: Sentences: Writing From Observation, Experience, or Memory
S-17: Sentences: Writing From Books, Articles, or Other Print Materials
S-17: Sentences: Writing to Report Data
S-20: Citations

Forms and Graphic Organizers

S-1: Tracking “Our Secret Latin Heartlands”
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S-4: “Our Secret Latin Heartlands” Sketching the Sequence
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S-8: Criteria for a Good Discussion
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S-27: Reviewing Report Drafts
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S-30: Presenting Your Research
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