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18. Multimodal. Look back through old photographs, video, or other visual texts that show you
These notes accompanying many texts help students navigate unfamiliar contexts that 5
with friends throughout your life. Arrange and present them in a way that documents how
friendships change and evolve over time.
come with writing from other time periods and cultural traditions, providing a sense of the
fiction / section three 19. Creative Writing. Look back through Kaling’s narrative and locate places of intended humor. section one
Think about how she tries to create that humor. Try writing a scene (fiction or real) that is
intentionally humorous, through the situation, word choice, or other elements. Share it with
others to see if they also think it is funny, and make adjustments if necessary.
Téa Obreht The Morningside, 349
Octavia Butler Speech Sounds, 357 from A Life on Our Planet

Kate Chopin Story of an Hour, 368
David Attenborough
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s work over the past several decades has
David Attenborough’s work over the past several decades has
David Attenbor
bigger picture. This support is key for developing readers and English Language Learners. / David Attenborough
The Morningside explored all aspects of the earth in hundreds of TV shows, movies,
explored all aspects of the earth in hundreds of TV shows, movies,
and books. While his early work focused mostly on documenting
and books. While his early work focused mostly on documenting
Photo © Graham Jepson/Opale/Bridgeman
Téa Obreht animals, plants, and their natural surroundings, he has more recently
animals, plants, and their natural surroundings, he has more recently
focused on advocating for environmental causes. This is an excerpt WPA Pool/Getty Images
focused on advocating for environmental causes. This is an excerpt
Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Téa Obreht (1985-), is a bestselling and fr fr from his 2020 memoir called A Life on Our Planet , a series of vignettes
from his 2020 memoir called A Life on Our Planet
om his 2020 memoir called
A Life on Our Planet
om his 2020 memoir called
award-winning author whose novels include The Tiger’s Wife from his work as a filmmaker. Each chapter title is a year, and each
from his work as a filmmaker. Each chapter title is a year, and each
(2011) and Inland (2019). In 2010, she was recognized by The New chapter begins with details about the world population, carbon levels,
chapter begins with details about the world population, carbon levels,
Yorker as one of the 20 best American fiction writers under 40.
and remaining wilderness for that year.
and remaining wilderness for that year.

KEY CONTEXT This short story appeared in The Decameron KEY CONTEXT This excerpt takes place on the remote island of New Guinea, in the
KEY CONTEXT This excerpt takes place on the remote island of New Guinea, in the
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Project , for which editors at the New York Times asked authors to Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Attenborough includes the following map and detail of
Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Attenborough includes the following map and detail of
write new short stories inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic that the island of New Guinea to help orient his readers.
the island of New Guinea to help orient his readers.
began in 2019. The editors were inspired by Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio’s
fourteenth-century work The Decameron , which was written as the Black Death,
a bubonic plague pandemic, ravaged much of Europe. Wewak
Sepik River
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at the same time as this woman named Bezi interminably back down with her, and her pow-
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Duras — she seemed old to me then, but as I’m erful tobacco smell, and the three huge, barrel- 02040km
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now approaching what was probably her age chested black dogs who towed her around the
myself, I’m beginning to think she wasn’t. neighborhood at sundown. Wewak New Ireland
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
These boxed features offer enrichment ideas for readings throughout the book. They
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The people for whom the tower was built Small and sharp-featured, Bezi was a source
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
had all left the city, and the new apartments sat of fascination for all. She had come to the city Papua Sepik River
You must wake up with sorrow.
challenge students to encounter other perspectives, put texts in conversation, grapple
You must speak to it till your voice
empty until someone at the top figured having a after some faraway war whose particulars David Attenborough, “1971” From A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough, copyright © 2020. Reprinted by permission of Grand Central Publishing, an
Poetry
catches the thread of all sorrows
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few units occupied might give the looters pause. nobody, not even my mother, seemed to fully Papua New Guinea New Britain
with counterarguments, and draw connections to real-world issues.
and you see the size of the cloth.
My late father had served the city with some grasp. Nobody knew where she’d gotten such imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
loyalty and brains, so my mother and I were fine clothes, or what connection she had man- Solomon Sea
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only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to gaze at bread,
allowed to move in at a greatly reduced price. aged to press to get herself into the Morningside.
only kindness that raises its head 30
When we walked home from the bakery at night, She spoke to the dogs in a language nobody
from the crowd of the world to say
the Morningside loomed before us with just a understood, and the police came around every Coral Sea
It is I you have been looking for,
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few thin, lighted windows skittering up the black so often to check whether the dogs had finally beyond the te xt
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.
edifice like notes of a secret song. overpowered and eaten her, as they were said
that he pr
efers the term
While David Sedaris writes stories about his own life, he has said
While David Sedaris writes stories about his own life, he has said
While David Sedaris writes stories about his own life, he has said that he prefers the term
My mother and I lived on the 10th floor. Bezi to have done to some poor bastard who tried to that he pr efers the term 155
“humorist,” rather than “memoirist” because it allows him to stretch the truth a little bit more
“humorist,” rather than “memoirist” because it allows him to stretch the truth a little bit more
Narrative
extending beyond the text
Duras lived on the 14th. We knew this because rob her on one of her walks. The incident was
than he could otherwise. In an interview with the
than he could otherwise. In an interview with the Guardian in 2009, he said, “I’ve always
been very upfront about the way I write, and I’ve always used the tools humorists use, such
been very upfront about the way I write, and I’ve always used the tools humorists use, such
Look closely at the painting below from the mid-seventeenth century called The Seven Acts as exaggeration.” Read the following excerpt in which the interviewer continues to ask him
as exaggeration.” Read the following excerpt in which the interviewer continues to ask him
of Mercy . to elaborate on his approach:
to elaborate on his approach:
349 g t o wr it e memoir , the c h ar g e is th a t he sho
But if Sedaris isn’t claiming to write memoir, the charge is that he should call his work uld call his work
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The Seven Acts of Mercy (oil on card) / Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90)/Louvre, Paris, story. And I don’t like the ‘that’s not true’ guy. I’ve always hated that person.” ed “fiction” rather than
fiction. He smiles, and sighs. “You know, if you tell a funny story at the dinner table in
fiction. He smiles, and sighs. “You know, if you tell a funny story at the dinner table in
front of 10 people, nine of them will laugh, and one of them will say that’s not true. Now,
front of 10 people, nine of them will laugh, and one of them will say that’s not true. Now,
I never say that to people. I’m never the ‘that’s not true’ guy when someone tells a funny
I never say that to people. I’m never the ‘that’s not true’ guy when someone tells a funny

story. And I don’t like the ‘that’s not true’ guy. I’ve always hated that person.”
s writing should be consider
Do these comments mean that Sedaris’
Do these comments mean that Sedaris’s writing should be considered “fiction” rather than
“nonfiction”? Would you be upset if it turned out that Sedaris made up elements of the
“nonfiction”? Would you be upset if it turned out that Sedaris made up elements of the
narrative “Us and Them”? Which details from the piece could be exaggerated without
narrative “Us and Them”? Which details from the piece could be exaggerated without
turning this narrative into a work of fiction? Which details need to be based on fact for this
turning this narrative into a work of fiction? Which details need to be based on fact for this

text to still be considered narrative? What’s the line between the two for you?
text to still be considered narrative? What’s the line between the two for you?

Understanding and Interpreting
What acts of kindness are depicted in this image? What is the overall tone of the France/Bridgeman Images 1. Reread the first paragraph and explain what Sedaris reveals about himself and his family.
2. What are Sedaris’s parents’ views on television, and how do they compare with those of the
painting, and how does the artist create this tone? Identify one line from the poem that Tomkeys?
would fit well as a caption for this painting and one that would not. Explain your choices.
3. In paragraph 6, Sedaris starts spying on the Tomkeys. Why does he do this, and how should
we as readers judge his actions?
536 4. In paragraphs 8–9, Sedaris describes how the Tomkey children may not know about two
entertainment figures popular at the time, Elmer Fudd and Will Robinson. Why does Sedaris
think this information is important, and how does he choose to help them? Why?
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5. When the Tomkeys purchase a boat, why does Sedaris say, “I felt as if my favorite show had
been cancelled” (par. 10).
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6. Summarize what Sedaris does when he is told to bring some of his Halloween candy to the
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Tomkey children. What do these actions reveal about him? What does he mean when he says,
“While it hurt to destroy them, it would have hurt even more to give them away” (par. 28)?
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7. Reread the dialogue between Sedaris’s mother and Mr. Tomkey about boat trailers (pars.
20–24) and Sedaris’s description of what that dialogue actually meant (par. 25). What does this
dialogue reveal about his mother and about himself?
8. Reread the final paragraph of the narrative. Why does Sedaris not want to “look at himself” as
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himself”?
9. Why might Sedaris have chosen to title this piece “Us and Them”?
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