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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Genre Focus: Informational Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
William M. Hendryx Flash Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . . . 5
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Setting a Purpose for Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lew Freedman Paddling Dicey Waters . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Newspaper Article . . . .16
Gary Soto Seventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . .26
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Applying Good Writing Traits: Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Grammar Link: Action and Linking Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
UNIT 1
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BIGQuestionQuestion Why Do We Read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Genre Focus: Informational Media
Reading Skills Focus Text ElementsSetting a Purpose for ReadingPreviewingReviewingUnderstanding Text Structure
Photos and IllustrationsTitles, Heads, and
DecksLeadText Features
Vocabulary Skills GrammarContext Clues(Defi nition and Restatement,Comparison and Contrast,Examples)
Verbs
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Jack Anderson Where You Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 42
Ericka Sóuter and Dietlind Lerner Message of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 48
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Reviewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lesley Reed Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant,
and Vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . . .58
Marjorie Sharmat May I Have Your Autograph? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 66
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Giving and Following Directions . . . . . . .77
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Understanding Text Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Jane Yolen Suzy and Leah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 82
The editors of Consumer Guide from How Things Work . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Reference Book . . . 96
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Michael Dorris Summer Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . . 105
Rita Dove The First Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 109
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Paul Zindel The Day It Rained Cockroaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . . 114 from The Pigman and Me
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Genre Focus: Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Steve Pittman Tony Hawk: Chairman of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biography . . . 133
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins from Rosa Parks: My Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . . 140
Barbara A. Lewis Kids in Action: Dalie Jimenez . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Book Chapter . . . 148
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Autobiographical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Grammar Link: Kinds of Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
UNIT 2
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion
How Can We Become Who We Want to Be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Genre Focus: Biography
Reading Skills Focus Literary ElementsActivating Prior KnowledgeConnectingInferringIdentifying Sequence
NarratorPoint of ViewSettingSensory Details
Vocabulary Skills GrammarMultiple-Meaning WordsWord References
NounsPronouns
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Judith Ortiz Cofer An Hour with Abuelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 160
Lavendhri Pillay Toward a Rainbow Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . . 170
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Maya Angelou New Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biography . . . 180
Toni Cade Bambara The War of the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 188
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Autobiographical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Applying Good Writing Traits: Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Group Discussion and Active Listening . . 203
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Identifying Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ji-li Jiang from Red Scarf Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Memoir . . . 208
Christina Cheakalos and Matt Birkbeck Miracle Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 218
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ernesto Galarza from Barrio Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . . 225
Gregory Djanikian How I Learned English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 232
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Robert L. Fontaine Graduation Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One-Act Play . . . 238
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Genre Focus: Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Gary Soto Broken Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 255
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Glencoe Teen Health Friendships and Peer Pressure . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Textbook . . . 270
Piri Thomas Amigo Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 278
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Short Fictional Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Applying Good Writing Traits: Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Grammar Link: Adjectives and Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
UNIT 3
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion Who Can We Really Count On? . . . . . . . . . . 250
Genre Focus: Short Story
Reading Skills FocusDrawing ConclusionsRespondingSynthesizingDetermining the Main Idea
Vocabulary SkillsSynonymsAntonyms Word Choice
Literary ElementsConfl ictDialogueCharacterPlot
GrammarAdjectives AdverbsPrepositions Interjections
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Don Wulffson Framed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 302
O. Henry After Twenty Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 312
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Synthesizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Aimee Bender Loser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 324
Sari Locker Friends Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 334
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Short Fictional Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Reading Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Determining the Main Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
René Saldaña, Jr. The Good Samaritan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 350
Henry and Melissa Billings The Brink’s Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Textbook . . . 362
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Joan Aiken Lob’s Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 371
Alfred Noyes The Highwayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 386
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Gwendolyn Brooks Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 396
Margaret Danner I’ll Walk the Tightrope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 399
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Denver Post Violence in Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editorial . . . 414
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Understanding Persuasive Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Clay Bennett 3BCB: Three by Clay Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editorial Cartoons . . . 420
Langston Hughes Thank You, M’am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 426
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Grammar Link: Complete Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion
Who Infl uences Us and How Do They Do So?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing
UNIT 4
Reading Skills FocusUnderstanding Persuasive TechniquesDistinguishing Fact and OpinionIdentifying Author’s Purpose and
PerspectiveUnderstanding Text Structure:
Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary SkillsDenotationConnotation
Semantic Slanting
Literary ElementsStyleToneDictionArgument
GrammarSentences
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Distinguishing Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Sheila Globus What Exercise Can Do for You . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Textbook . . . 442
Sidney Poitier Oprah Winfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 450
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Identifying Author’s Purpose and Perspective . . . . . . . . . . 454
Edna St. Vincent Millay The Courage That My Mother Had. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 458
Eve Merriam Two People I Want to Be Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 459
Volunteers Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Brochure . . . 464
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Applying Good Writing Traits: Word Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Persuasive Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Using Text Structure: Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 474
John Yinger and Matthew Spalding Should Naturalized Citizens Be President? Informational Text: Magazine Article 478
Nicholas Gage The Teacher Who Changed My Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . . 484
READING ACROSS TEXTS WORKSHOP
Reading for Persuasive Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Sheila Globus Take the Junk Out of Marketing Food to Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . Editorial . . . 497
uncredited Grainies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereal Box . . . 500
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Robert Service The Cremation of Sam McGee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 506
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Genre Focus: Science and Technology Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Hip-Hop from The Story of Music . . . . .Informational Text: Reference Book . . . 525
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Paraphrasing and Summarizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Lensey Namioka LAFFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 532
Cindy Kauffman Cyber Chitchat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . . 546
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Research Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Grammar Link: Main and Subordinate Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
UNIT 5
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion Is Progress Always Good? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Genre Focus: Science and Technology Writing
Reading Skills FocusParaphrasing and SummarizingUsing Text FeaturesTaking NotesUnderstanding Text Structure:
Problem/Solution
Vocabulary Skills Structural Analysis (Base
words, suffi xes, prefi xes)Content-Area Words
Literary ElementsAuthor’s CraftConcept and
Defi nitionOrganizationDescription
GrammarClausesPhrasesCommas
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Using Text Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Glencoe Science Conserving Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Textbook . . . 560
Ray Bradbury There Will Come Soft Rains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 568
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Taking Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Maryanne Murray Buechner and Mitch Frank The Next Big Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 582
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song Lyrics . . . 592
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Research Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Applying Good Writing Traits: Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Identifying Problem and Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
J. Madeleine Nash Fireproofing the Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 606
Claire Miller Missing! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Article . . . 616
Joseph Bruchac Birdfoot’s Grampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 619
READING ACROSS TEXTS WORKSHOP
Reading for Author’s Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Andrew A. Rooney America the Not-So-Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . . 625
Kathryn Sullivan A Glimpse of Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . . 630
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Isaac Asimov Key Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 636
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Genre Focus: Folktale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
Julius Lester Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . . 654
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Understanding Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Phyllis Savory The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . . 660
Shirley Jackson Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 668
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Modern Folktale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Grammar Link: Compound and Complex Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
UNIT 6
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion Why Do We Share Our Stories? . . . . . . . . . . 648
Genre Focus: Folktale
Reading Skills FocusUnderstanding Cause and EffectQuestioningPredictingAnalyzing
Vocabulary SkillsIdiomsSlangDialogueLiteral and Metaphoric
Word Meanings
Literary ElementsThemeCharacter and
CharacterizationCultural AllusionsDialect
GrammarObjectsCompound and Complex
SentencesCommas
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Questioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Rudolfo A. Anaya The Boy and His Grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . . 684
Walter Dean Myers Jeremiah’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 690
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Mark Crilley The Tale of ‘Kiko-Wiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Story . . . 706
Laurence Yep We Are All One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . . 716
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Modern Folktale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Applying Good Writing Traits: Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Analyzing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Kathryn Satterfield Voices—and Stories—from the Past . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 734
Judith Ortiz Cofer Aunty Misery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . . 742
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Cultural Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748
Langston Hughes Aunt Sue’s Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 751
Li-Young Lee I Ask My Mother to Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 753
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Audrey Wood The Bunyans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . . 758
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Genre Focus: Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
James Berry One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 775
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 780
Julia Alvarez Names/Nombres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . . 786
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
Applying Good Writing Traits: Word Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
Grammar Link: Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Interpreting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
UNIT 7
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BIGQuestionQuestion What Makes You Tick? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Genre Focus: Poetry
Reading Skills FocusEvaluating InterpretingMonitoring ComprehensionConnecting
Vocabulary Skills Structural Analysis: Latin,
Anglo-Saxon, and Greek Roots
Word Origins
Literary ElementsSound DevicesSymbolismRhyme, Rhythm, and
MeterFigurative Language
GrammarSubject-Verb
Agreement
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Nikki Grimes Diondra Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 802
Janet S. Wong Face It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 810
Arnold Adoff Almost Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 811
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Monitoring Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
Walt Whitman Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 818
Robert Frost The Pasture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 819
Elizabeth Wellington Reading, Writing, Rapping . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Article . . . 824
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Poetry Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Jean Little Growing Pains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 838
Claudia Wallis What Makes Teens Tick? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 844
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
Lillian Morrison The Women’s 400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 855
Frank Horne To James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 856
Yusef Komunyakaa Slam, Dunk, & Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 858
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Tracy Eberhart and Robert A. Barnett The Giggle Prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 864
Ogden Nash The Carcajou and the Kincajou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 867
The Termite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 867
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878
Genre Focus: Historical Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880
Linda Meyers Donelson It Was Not My Finest Hour . . . . . . Informational Text: Historical Document . . . 881
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Visualizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884
Collected by Basil Davidson Kingdoms of Gold and Salt . . . . . . Informational Text: Historical Document . . 888
Borden Deal Antaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 894
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
Applying Good Writing Traits: Sentence Fluency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
Grammar Link: Apostrophes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
UNIT 8
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BIGQuestionQuestion What Is a Community? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .876
Genre Focus: Historical Documents
Reading Skills FocusVisualizingSkimming and ScanningClarifyingPredicting
Vocabulary Skills Compound WordsBorrowed WordsAcronymsAbbreviations
Historical Infl uences on English
Literary ElementsImageryOrganizationFigurative LanguageTeleplay
GrammarPunctuation
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912
Getting There . . . . . . . . . . Functional Documents: Train Schedule and Map . . . 916
Graeme Davis Letters from Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . . 922
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Clarifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930
Amanda Hinnant Ah, Wilderness! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine Article . . . 934
from The Contemporary Photographing History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Textbook . . . 942 Reader
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Visuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952
Rod Serling The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Act 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . . 956
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Act 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . . 970
READING ACROSS TEXTS WORKSHOP
Reading for Author’s Credibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982
Jerrilyn Jacobs Teacher Hero: Erin Gruwell . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Article . . . 985
Zlata Filipovic from Zlata’s Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diary . . . 989
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Mary TallMountain There Is No Word for Goodbye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 998
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
FictionSeventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gary Soto
May I Have Your Autograph? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Marjorie Sharmat
Suzy and Leah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Jane Yolen
An Hour with Abuelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Judith Ortiz Cofer
The War of the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Toni Cade Bambara
Broken Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Gary Soto
Amigo Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Piri Thomas
Framed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Don Wulffson
After Twenty Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312O. Henry
Loser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Aimee Bender
The Good Samaritan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350René Saldaña, Jr.
Lob’s Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371Joan Aiken
Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Gwendolyn Brooks
Thank You, M’am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426Langston Hughes
LAFFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532Lensey Namioka
There Will Come Soft Rains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568Ray Bradbury
Key Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636Isaac Asimov
Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668Shirley Jackson
Jeremiah’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690Walter Dean Myers
Diondra Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802Nikki Grimes
Antaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894Borden Deal
PoetryWhere You Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Jack Anderson
The First Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Rita Dove
How I Learned English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Gregory Djanikian
The Highwayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386Alfred Noyes
I’ll Walk the Tightrope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Margaret Danner
The Courage That My Mother Had . . . . . . . . . . 458Edna St. Vincent Millay
Two People I Want to Be Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Eve Merriam
The Cremation of Sam McGee . . . . . . . . . . . . 506Robert Service
Big Yellow Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592Joni Mitchell
Birdfoot’s Grampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619Joseph Bruchac
Aunt Sue’s Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751Langston Hughes
I Ask My Mother to Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753Li-Young Lee
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Selections by Genre
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Selections by Genre
One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775James Berry
Annabel Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780Edgar Allan Poe
Face It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810Janet S. Wong
Almost Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811Arnold Adoff
Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818Walt Whitman
The Pasture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819Robert Frost
Growing Pains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838Jean Little
The Women’s 400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855Lillian Morrison
To James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856Frank Horne
Slam, Dunk, & Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858Yusef Komunyakaa
The Carcajou and the Kincajou . . . . . . . . . . . . 867Ogden Nash
The Termite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867Ogden Nash
There Is No Word for Goodbye . . . . . . . . . . . . 998Mary TallMountain
DramaGraduation Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Robert L. Fontaine
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street . . . . . . . 956Rod Serling
FolktalesBrer Rabbit and Brer Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Julius Lester
The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena . . . . . . . . . . 660Phyllis Savory
The Boy and His Grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . 684Rudolfo A. Anaya
We Are All One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716Laurence Yep
Aunty Misery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742Judith Ortiz Cofer
The Bunyans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Audrey Wood
Graphic Stories and Cartoons 3BCB: Three by Clay Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Clay Bennett
The Tale of ’Kiko-Wiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706Mark Crilley
Personal Essays Summer Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Michael Dorris
The Teacher Who Changed My Life. . . . . . . . . . 484Nicholas Gage
Cyber Chitchat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546Cindy Kauffman
America the Not-So-Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625Andrew A. Rooney
A Glimpse of Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630Kathryn Sullivan
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Selections by Genre
Biography, Autobiography, Memoirs, LettersThe Day It Rained Cockroaches . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Paul Zindel from The Pigman and Me
Tony Hawk: Chairman of the Board . . . . . . . . . 133Steve Pittman
Rosa Parks: My Story, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins
Toward a Rainbow Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Lavendhri Pillay
New Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Maya Angelou
Red Scarf Girl, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Ji-li Jiang
Barrio Boy, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Ernesto Galarza
Names/Nombres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786Julia Alvarez
Zlata’s Diary, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 Zlata Filipovic
Informational Texts Flash Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
William M. Hendryx
Paddling Dicey Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Lew Freedman
Message of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Ericka Souter and Dietlind Lerner
Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote . . . . . . . 58Lesley Reed
How Things Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96the editors of Consumer Guide
Kids in Action: Dalie Jimenez . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Barbara A. Lewis
Miracle Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Christina Cheakalos and Matt Birkbeck
Friendships and Peer Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 270from Glencoe Teen Health
Friends Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334Sari Locker
The Brink’s Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362Henry Billings and Melissa Billings
Violence in Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414from Denver Post
What Exercise Can Do for You . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Sheila Globus
Oprah Winfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450Sidney Poitier
Volunteers Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Should Naturalized Citizens Be President? . . . . . . 478John Yinger and Matthew Spalding
Take the Junk Out of Marketing Food to Kids . . . . 497Sheila Globus
Hip Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525from The Story of Music
Conserving Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560from Glencoe Science
The Next Big Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582Maryanne Murray Buechner and Mitch Frank
Fireproofi ng the Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606J. Madeleine Nash
Missing! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616Claire Miller
Voices—and Stories—from the Past . . . . . . . . . . 734Kathryn Satterfield
Reading, Writing, Rapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824Elizabeth Wellington
What Makes Teens Tick?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844Claudia Wallis
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Selections by Genre
The Giggle Prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864Tracy Eberhart and Robert A. Barnett
Letters from Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922Graeme Davis
Ah, Wilderness! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934Amanda Hinnant
Teacher Hero: Erin Gruwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985Jerrilyn Jacobs
Historical DocumentsIt Was Not My Finest Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881
Linda Meyers Donelson
Kingdoms of Gold and Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888Collected by Basil Davidson
Photographing History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942from The Contemporary Reader
Functional Documents Grainies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Train Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
The Greentown Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
READING SKILLS
Reading WorkshopsSetting a Purpose for Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Reviewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Understanding Text Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Activating Prior Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Connecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Identifying Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Synthesizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Determining the Main Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346Understanding Persuasive Techniques . . . . . . . . 416Distinguishing Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 438Identifying Author’s Purpose and Perspective . . . . 454Using Text Structure: Compare and Contrast. . . . . 474Paraphrasing and Summarizing. . . . . . . . . . . . 528Using Text Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556Taking Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578Identifying Problem and Solution. . . . . . . . . . . 602Understanding Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . 656Questioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702Analyzing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776Interpreting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798Monitoring Comprehension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814Connecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834Visualizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884Skimming and Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912Clarifying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952
Reading Across TextsRead for Persuasive Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . 494Read for Author’s Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622Read for Author’s Credibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982
LITERATURE SKILLS
Literary and Text ElementsPhotographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Titles, Heads, and Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Text Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Point of View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Sensory Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Confl ict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Nonfi ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441Diction, Language, and Word Choice . . . . . . . . . 457Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477Hyperbole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483Author’s Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531Concept and Defi nition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683Cultural Allusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705Dialect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733Sound Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785Symbolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801Rhyme, Rhythm, and Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817Imagery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887Teleplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
Genre FocusInformational Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
READING SKILLS
Reading Workshopsi f di
LITERATURE SKILLS
Literary and Text Elementsh h
Skills Features
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Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Science and Technology Writing . . . . . . . . . . . 524Folktale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774Historical Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880
Comparing LiteratureTheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368Cultural Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
VOCABULARY SKILLS
English Language CoachContext Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 1Multiple-Meaning Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2Word References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Choice . . . . . . . . Unit 3Denotation, Connotation, and Semantic Slanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 4Structural Analysis and Content-Area Words (Base words, Roots, Suffi xes, Prefi xes) . . . . . Unit 5Idioms, Slang, Dialogue, Literal and Metaphoric Word Meanings . . . . . Unit 6Structural Analysis (Latin, Anglo-Saxon, and Greek roots) . . . . . Unit 7Compound Words, Borrowed Words, Acronyms, Abbreviations, Historical Infl uences on English . Unit 8
WRITING SKILLS
Writing ProductsSummary 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Summary 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Autobiographical Narrative 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Autobiographical Narrative 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Short Fictional Story 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Short Fictional Story 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Editorial 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434Editorial 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Research Report 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552Research Report 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596Modern Folktale 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676Modern Folktale 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724Poem 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794Poem 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830Descriptive Writing 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908Descriptive Writing 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
Writing TraitsConventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294Word Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726Word Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796Sentence Fluency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
GRAMMAR SKILLS
Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 1Nouns and Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2Adjectives and Adverbs, Other Parts of Speech . . Unit 3Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 4Phrases and Clauses, Commas . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 5Compound and Complex Sentences, Commas,
Direct and Indirect Objects . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 6Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 7Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 8
LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND VIEWING
Giving and Following Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Group Discussion and Active Listening . . . . . . . . 203Reading Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Persuasive Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601Storytelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729Poetry Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833Visuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951
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