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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Genre Focus: Informational Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Sally S. Stich Animal Attraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . . 6
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Setting a Purpose for Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Consumer Reports 4 Kids Ballpark Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Article . . . 12
Amy Bertrand How He Did It: Health Advice, Kid-to-Kid . . Informational Text: Web Article . . . 20
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Applying Good Writing Traits: Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Grammar Link: Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
UNIT 1
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion Why Read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Genre Focus: Informational Media
Reading Skills Focus Text and Literary ElementsSetting a Purpose for ReadingSkimming and ScanningUnderstanding GraphicsIdentifying Main Idea and
Supporting Details
Text FeaturesTitles and SubheadsProcessAuthor’s Purpose
Vocabulary Skills GrammarWord ReferencesMultiple-Meaning Words
Parts of SpeechVerbs
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Kathryn R. Hoffman Messaging Mania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . . 34
Nancy Gibbs The Real Magic of Harry Potter . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 42
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Understanding Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Uncredited Make Your Own Kite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Instructions . . . 52
Jeff Smith from The Great Cow Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Story . . . 58
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Getting Information from Visuals . . . . . . . . 67
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gwendolyn Brooks To Young Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . 72
Neil Gaiman Why Books Are Dangerous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . . 78
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Author’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Judith Viorst The Southpaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 88
Mary Helen Ponce Concha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . . 93
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Kristin Hunter The Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 102
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Genre Focus: Biography/Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Jim Haskins Madam C. J. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biography . . 119
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Gary Soto The Jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . 130
Nikki Giovanni The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 139
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Autobiographical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Applying Good Writing Traits: Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Grammar Link: Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
UNIT 2
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion
What Brings Out the Best in You?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Genre Focus: Biography/Autobiography
Reading Skills Focus Literary ElementsActivating Prior KnowledgeConnectingPredictingQuestioning
NarratorPoint of ViewToneChronological Order
Vocabulary Skills GrammarSynonymsAntonymsNegating Prefi xesWord Choice
NounsPronouns
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Bill Littlefield Satchel Paige . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biography . . 150
Sara Van Alstyne Allen Song for a Surf-Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 161
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
William Jay Jacobs Eleanor Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biography . . 168
Uncredited In Eleanor Roosevelt‘s Time . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Timeline . . 180
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Autobiographical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Active Listening in a Group Discussion . . . . 187
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Questioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Alice Park Gentleman of the Pool . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 192
Judith Ortiz Cofer Primary Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . 198
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Paul Zindel from The Pigman & Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autobiography . . 211
Avi The Goodness of Matt Kaizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 221
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Mary Whitebird Ta-Na-E-Ka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 238
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Sojourner Truth And Ain’t I a Woman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speech . . 257
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Distinguishing Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Richard Durbin Preserving a Great American Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speech . . 264
Elizabeth Partridge Looking for America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Essay . . 270
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Persuasive Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Applying Good Writing Traits: Sentence Fluency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Grammar Link: Adjectives and Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
UNIT 3
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion What’s Fair and What’s Not? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing
Reading Skills FocusDistinguishing Fact and OpinionClarifyingInferringIdentifying Problems and
Solutions
Vocabulary SkillsDenotation/ConnotationSynonyms and Shades
of MeaningSemantic Slanting
Literary ElementsAuthor’s StyleBiasArgumentMood
GrammarAdjectives AdverbsOther Parts
of Speech
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Clarifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Uncredited Two Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . Functional Document: Advertisements . . 286
Cynthia Rylant Stray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 292
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Inferring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Melanie Bertotto Dressed for Success? . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 302
Sandra Cisneros Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 308
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Persuasive Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Effective Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Identifying Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
The Earth from 50 Simple Things Kids Works Group Can Do to Save the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Book . . 322
Jane Yolen Greyling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 328
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Marta Salinas The Scholarship Jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 339
Francisco Jiménez The Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 347
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Ray Bradbury All Summer in a Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 358
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Genre Focus: Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Shel Silverstein Whatif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 375
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Visualizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Luis Omar Salinas My Father Is a Simple Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 380
Lensey Namioka The All-American Slurp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 386
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Applying Good Writing Traits: Word Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Grammar Link: Complete Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion What Makes You Who You Are? . . . . . . . . . 370
Genre Focus: Poetry
UNIT 4
Reading Skills FocusVisualizingRespondingInterpretingMonitoring Comprehension
Vocabulary SkillsContext Clues(Defi nition and Restatement,
Comparison and Contrast,Examples)
Literary ElementsPoetic FeaturesSound DevicesRhythm, Rhyme, and Meter Figurative Language
GrammarSentencesFragmentsSubject/PredicateDirect and Indirect
Objects
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Maya Angelou Life Doesn’t Frighten Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 406
Toni Cade Bambara Geraldine Moore the Poet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 412
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Interpreting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Pat Mora Same Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 424
Elizabeth Ellis Flowers and Freckle Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 430
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Reading Poetry Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Monitoring Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Robert Service The March of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 444
Jordan Brown The Gene Scene . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 452
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Literature: Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
e. e. cummings maggie and milly and molly and may. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 461
Eloise Greenfield Daydreamers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 463
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Lewis Carroll The Walrus and the Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 470
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Genre Focus: Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Rona Maynard The Fan Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 485
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Will Eisner Street Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Story . . 498
Uncredited What Kids Say About Bullying . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Article . . 510
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Applying Good Writing Traits: Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Grammar Link: Independent and Dependent Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
UNIT 5
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion How Should You Deal with Bullies? . . . . . . 480
Genre Focus: Short Story
Reading Skills FocusDrawing ConclusionsUnderstanding Cause
and EffectIdentifying SequenceParaphrasing and
Summarizing
Vocabulary Skills Base Words Prefi xesSuffi xes Roots
Literary ElementsDialogueConfl ictPlotCharacterization
GrammarPhrasesIndependent and
Dependent ClausesCommas
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Understanding Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Norma Fox Mazer Tuesday of the Other June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 524
Stephen Spender My Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 540
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Identifying Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Richard Peck Priscilla and the Wimps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 548
Ritu Upadhyay and Andrea DeSimone Let the Bullies Beware . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 556
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Reading Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Paraphrasing and Summarizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Ellen Conford Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 570
Jack Prelutsky The New Kid on the Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 583
READING ACROSS TEXTS WORKSHOP
Comparing Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Jon Swartz Bullies in the Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 589
Elizabeth Siris The Bully Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 593
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Charles J. Finger El Enano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 600
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Genre Focus: Folktale, Fantasy, and Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
Alice Low Persephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . 619
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Thomas Fields-Meyer, Steve Helling, Lori Rozsa Hurricane Heroes . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 628
Harold Courlander All Stories Are Anansi’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . 636
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Fable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Applying Good Writing Traits: Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
Grammar Link: Compound and Complex Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
UNIT 6
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion What Makes a Hero? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .614
Genre Focus: Folktale, Fantasy, and Myth
Reading Skills FocusActivating Prior
KnowledgeClarifyingComparing
and ContrastingPredicting
Vocabulary SkillsCompound WordsBorrowed WordsWord Histories
Literary ElementsHeroCultural ContextThemeSetting
GrammarCapitalizationSentence CombiningRun-on SentencesCommas in Sentences
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Clarifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Walker Brents The Twelve Labors of Hercules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . 650
Mary Pope Osborne Pecos Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . 660
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
John Gardner Dragon, Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fantasy . . 674
Jack London The King of Mazy May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 688
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Fable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Mary Steele Aunt Millicent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 710
Clifton Davis A Mason-Dixon Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal Essay . . 734
COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP
Comparing Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
Toni Cade Bambara The Toad and the Donkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . 748
Virginia Hamilton Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . 751
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Alma Luz Villanueva The Sand Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fantasy . . 760
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
Genre Focus: Historical Fiction and Nonfiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
San Francisco Chronicle The Great Radio Scare . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Historical News Article . . 777
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Synthesizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782
Mildred D. Taylor The Gold Cadillac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 786
Sue Alexander Nadia the Willful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 806
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
Applying Good Writing Traits: Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
Grammar Link: Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
UNIT 7
?The
BIGQuestionQuestion What Can We Learn from Our Mistakes? . . 772
Genre Focus: Historical Fiction and Nonfiction
Reading Skills FocusSynthesizingIdentifying Main Idea and
Supporting DetailsEvaluatingInferring
Vocabulary SkillsBase Words and RootsLatin RootsGreek RootsAnglo-Saxon Origins
Literary ElementsSymbolNarratorDescriptionTime Order/Sequence
GrammarSubject-Verb
Agreement
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details. . . . . . . . . . . 818
Yoshiko Uchida The Bracelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 822
Dorothy M. Johnson Too Soon a Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historical Fiction . . 832
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Evaluating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
Robert Cormier President Cleveland, Where Are You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 844
David Fischer Nobody’s Perfect. . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 860
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: News Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Inferring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
The Shutout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Historical Nonfiction . . 874
Donna L. Washington The Talking Skull. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Folktale . . 884
READING ACROSS TEXTS WORKSHOP
Comparing Author’s Credibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894
Jim Murphy from The Great Fire . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Historical Nonfiction . . 897
Justin and Fannie Belle Becker Letters About the Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Historical Document . . 905
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Stan Sakai A Lesson in Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Story . . 912
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922
Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr.
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WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928
Genre Focus: Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930
Gary Soto from Novio Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . 931
READING WORKSHOP 1
Skill Lesson: Visualizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938
Kenneth Grahame The Reluctant Dragon, Scene 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . 942
Kenneth Grahame The Reluctant Dragon, Scene 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . 954
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966
Applying Good Writing Traits: Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968
Grammar Link: Apostrophes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969
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Reading Skills FocusVisualizingClarifyingSkimming and ScanningPredicting
Vocabulary SkillsDialect and SlangClipped WordsLiteral/Figurative MeaningsIdioms
Literary ElementsAct and SceneCharacterizationStage DirectionsSensory Imagery
GrammarHyphensSemicolonsColonsQuotation Marks
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BIGQuestionQuestion What Makes a Friend? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926
Genre Focus: Drama
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READING WORKSHOP 2
Skill Lesson: Clarifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970
Fan Kissen Damon and Pythias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . 974
Joe Smith Charlie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 988
READING WORKSHOP 3
Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996
Eric Alter The Bully of Barksdale Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . 1000
Christina Hamlett Tales of the Tangled Tresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . . 1016
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032
Listening, Speaking, Viewing: Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035
READING WORKSHOP 4
Skill Lesson: Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036
Isaac Bashevis Singer Zlateh the Goat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short Story . . 1040
Kevin Gray and Cindy Dampier Best of Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Magazine Article . . 1052
READING ACROSS TEXTS WORKSHOP
Comparing Primary and Secondary Source Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1056
Catherine Clarke Fox Baby Hippo Orphan Finds a Friend . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Site . . 1059
Stephen Tuei from The Caretaker’s Diary . . . . . . . . . . Informational Text: Web Journal . . 1063
WRAP-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1072
Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills
Robert Frost A Time to Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . 1074
Reading on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076
Skills and Strategies Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078
FictionThe Southpaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Judith Viorst
Concha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Mary Helen Ponce
The Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Kristin Hunter
The Goodness of Matt Kaizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Avi
Ta-Na-E-Ka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Mary Whitebird
Stray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Cynthia Rylant
Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Sandra Cisneros
Greyling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Jane Yolen
The Scholarship Jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Marta Salinas
The Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347Francisco Jiménez
All Summer in a Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358Ray Bradbury
The All-American Slurp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386Lensey Namioka
Geraldine Moore the Poet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Toni Cade Bambara
Flowers and Freckle Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430Elizabeth Ellis
The Fan Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485Rona Maynard
Tuesday of the Other June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524Norma Fox Mazer
Priscilla and the Wimps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548Richard Peck
Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570Ellen Conford
El Enano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600Charles J. Finger
Dragon, Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674John Gardner
The King of Mazy May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688Jack London
Aunt Millicent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710Mary Steele
The Sand Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760Alma Luz Villanueva
The Gold Cadillac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786Mildred D. Taylor
Nadia the Willful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806Sue Alexander
The Bracelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822Yoshiko Uchida
Too Soon a Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832Dorothy M. Johnson
President Cleveland, Where Are You? . . . . . . . . 844Robert Cormier
Charlie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988Joe Smith
Zlateh the Goat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1040Isaac Bashevis Singer
PoetryTo Young Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Gwendolyn Brooks
The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be . . . . . . . 139Nikki Giovanni
Song for a Surf-Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Sara Van Alstyne Allen
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Selections by Genre
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Selections by Genre
Whatif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375Shel Silverstein
My Father Is a Simple Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380Luis Omar Salinas
A Minor Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Robert Frost
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406Maya Angelou
Same Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424Pat Mora
The March of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Robert Service
maggie and milly and molly and may . . . . . . . . 461e. e. cummings
Daydreamers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Eloise Greenfield
The Walrus and the Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Lewis Carroll
My Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540Stephen Spender
The New Kid on the Block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583Jack Prelutsky
A Time to Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074Robert Frost
Dramafrom Novio Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931
Gary Soto
The Reluctant Dragon, Scene 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 942Kenneth Grahame
The Reluctant Dragon, Scene 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 954Kenneth Grahame
Damon and Pythias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 974Fan Kissen
The Bully of Barksdale Street . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000Eric Alter
Tale of the Tangled Tresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016Christina Hamlett
FolktalesPersephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Alice Low
All Stories Are Anansi’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636Harold Courlander
The Twelve Labors of Hercules . . . . . . . . . . . . 650Walker Brents
Pecos Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660Mary Pope Osborne
The Toad and the Donkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748Toni Cade Bambara
Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby . . . . . . . . . 751Virginia Hamilton
The Talking Skull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884Donna L. Washington
Graphic Stories and Cartoons from The Great Cow Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Jeff Smith
Street Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498Will Eisner
A Lesson in Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912Stan Sakai
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Selections by Genre
Personal Essays Why Books Are Dangerous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Neil Gaiman
Looking for America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270Elizabeth Partridge
A Mason-Dixon Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734Clifton Davis
Biography, Autobiography, MemoirsMadam C. J. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Jim Haskins
The Jacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Gary Soto
Satchel Paige. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Bill Littlefield
Eleanor Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168William Jay Jacobs
Primary Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Judith Ortiz Cofer
from The Pigman & Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Paul Zindel
Informational Texts Animal Attraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sally S. Stich
Ballpark Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Consumer Reports 4 Kids
How He Did It: Health Advice, Kid-to-Kid . . . . . . . 20Amy Bertrand
Messaging Mania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Kathryn R. Hoffman
The Real Magic of Harry Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Nancy Gibbs
Make Your Own Kite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
In Eleanor Roosevelt’s Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Gentleman of the Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Alice Park
Dressed for Success? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Melanie Bertotto
from 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322The EarthWorks Group
The Gene Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452Jordan Brown
What Kids Say About Bullying . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Let the Bullies Beware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556Ritu Upadhyay and Andrea DeSimone
Bullies in the Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589Jon Swartz
The Bully Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593Elizabeth Siris
Hurricane Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628Thomas Fields-Meyer, Steve Helling, and Lori Rosza
The Great Radio Scare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Nobody’s Perfect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860David Fischer
The Shutout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack Jr.
from The Great Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897Jim Murphy
Best of Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1052Kevin Gray and Cindy Dampier
Baby Hippo Orphan Finds a Friend . . . . . . . . . 1059Catherine Clarke Fox
from The Caretaker’s Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063Stephen Tuei
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Selections by Genre
Historical Documents And Ain’t I a Woman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Sojourner Truth
Preserving a Great American Symbol. . . . . . . . . 264Richard Durbin
Letters About the Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905Justin and Fannie Belle Becker
Functional Texts Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
READING SKILLS
Reading WorkshopsSetting a Purpose for Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Skimming and Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Understanding Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details . . . . . 68Activating Prior Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Connecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Questioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Distinguishing Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 260Clarifying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Inferring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Identifying Problems and Solutions. . . . . . . . . . 318Visualizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402Interpreting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Monitoring Comprehension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494Understanding Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . 520Identifying Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544Paraphrasing and Summarizing. . . . . . . . . . . . 566Activating Prior Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624Clarifying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646Comparing and Contrasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706Synthesizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details . . . . 818Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840Inferring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870Visualizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938Clarifying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970Skimming and Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036
Reading Across TextsRead to Compare Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586Read for Author’s Credibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894Read to Compare Primary and Secondary Sources. . 1056
LITERATURE SKILLS
Literary ElementsText Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Titles and Subheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Author’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Point of View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Chronological Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Bias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Repetition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307Mood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Poetic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Rhyme, Rhythm, and Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405Sound Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497Confl ict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627Cultural Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843Time Order/Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873Act and Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941Stage Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999Sensory Imagery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1039
Genre FocusInformational Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Biography/Autobiography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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Literary Elements
Skills Features
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Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484Folktale, Fantasy, and Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618Historical Fiction and Nonfi ction . . . . . . . . . . . 776Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930
Comparing LiteratureAuthor’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Confl ict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458Comparing Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
VOCABULARY SKILLS
English Language CoachReferences and Multiple Meaning Words . . . . . Unit 1Synonyms and Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2Denotation, Connotation, and Semantic Slanting . . Unit 3Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 4Roots, Prefi xes, and Suffi xes . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 5Compound Words, Borrowed Words,
Word Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 6Word Roots (Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon) . . . Unit 7Dialect and Slang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 8
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Writing ProductsSummary 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Summary 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64Autobiographical Narrative 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Autobiographical Narrative 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Persuasive Essay 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Persuasive Essay 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314Poem 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398Poem 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436Short Story 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516Short Story 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562Fable 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Fable 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702Personal Narrative 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814Personal Narrative 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866Speech 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966Speech 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032
Writing TraitsIdeas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Sentence Fluency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Word Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968
GRAMMAR SKILLS
Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 1Nouns and Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2Adjectives, Adverbs, and Other Parts of Speech . . Unit 3Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 4Phrases, Clauses, and Commas . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 5Sentence Combining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 6Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 7Hyphens, Colons, Semicolons,and Quotation Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 8
LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND VIEWING
Getting Information from Visuals . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Active Listening in a Group Discussion . . . . . . . . 187Effective Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Reading Poetry Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Reading Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565Storytelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705News Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035
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