Contents
UNIT 1
The
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BIG
Question
Why Do We Read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Genre Focus: Informational Media
Reading Skills Focus
Setting a Purpose for Reading
Previewing
Reviewing
Understanding Text Structure
Text Elements
Photos and Illustrations
Titles, Heads, and
Decks
Lead
Text Features
Vocabulary Skills
Context Clues
(Definition and Restatement,
Comparison and Contrast,
Examples)
Grammar
Verbs
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
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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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UNIT 2
The
?
BIG
Question
How Can We Become
Who We Want to Be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Genre Focus: Biography
Reading Skills Focus
Activating Prior Knowledge
Connecting
Inferring
Identifying Sequence
Literary Elements
Narrator
Point of View
Setting
Sensory Details
Vocabulary Skills
Multiple-Meaning Words
Word References
Grammar
Nouns
Pronouns
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
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Autobiographical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Grammar Link: Kinds of Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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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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UNIT 3
The
?
BIG
Question
Who Can We Really Count On?
. . . . . . . . . . 250
Genre Focus: Short Story
Reading Skills Focus
Drawing Conclusions
Responding
Synthesizing
Determining the Main Idea
Literary Elements
Conflict
Dialogue
Character
Plot
Vocabulary Skills
Synonyms
Antonyms
Word Choice
Grammar
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Interjections
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
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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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UNIT 4
The
?
BIG
Question
Who Influences Us and
How Do They Do So?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
408
Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing
Reading Skills Focus
Understanding Persuasive Techniques
Distinguishing Fact and Opinion
Identifying Author’s Purpose and
Perspective
Understanding Text Structure:
Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary Skills
Denotation
Connotation
Semantic Slanting
Literary Elements
Style
Tone
Diction
Argument
Grammar
Sentences
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
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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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UNIT 5
The
?
BIG
Question
Is Progress Always Good? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
520
Genre Focus: Science and Technology Writing
Reading Skills Focus
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Using Text Features
Taking Notes
Understanding Text Structure:
Problem/Solution
Literary Elements
Author’s Craft
Concept and
Definition
Organization
Description
Vocabulary Skills
Structural Analysis (Base
words, suffixes, prefixes)
Content-Area Words
Grammar
Clauses
Phrases
Commas
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
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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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UNIT 6
The
?
BIG
Question
Why Do We Share Our Stories? . . . . . . . . . .
648
Genre Focus: Folktale
Reading Skills Focus
Understanding Cause and Effect
Questioning
Predicting
Analyzing
Vocabulary Skills
Idioms
Slang
Dialogue
Literal and Metaphoric
Word Meanings
Literary Elements
Theme
Character and
Characterization
Cultural Allusions
Dialect
Grammar
Objects
Compound and Complex
Sentences
Commas
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
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1
Modern Folktale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Grammar Link: Compound and Complex Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
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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
WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2
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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UNIT 7
The
?
BIG
Question
What Makes You Tick? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
770
Genre Focus: Poetry
Reading Skills Focus
Evaluating
Interpreting
Monitoring Comprehension
Connecting
Vocabulary Skills
Structural Analysis: Latin,
Anglo-Saxon, and
Greek Roots
Word Origins
Literary Elements
Sound Devices
Symbolism
Rhyme, Rhythm, and
Meter
Figurative Language
Grammar
Subject-Verb
Agreement
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
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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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UNIT 8
The
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BIG
Question
What Is a Community? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .876
Genre Focus: Historical Documents
Reading Skills Focus
Visualizing
Skimming and Scanning
Clarifying
Predicting
Vocabulary Skills
Compound Words
Borrowed Words
Acronyms
Abbreviations
Historical Influences
on English
Literary Elements
Imagery
Organization
Figurative Language
Teleplay
Grammar
Punctuation
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
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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 Filipović 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
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Selections by Genre
Fiction
Seventh Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gary Soto
May I Have Your Autograph? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Marjorie Sharmat
Suzy and Leah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Jane Yolen
An Hour with Abuelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
Shirley Jackson
Jeremiah’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Walter Dean Myers
Diondra Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
Nikki Grimes
Antaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894
Borden Deal
The War of the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Toni Cade Bambara
Poetry
Broken Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Gary Soto
Where You Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Jack Anderson
Amigo Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Piri Thomas
The First Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rita Dove
Framed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Don Wulffson
How I Learned English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Gregory Djanikian
After Twenty Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
O. Henry
The Highwayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Alfred Noyes
Loser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Aimee Bender
I’ll Walk the Tightrope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Margaret Danner
The Good Samaritan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
René Saldaña, Jr.
The Courage That My Mother Had . . . . . . . . . . 458
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lob’s Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Joan Aiken
Two People I Want to Be Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Eve Merriam
Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Gwendolyn Brooks
The Cremation of Sam McGee . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Robert Service
Thank You, M’am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Langston Hughes
Big Yellow Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Joni Mitchell
LAFFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Lensey Namioka
Birdfoot’s Grampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Joseph Bruchac
There Will Come Soft Rains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Ray Bradbury
Aunt Sue’s Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Langston Hughes
Key Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Isaac Asimov
I Ask My Mother to Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Li-Young Lee
xxiv
Selections by Genre
One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
James Berry
Annabel Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
Edgar Allan Poe
Face It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
Janet S. Wong
Almost Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
Arnold Adoff
Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
Walt Whitman
The Pasture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Robert Frost
Growing Pains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
Jean Little
The Women’s 400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
Lillian Morrison
To James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
Frank Horne
Slam, Dunk, & Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
Yusef Komunyakaa
Folktales
Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Julius Lester
The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena . . . . . . . . . . 660
Phyllis Savory
The Boy and His Grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Rudolfo A. Anaya
We Are All One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
Laurence Yep
Aunty Misery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Judith Ortiz Cofer
The Bunyans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Audrey Wood
Graphic Stories
and Cartoons
3BCB: Three by Clay Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Clay Bennett
The Tale of ’Kiko-Wiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Mark Crilley
The Carcajou and the Kincajou . . . . . . . . . . . . 867
Ogden Nash
The Termite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867
Ogden Nash
There Is No Word for Goodbye . . . . . . . . . . . . 998
Mary TallMountain
Personal Essays
Summer Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Michael Dorris
The Teacher Who Changed My Life. . . . . . . . . . 484
Nicholas Gage
Drama
Cyber Chitchat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Cindy Kauffman
Graduation Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Robert L. Fontaine
America the Not-So-Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Andrew A. Rooney
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street . . . . . . . 956
Rod Serling
A Glimpse of Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Kathryn Sullivan
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Selections by Genre
Biography, Autobiography,
Memoirs, Letters
Miracle Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Christina Cheakalos and Matt Birkbeck
The Day It Rained Cockroaches . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Paul Zindel from The Pigman and Me
Friendships and Peer Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
from Glencoe Teen Health
Tony Hawk: Chairman of the Board . . . . . . . . . 133
Steve Pittman
Friends Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Sari Locker
Rosa Parks: My Story, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins
The Brink’s Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Henry Billings and Melissa Billings
Toward a Rainbow Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Lavendhri Pillay
Violence in Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
from Denver Post
New Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Maya Angelou
What Exercise Can Do for You . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Sheila Globus
Red Scarf Girl, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Ji-li Jiang
Oprah Winfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Sidney Poitier
Barrio Boy, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Ernesto Galarza
Volunteers Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Names/Nombres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786
Julia Alvarez
Zlata’s Diary, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989
Zlata Filipović
Should Naturalized Citizens Be President? . . . . . . 478
John Yinger and Matthew Spalding
Take the Junk Out of Marketing Food to Kids . . . . 497
Sheila Globus
Hip Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
from The Story of Music
Informational Texts
Conserving Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
from Glencoe Science
Flash Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
William M. Hendryx
The Next Big Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Maryanne Murray Buechner and Mitch Frank
Paddling Dicey Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Lew Freedman
Fireproofing the Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
J. Madeleine Nash
Message of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Ericka Souter and Dietlind Lerner
Missing! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Claire Miller
Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote . . . . . . . 58
Lesley Reed
Voices—and Stories—from the Past . . . . . . . . . . 734
Kathryn Satterfield
How Things Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
the editors of Consumer Guide
Reading, Writing, Rapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Elizabeth Wellington
Kids in Action: Dalie Jimenez . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Barbara A. Lewis
What Makes Teens Tick?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
Claudia Wallis
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Selections by Genre
The Giggle Prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
Tracy Eberhart and Robert A. Barnett
Functional Documents
Letters from Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922
Graeme Davis
Grainies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Ah, Wilderness! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934
Amanda Hinnant
The Greentown Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
Train Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
Teacher Hero: Erin Gruwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985
Jerrilyn Jacobs
Historical Documents
It Was Not My Finest Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881
Linda Meyers Donelson
Kingdoms of Gold and Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888
Collected by Basil Davidson
Photographing History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
from The Contemporary Reader
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Skills Features
READING SKILLS
LITERATURE SKILLS
Reading Workshops
Setting
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Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reviewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Understanding Text Structures . . . . . . . .
Activating Prior Knowledge . . . . . . . . . .
Connecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identifying Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Synthesizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Determining the Main Idea . . . . . . . . . .
Understanding Persuasive Techniques . . . .
Distinguishing Fact and Opinion . . . . . . .
Identifying Author’s Purpose and Perspective
Using Text Structure: Compare and Contrast.
Paraphrasing and Summarizing. . . . . . . .
Using Text Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taking Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identifying Problem and Solution. . . . . . .
Understanding Cause and Effect . . . . . . .
Questioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Analyzing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interpreting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monitoring Comprehension. . . . . . . . . .
Connecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Visualizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Skimming and Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . .
Clarifying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Predicting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Titles, Heads, and Decks . . . . . . .
Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Author’s Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Concept and Definition . . . . . . . .
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cultural Allusions . . . . . . . . . . .
Dialect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sound Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Reading Across Texts
Read for Persuasive Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Read for Author’s Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Read for Author’s Credibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982
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Genre Focus
Informational Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Short Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Skills Features
Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . .
Science and Technology Writing
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Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Comparing Literature
Theme . . . . . . . .
Setting . . . . . . . .
Plot . . . . . . . . . .
Cultural Context . . .
Figurative Language .
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English Language Coach
Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 1
Multiple-Meaning Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2
Word References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 2
Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Choice . . . . . . . . Unit 3
Denotation, Connotation, and Semantic
Slanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit 4
Structural Analysis and Content-Area Words
(Base words, Roots, Suffixes, Prefixes) . . . . . Unit 5
Idioms, Slang, Dialogue,
Literal and Metaphoric Word Meanings . . . . . Unit 6
Structural Analysis
(Latin, Anglo-Saxon, and Greek roots) . . . . . Unit 7
Compound Words, Borrowed Words, Acronyms,
Abbreviations, Historical Influences on English . Unit 8
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Nouns and Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjectives and Adverbs, Other Parts of Speech
Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phrases and Clauses, Commas . . . . . . . . .
Compound and Complex Sentences, Commas,
Direct and Indirect Objects . . . . . . . . .
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Writing Traits
Conventions . . .
Voice . . . . . . .
Organization . . .
Word Choice . . .
Ideas . . . . . . .
Presentation . . .
Word Choice . . .
Sentence Fluency
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GRAMMAR SKILLS
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LISTENING, SPEAKING,
AND VIEWING
WRITING SKILLS
Summary 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Summary 2 . . . . . . . . . .
Autobiographical Narrative 1 .
Autobiographical Narrative 2 .
Short Fictional Story 1. . . . .
Short Fictional Story 2. . . . .
Editorial 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
Editorial 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
Research Report 1 . .
Research Report 2 . .
Modern Folktale 1 . .
Modern Folktale 2 . .
Poem 1 . . . . . . . .
Poem 2 . . . . . . . .
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Giving and Following Directions . . . .
Group Discussion and Active Listening .
Reading Aloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Persuasive Techniques . . . . . . . . .
Oral Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . .
Storytelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Poetry Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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