CONTENTS
To the Instructor
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PART
TWO
PART ONE
The Reading Units
The Basics
CHAPTER 1 • FAMILY MATTERS
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Pre-Reading Exercises
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Parts of Speech
Noun
Adverb
Verb
Adjective
Preposition
Conjunction
Pronoun
Article
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Parts of Speech and Their Functions:
Review and Analysis Chart
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Exercises on Parts of Speech
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Basic Definitions
Active and Passive Vocabulary
Denotation and Connotation
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Literary Terms
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Reading Skills
One-Sentence Summaries
The Chronological Outline
Inferences
Pre-Reading
Scaffolding
Scanning
Skimming
Literary Analysis
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The Reader’s Journal
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Goals and Objectives: A Reading Plan
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Unit 1.1 • Personality and
Birth-Order Theory
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Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
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Vocabulary in Context
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Vocabulary Analysis: Synonyms
35
Text-Based Grammar:
Analyzing the Use of Discourse Markers
35
Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Discussion
36
Description of the Illustration
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Unit 1.2 • Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills: Making Inferences
Reading Skills:
Understanding the Narrative Voice
Vocabulary Development:
Combining Forms
(Prefixes, Suffixes, Stems)
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Unit 1.3 • Relationships:
Lessons from Gay Marriages
Reading Skills:
Evaluating Supporting Material
Vocabulary Analysis:
Contextual Fill-Ins
Vocabulary in Context
Text-Based Grammar:
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Locating Adjective Clauses
Research Assignment
Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Discussion
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Unit 1.4 • The City (Isabella Cirilli)
Images of Love
Exercise on Symbols
Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Class Recitation
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Unit 1.5 • Lamb to the Slaughter
(Roald Dahl)
Reading Skills:
One-Sentence Summaries
Vocabulary in Context
Vocabulary Enrichment:
Contextual Fill-Ins
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple-Choice Questions
Ethical Logic and Sympathies
Description of the Illustration
Unit 1.6 • Grandma’s Shoes
Reading Skills:
Making a Chronological Outline
Reading Skills: Literary Analysis
Text-Based Writing and Discussion
Description of the Illustration
Family Matters Word Search
Family Matters Crossword Puzzle
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CHAPTER 2 • GROWING UP
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Pre-Reading Exercises
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Reading Skills: Pre-Reading—
Gathering Information from the Title
Pre-Reading Activity:
Analyzing the Title of the Passage
Unit 2.1 • 180 Years Old:
Experts Debate Limit of Aging
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Reading Skills:
Summarizing Contrasting Opinions
Vocabulary Analysis:
Parts of Speech and Word Forms
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contents
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Discussion Questions
Unit 2.2 • Comparison of Two Fables,
Little Red Riding Hood (England)
and Little Red Cap (Germany)
Reading Skills: Story Summaries
Vocabulary in Context
Vocabulary Development:
Contextual Fill-Ins
Reading Comprehension and
Critical Thinking
Reading Skills:
Comparing Two Passages
Description of the Illustration
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Unit 2.3 • There Was a Child Went Forth
(Walt Whitman)
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Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
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Reading Skills: Stanza Analysis
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Reading Skills: Structuralist Analysis
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Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Discussion
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An Old Man (Robert Pinsky)
Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
Reading Skills: Genre Analysis
Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Discussion
Unit 2.4 • My First Concert:
Twelve Years Old
Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
Reading Analysis:
Analyzing the Narrative Voice
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Discussion
Description of the Illustration
Unit 2.5 • Eleven (Sandra Cisneros)
Reading Comprehension:
Contextual Fill-Ins
Reading Analysis and Discussion:
Gender Differences in Narration
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Text-Based Writing Assignment
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Unit 2.6 • When Uncle Artie Saved
Christmas: 1963
Exercise 1: Character Analysis
Exercise 2: The Narrator
Exercise 3: Fill-In
Exercise 4: Identification of
Literary Terms
Reading Skills: Literary Analysis
Text-Based Writing Assignment
Description of the Illustration
Growing Up Word Search
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CHAPTER 3 • POLITICS
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Pre-Reading Exercises
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Unit 3.1 • The Government of the
United States
Vocabulary in Context
Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
Reading Recall: Contextual Fill-Ins
U.S. Government Crossword Puzzle
Unit 3.2 • Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Reading Comprehension:
Summary Writing
Genre Analysis:
Reading Autobiography
Library or Online Research
Assignments
Text- and Research-Based
Writing Assignment
Discussion Questions
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Unit 3.3 • On the Duty of Civil
Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
True or False
Textual Analysis
Text-Based Research Assignments
Text-Based Writing Assignment
Unit 3.4 • How to Tell a True War Story
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(Tim O’Brien)
Vocabulary Analysis
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Research Assignment
Text-Based Writing Assignment
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Description of the Illustration
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Unit 3.5 • Africa (Maya Angelou)
Poetry Analysis
Reading Skills: Analyzing Structure
Reading Skills: Genre Analysis
Reading Analysis
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Unit 3.6 • George McGovern in
Mrs. Oasa’s Kitchen
Vocabulary Analysis
Contextual Fill-Ins
Reading Comprehension
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CHAPTER 4 • ASPECTS OF CULTURE
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Pre-Reading Exercises
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Unit 4.1• America at the Movies:
A History of Cinema in the
United States
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary in Context
Description of the Illustration
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Unit 4.2 • The History Of Rap, Vol. 1:
The Genesis (Kurtis Blow)
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Description of the Illustration
Unit 4.3 • Referee of the Year Award
Acceptance Speech
Reading Skills:
Analyzing the Author’s Tone
Genre Analysis: A Public Speech
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Classroom Discussion
Text-Based Writing Assignment
Unit 4.4 • Music Censorship
Reading Skills:
Five-Sentence Summary
True or False
Discussion Questions
Music Censorship:
Evaluating the Arguments and
Support in a Reading
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Description of the Illustration
Unit 4.5 • Latin Women Pray
(Judith Ortiz Cofer)
Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills: Genre Analysis
Discussion Questions
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Reading Skills:
Understanding the Narrative Voice
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Unit 4.6 • Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
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True or False
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Reading Comprehension
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Reading Skills:
Reading for Comparison and
Contrast—Understanding Differences 2 2 9
CHAPTER 5 • BUSINESS
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Pre-Reading Exercise
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Unit 5.1 • Can McDonald’s Cook Again?
Vocabulary Analysis
Reading Comprehension
Reflecting on What You’ve Read:
Personal Opinions
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Description of the Illustration
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Unit 5.2 • Will Forces of Globalization
Overwhelm Traditional Local
Architecture? (Roger K. Lewis)
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Reading Comprehension:
Discerning the Main Idea
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Reading Comprehension:
Fact or Opinion
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Discussion Question
Unit 5.3 • On Video Games:
The Jury Is Out and Confused
(Katie Hafner)
Vocabulary: Contextual Fill-Ins
Reading Skills:
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Analyzing the Structure of
the Passage
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Reading Skills: Analyzing Bias
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Reading Skills: Finding and Analyzing Expert Opinions
Unit 5.4 • The Neighborhood Thief
Reading Skills: Literary Analysis
Reading Comprehension:
Contextual Fill-Ins
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Description of the Illustration
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Unit 5.5 • The Toymaker (Isabella Cirilli)2 6 4
Reading Comprehension
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Third-Person Narrator and
Point of View
270
Text-Based Writing Assignment: Overcoming Adversity 2 7 1
Description of the Illustration
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Unit 5.6 • Perfume
Reading Comprehension
True or False
Story Summary
Reading Skills:
Understanding the Narrative Voice
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CHAPTER 6 • A SENSE OF PLACE
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Pre-Reading Exercise
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Unit 6.1 • Geography of the
United States
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Using Mnemonics to Recall
Geographic Facts
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Outline Research
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Driving Trips to Tourist Destinations2 8 4
Reading Comprehension
285
Unit 6.2 • Big Muddy: Down the
Mississippi through America’s
Heartland (B. C. Hall and C. T. Wood)
Pre-Reading Activity:
Analyzing the Title of the Passage
Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
Video Assignment
Vocabulary in Context
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Vocabulary Development:
Contextual Fill-Ins
First Person Plural Narrators and
Point of View
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Mississippi River Double Puzzle
Unit 6.3 • Inertia and Indecision
at NASA (David E. Sanger)
Pre-Reading Activity:
Analyzing the Title of the Passage
Reading Skills: Summary
Vocabulary Analysis:
Contextual Fill-Ins
Analyzing Bias
Discussion Questions
Describing the Illustration
Unit 6.4 • Participatory Armchair
Rivering (William Least Heat-Moon)
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
Text-Based Writing Assignment
Unit 6.5 • Nebraska (Ron Hansen)
True or False
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Reading Skills:
Looking at Both Sides of an Issue
Reading Skills:
Understanding the Narrative Voice
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Unit 6.6 • General John J. Pershing Field3 2 0
Reading Skills: Literary Analysis
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Analyzing the Narrator
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Answer Key
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