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CONTENTS
To the Instructor
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PA R T T W O
PA R T O N E
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
Reading Comprehension:
Short Answers
Vocabulary in Context
Vocabulary Analysis: Synonyms
Text-Based Grammar:
Analyzing the Use of Discourse Markers
Text-Based Writing Assignment
and Discussion
Description of the Illustration
Unit 1.2 • Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
True or False
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:
Fill-Ins
Vocabulary in Context
Text-Based Grammar:
Locating Adjective Clauses
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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 Analysis:
Fill-Ins
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Ethical Logic and Sympathies
Description of the Illustration
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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: Analyzing the Title
of the Passage
Pre-Reading Activity
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
Discussion Questions
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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:
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 (Erik Altano)
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:
Fill-Ins
Reading Analysis and Discussion:
Gender Differences in Narration
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: Literary Terms
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: 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
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Discussion Questions
Reading Skills:
Reflecting on What You’ve Read
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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
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Unit 3.4 • How to Tell a True War Story
(Tim O’Brien)
Vocabulary Analysis
Reading Comprehension
More 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
More Vocabulary Practice
Reading Comprehension
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