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Unit 1 Coming of Age

Reading for Success Literal Comprehension Strategies

(52)

The Drummer Boy of Shiloh

Ray Bradbury

Short Story

(9)

Part 1: Arriving at Understanding

Charles

Short Story

Shirley Jackson

(5)

Connections to Today's World

Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson

Cartoon

(5)

from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Nonfiction

(10)

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

Poem

(2)

All But Blind

Walter de la Mare

Poem

(1)

The Choice

Dorothy Parker

Poem

(5)

from E-Mail from Bill Gates

John Seabrook

Nonfiction

(7)

Science Connection: How E-Mail Works

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The First Americans

The Girl Who Hunted Rabbits

Zuni Legend

Legend

(7)

Writing Process Workshop: Personal Narrative

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Writing Realistic Dialogue

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Common and Proper Nouns

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Understanding an Author's Purpose

(1)

Grammar Review: Nouns

(36)

Part 2: Seasons and Cycles

Christmas Day in the Morning

Pearl S. Buck

Short Story

(10)

The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson

Leo Tolstoy

Folk Tale

(1)

Grandma

Amy Ling

Poem

(1)

Old Man

Ricardo Sanchez

Poem

(6)

Social Studies Connection: Caring for the Elderly

(5)

Shooting Stars

Hal Borland

Nonfiction

(2)

Science Connection: The Hubble Telescope

(1)

Something From the Sixties

Garrison Keillor

Nonfiction

(6)

Poets to Come

Walt Whitman

Poem

(1)

Winter Moon

Langston Hughes

Poem

(1)

Ring Out, Wild Bells

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Poem

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: Description

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Sensory Words

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Fragments

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Adjusting Your Reading Rate

(1)

Grammar Review: Pronouns

100

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Participating in a Group

101

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Origins of Calendar Words

102

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

103

(5)

Unit 2 Meeting Challenges

Reading for Success Interactive Reading Strategies

108

(58)

Cub Pilot on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

Nonfiction

109

(13)

Science Connection: River Navigation

116

(6)

Part 1: Blazing Trails

The Secret

Arthur C. Clarke

Short Story

122

(5)

Connections to Today's World

Space Oddity

David Bowie

Song

127

(5)

Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom

Ann Petry

Nonfiction

132

(12)

Columbus

Joaquin Miller

Poem

144

(2)

Western Wagons

Stephen Vincent Benet

Poem

146

(2)

The Other Pioneers

Roberto Felix Salazar

Poem

148

(6)

Up the Slide

Jack London

Short Story

154

(9)

Social Studies Connection: The Klondike Gold Rush

159

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Colonial Era

The Pilgrims' Landing and First Winter

William Bradford

Nonfiction

163

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Historical Cause-and-Effect Essay

166

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Correct Verb Forms

167

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Active Voice

168

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading to Find Specific Information

169

(1)

Grammar Review: Verbs

170

(58)

Part 2: Facing hard Questions

The Ninny

Anton Chekhov

Short Story

174

(2)

The Governess

Neil Simon

Drama

176

(10)

Thank You, M'am

Langston Hughes

Short Story

186

(8)

Prospective Immigrants Please Note

Adrienne Rich

Poem

194

(1)

Much Madness is divinest Sense

Emily Dickinson

Poem

195

(1)

This We Know

Chief Seattle

Nonfiction

196

(2)

Social Studies Connection: History of Our National Parks

197

(1)

Hard Questions

Margaret Tsuda

Poem

198

(6)

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Short Story

204

(24)

Writing Process Workshop: Problem-and-Solution Essay

228

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Avoiding Run-on Sentences

229

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Combining Sentences

230

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Challenging the Text

231

(1)

Grammar Review: Principal Parts and Verb Tenses

232

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Expressing Disagreement

233

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Words Borrowed From Native Americans

234

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

235

(5)

Unit 3 Quest for Justice

Reading for Success Strategies for Constructing Meaning

240

(44)

Brown vs. Board of Education

Walter Dean Myers

Nonfiction

241

(11)

Social Studies Connection: The Role of the Supreme Court

246

(6)

Part 1: Taking a Stand

A Retrieved Reformation

O. Henry

Short Story

252

(10)

Emancipation from Lincoln: A Photobiography

Russell Freedman

Nonfiction

262

(4)

O Captain! My Captain!

Walt Whitman

Poem

266

(6)

Gentleman of Rio en Medio

Juan A.A. Sedillo

Short Story

272

(4)

Saving the Wetlands

Barbara A. Lewis

Nonfiction

276

(8)

Science Connection: Saving the Earth

Writing Process Workshop: Letter to the Editor

284

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Degrees of Comparison

285

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Commas With Coordinate Adjectives

286

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Analyzing a Position

287

(1)

Grammar Review: Adjectives and Adverbs

288

(46)

Part 2: Leading the Way

Raymond's Run

Toni Cade Bambara

Short Story

292

(10)

Connections to Today's World

There Is No Off-Season

Special Olympics

Brochure

302

(4)

Paul Revere's Ride

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nonfiction

306

(5)

Barbara Frietchie

John Greenleaf Whittier

Poem

311

(3)

Elizabeth Blackwell

Eve Merriam

Poem

314

(7)

Career Connection: Facts About Women in Medicine

317

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Revolutionary Period

Young Jefferson Gets Some Advice From Ben Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

Nonfiction

321

(5)

Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin

Brent Ashabranner

Nonfiction

326

(8)

Writing Process Workshop: Persuasive Essay

334

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Placing Adverbs

335

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Commas in a Series

336

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Persuasive Techniques

337

(1)

Grammar Review: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

338

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Presenting Persuasively

339

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Vocabulary From Government and Politics

340

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

341

(5)

Unit 4 From Sea to Shining Sea

Reading for Success Interactive Reading Strategies

346

(46)

from The People, Yes

Carl Sandburg

Poem

347

(7)

Part 1: A Land of Promise

from Travels with Charley

John Steinbeck

Nonfiction

354

(7)

Connections to Today's World

Travel Article

Jamie Jensen

from Road Trip U.S.A

361

(5)

The New Colossus

Emma Lazarus

Poem

366

(1)

Ellis Island

Joseph Bruchac

Poem

367

(1)

Achieving the American Dream

Mario Cuomo

Nonfiction

368

(2)

Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alice Walker

Nonfiction

370

(7)

Social Studies Connection: March on Washington

373

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: A Young Nation

The Man Without a Country

Edward Everett Hale

Nonfiction

377

(15)

Writing Process Workshop: Summary

392

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Verb Phrases With Have

393

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Correcting Run-on Sentences

394

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Identifying Main Ideas in Articles

395

(1)

Grammar Review: Conjunctions

396

(34)

Part 2: An Album of Stories

Sancho

J. Frank Dobie

Nonfiction

400

(5)

The Closing of the Rodeo

William Jay Smith

Poem

405

(5)

Science Connection: Animal Imprinting

405

(5)

A Ribbon for Baldy

Jesse Stuart

Short Story

410

(4)

Science Connection: Corn Crops

413

(1)

The White Umbrella

Gish Jen

Short Story

414

(10)

Those Winter Sundays

Robert Hayden

Poem

424

(1)

Taught Me Purple

Evelyn Tooley Hunt

Poem

425

(1)

The City Is So Big

Richard Garcia

Poem

426

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: Consumer Report

430

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Precise Adjectives

431

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Jargon

432

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Making Inferences

433

(1)

Grammar Review: Subjects and Predicates

434

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Telephone Communications

435

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Newspaper and Magazine Vocabulary

436

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

437

(5)

Unit 5 Extraordinary Occurrences

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Critically

442

(54)

Lights in the Night from An American Childhood

Annie Dillard

Nonfiction

443

(9)

PART 1: THE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE ORDINARY

What Stumped the Blue Jays

Mark Twain

Short Story

452

(6)

Science Connection: Birds

457

(1)

Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall

Diane Ackerman

Nonfiction

458

(8)

Southbound on the Freeway

May Swenson

Poem

466

(1)

The Story-Teller

Mark Van Doren

Poem

467

(1)

Los New Yorks

Victor Hernandez Cruz

Poem

468

(6)

Social Studies Connection: Puerto Rico

469

(5)

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Short Story

474

(20)

Connections to Today's World

Crime-Solving Procedures for the Modern Detective

California Commission

Maual

494

(2)

Writing Process Workshop: Business Letter

496

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Informal and Formal English

497

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Correctly Writing Company Names

498

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Product Labels

499

(1)

Grammar Review: Complements

500

(22)

Part 2: Strange Doings

A Glow in the Dark from Woodsong

Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction

504

(4)

Mushrooms

Sylvia Plath

Poem

508

(2)

Science Connection: Mushrooms

509

(1)

Southern Mansion

Arna Bontemps

Poem

510

(1)

The Bat

Theodore Roethke

Poem

511

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Civil War: Families Torn Apart

A Horseman in the Sky

Ambrose Bierce

Short Story

515

(7)

Writing Process Workshop: How-to Essay

522

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Transitions to Indicate Time

523

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Commas After Introductory Transitions

524

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Manuals

525

(1)

Grammar Review: Phrases

526

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Delivering a Speech

527

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Mystery and Detective Vocabulary

528

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

529

(5)

Unit 6 Short Stories

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Fiction

534

(38)

The Dinner Party

Mona Gardner

Plot

535

(7)

Part 1: Plot and Character

The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe

Plot

542

(9)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Civil War: Battles

An Episode of War

Stephen Crane

Short Story

551

(7)

The Day I Got Lost

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Character

558

(4)

Hamadi

Naomi Shihab Nye

Character

562

(10)

Social Studies Connection: Jerusalem

569

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Fictional Narrative

572

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Varying Tag Words

573

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Consistency in Verb Tense

574

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Novels and Other Extended Works

575

(1)

Grammar Review: Clauses

576

(36)

Part 2: Setting and Theme

The Finish of Patsy Barnes

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Setting

580

(6)

Career Connection: Horse Trainer

585

(1)

Tears of Autumn

Yoshiko Uchida

Setting

586

(10)

The Story-Teller

Saki (H. H. Munro)

Theme

596

(5)

Connections to Today's World

How to Tell a Good Story

Chris Granstrom

Article

601

(1)

The Medicine Bag

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Theme

602

(10)

Cultural Connection: The Sioux

609

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Literary Analysis

612

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Avoiding Wordiness

613

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Writing Titles Correctly

614

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Recognizing Bias

615

(1)

Grammar Review: Sentence Structure

616

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Interviewing

617

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Phobia Words

618

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

619

(5)

Unit 7 Nonfiction

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Nonfiction

624

(38)

Animal Craftsmen

Bruce Brooks

Reflective Essay

625

(9)

Part 1: Personal Accounts and Biographies

from One Writer's Beginnings

Eudora Welty

Autobiography

634

(2)

Baseball

Lionel G. Garcia

Autobiography

636

(7)

Sports Connection: Little League Baseball

639

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Suffragist Movement

from The United States vs. Susan B. Anthony

Margaret Truman

Biography

643

(11)

Hokusai: The Old Man Mad About Drawing

Stephen Longstreet

Biography

654

(2)

Not to Go With the Others

John Hersey

Biography

656

(6)

Social Studies Connection: Axis vs. Allies

659

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Public-Service Announcement

662

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Appositives

663

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Who, That, and Which Correctly

664

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Advertisements

665

(1)

Grammar Review: Correct Pronoun Use

666

(30)

Part 2: Essays and Speeches

Debbie

James Herriot

Narrative Essay

670

(5)

Forest Fire

Anais Nin

Descriptive Essay

675

(3)

How to Be Polite Online from Netiquette

Virginia Shea

Expository Essay

678

(8)

The Trouble with Television

Robert MacNeil

Persuasive Essay

686

(3)

The American Dream

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Speech

689

(5)

Social Studies Connection: The Nobel Prize

691

(3)

Connections to Today's World

from Sharing the American Dream

Colin Powell

Speech

694

(2)

Writing Process Workshop: Research Paper

696

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Varying Sentence Structure

697

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Citing Your Sources

698

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Sources of Information

699

(1)

Grammar Review: Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

700

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Resisting Persuasion

701

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Sportspeak

702

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

703

(3)

Unit 8 Drama

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Drama

706

(42)

Part 1: Modern Drama

The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I

Frances Goodrich

Albert Hackett

Drama

712

(34)

Social Studies Connection: Broadway Theaters

744

(2)

Connections to Today's World

Anne Frank ... On Broadway

Playbill

746

(2)

The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II

748

(28)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Cold War

from A Walk in the Woods

Lee Blessing

Drama

773

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Video Script

776

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Pronouns Correctly

777

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Double Negatives

778

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Visuals

779

(1)

Grammar Review: Subject and Verb Agreement

780

(16)

Part 2: Scenes and Soliloquies

Introduction to Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

from A Midsummer Night's Dream from Act III, scene ii

Scene

784

(6)

from Much Ado About Nothing from Act II, scene iii

Soliloquy

790

(2)

from The Life and Death of King Richard III from Act I, scene i

Soliloquy

792

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: Critical Review

796

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Direct and Indirect Quotations

797

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Using good and well Correctly

798

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Distinguishing Between Important and Unimportant Details

799

(1)

Grammar Review: Subject and Verb Agreement

800

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Debating

801

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Movie Vocabulary

802

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

803

(5)

Unit 9 Poetry

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Poetry

808

(40)

The Secret Heart

Robert P. Tristram Coffin

Elements of Poetry

809

(7)

Part 1: Types of Poetry

The Wreck of the Hesperus

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Narrative Poem

816

(4)

The Centaur

May Swenson

Narrative Pome

820

(8)

Humanities Connection: The Centaur

823

(5)

Harlem Night Song

Langston Hughes

Lyric Poem

828

(1)

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

William Shakespeare

Lyric Poem

829

(1)

love is a place

E. E. Cummings

Lyric Poem

830

(1)

The Freedom of the Moon

Robert Frost

Lyric Poem

831

(5)

January

John Updike

Poetic Form

836

(1)

Two Haiku

Basho

Moritake

Poetic Form

837

(1)

Identity

Julio Noboa Polanco

Poetic Form

838

(1)

400-Meter Free Style

Maxine Kumin

Poetic Form

839

(6)

Sports Connection: Freestyle Swimming

841

(4)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Vietnam War

Wahbegan

Jim Northrup

Poem

845

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

848

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Varying Sentence Beginnings

849

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Double Comparisons

850

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Extend Cultural Understanding

851

(1)

Grammar Review: Correct Use of Modifiers

852

(30)

Part 2: Elements of Poetry

Silver

Walter de la Mare

Sound Devices

856

(1)

Forgotten Language

Shel Silverstein

Sound Devices

857

(1)

Drum Song

Wendy Rose

Sound Devices

858

(1)

If I can stop one Heart from breaking

Emily Dickison

Sound Devices

859

(5)

New World

N. Scott Momaday

Imagery

864

(2)

One Time

William Stafford

Imagery

866

(1)

Science Connection: Braille

866

(1)

Lyric 17

Jose Garcia Villa

Imagery

867

(1)

For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties

Alice Walker

Imagery

868

(4)

Connections to Today's World

The Wind Beneath My Wings

Larry Henley

Jeff Silbar

Song

872

(4)

The Dark Hills

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Figurative Language

876

(1)

Solar

Philip Larkin

Figurative Language

877

(1)

Incident in a Rose Garden

Donald Justice

Figurative Language

878

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: Poem

882

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Avoiding Cliches

883

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Choosing the Correct Homophone

884

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Breaking Down Difficult Texts

885

(1)

Grammar Review: Usage Problems

886

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Critically Viewing TV Messages

887

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Analogies

888

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

889

(5)

Unit 10 The American Folk Tradition

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Folk Literature

894

(32)

Johnny Appleseed

Rosemary Carr Benet

Poem

895

(7)

Part 1: A Sampling of Stories

Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon

Zuni Retold by

Richard Erdoes

Alfonso Ortiz

Native American Myth

902

(3)

Cultural Connection: Coyote the Trickster

904

(1)

The Spirit Chief Names the Animal People

Mourning Dove

Native American Myth

905

(7)

Chicoria

Jose Griego y Maestas

Rudolfo A. Anaya

Mexican American Cuento

912

(3)

Social Studies Connection: The Mexican-American War

914

(1)

Brer Possum's Dilemma

Jackie Torrence

African American Tale

915

(3)

Why the Waves Have Whitecaps

Zora Neale Hurston

African American Tale

918

(5)

Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Space Age: Pushing the Frontier

from The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Nonfiction

923

(3)

Writing Process Workshop: Multimedia Presentation

926

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Creating Unity

927

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Commas in Compound Sentences

928

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Using Headings and Text Structure

929

(1)

Grammar Review: Commas

930

(26)

Part 2: Tales of American Heroes

Hammerman

Adrien Stoutenburg

Legend

934

(6)

John Henry

Traditional

Ballad

940

(4)

Science Connection: Development of the Locomotive

943

(1)

Paul Bunyan of the North Woods

Carl Sandburg

Tall Tale

944

(2)

Pecos Bill: The Cyclone

Harold W. Felton

Tall Tale

946

(5)

Connections to Today's World

Superman Online

Internet Home Page

951

(1)

Davy Crockett's Dream

Davy Crockett

Tall Tale

952

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: Internet Web Page

956

(1)

Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Commonly Confused Words

957

(1)

Editing/Proofreading Application: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

958

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Using an Internet Web Page

959

(1)

Grammar Review: Variety in Sentence Beginnings

960

(1)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Conducting Business

961

(1)

Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Regional Vocabulary

962

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

963

(1)

Access Guide to Vocabulary

964

(2)

Literary Terms Handbook

966

(8)

Writing Handbook

974

(4)

Grammar and Mechanics Handbook

978

(7)

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Handbook

985

(2)

Index of Authors and Titles

987

(2)

Index of Skills

989

(6)

Acknowledgments (continued)

995

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