Visions B Language, Literature, Content

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ISBN: 9780838452486 | 0838452485
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/24/2003

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VISIONS is our newest four-level language development program that supports students from the newcomer level through transition into mainstream classrooms. By incorporating fine literature with content, students learn and amply practice the skills they need to meet grade-level standards while being introduced to the academic language needed for school success!

Unit 1 Challenges

(71)

Chapter 1

(12)

Reading Strategy: Make Inferences

(9)

The Race poem

(2)

Jennifer Trujillo

The Camel Dances fable

(5)

Arnold Lobel

Across Content Areas: Science: Classify Animals

(1)

Chapter 2

(14)

Reading Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect

(11)

Hatchet excerpt from a novel

(10)

Gary Paulsen

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Combustion

(1)

Chapter 3

(12)

Reading Strategy: Predict

(9)

Antarctic Adventure excerpt from a historical narrative

(8)

Meredith Hooper

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About Bodies of Land and Water

(1)

Chapter 4

(14)

Reading Strategy: Compare a Reading with Your Experiences

(11)

Yang the Youngest excerpt from a novel

(10)

Lensey Namioka

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn the Meanings of Culture

(1)

Chapter 5

(18)

Reading Strategy: Find the Main Idea and Details

(15)

The Scholarship Jacket short story

(14)

Marta Salinas

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Nutrition

(1)

Apply and Expand

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Make a Speech: News Report

(1)

Viewing Workshop: Compare and Contrast Electronic Media with Written Stories

(1)

Writer's Workshop: Write to Narrate: Tell How Someone Faced a Challenge

(2)

Projects

(1)

Further Reading

(1)

Unit 2 Changes

(68)

Chapter 1

(12)

Reading Strategy: Make Inferences

(1)

World Wide Web Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? excerpt from a science article from the World Wide Web

(8)

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Trees

(1)

Chapter 2

(10)

Reading Strategy: Summarize

(7)

Elizabeth's Diary excerpt from a historical fiction diary

(6)

Patricia Hermes

Across Content Areas: Language Arts: Understand Genres of Literature

101

(1)

Chapter 3

102

(16)

Reading Strategy: Determine the Sequence of Events

104

(13)

And Now Miguel play based on a novel

105

(12)

Joseph Krumgold

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Understand State Flags

117

(1)

Chapter 4

118

(14)

Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions

120

(11)

Tuck Triumphant excerpt from a novel

121

(10)

Theodore Taylor

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About Families

131

(1)

Chapter 5

132

(14)

Reading Strategy: Understand the Sequence of Events

134

(11)

The Journal of Jesse Smoke excerpt from a historical fiction journal

136

(4)

Joseph Bruchac

Ancient Ways poem

140

(5)

Elvania Toledo

Across Content Areas: Math: Use Rank Order

145

(1)

Apply and Expand

146

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Interview and Report

146

(1)

Viewing Workshop: Analyze Film or Video

147

(1)

Writer's Workshop: Write to Persuade: Write a Letter to the Editor

148

(2)

Projects

150

(1)

Further Reading

151

(1)

Unit 3 Courage

152

(64)

Chapter 1

154

(12)

Reading Strategy: Use Images to Understand and Enjoy Poetry

156

(9)

Life Doesn't Frighten Me poem

157

(8)

Maya Angelou

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About the Respiratory System

165

(1)

Chapter 2

166

(12)

Reading Strategy: Find the Main Idea and Supporting Details

168

(9)

Matthew A. Henson excerpt from a biography

169

(8)

Wade Hudson

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Temperature

177

(1)

Chapter 3

178

(12)

Reading Strategy: Use Chronology to Locate and Recall Information

180

(9)

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl excerpt from a diary

181

(8)

Anne Frank

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Describe Social Groups

189

(1)

Chapter 4

190

(12)

Reading Strategy: Distinguish Fact from Opinion

192

(9)

Lance Armstrong: Champion Cyclist speech

193

(8)

President George W. Bush

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Read a Chart

201

(1)

Chapter 5

202

(14)

Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions and Give Support

204

(11)

Earthquake excerpt from a memoir

205

(10)

Huynh Quang Nhuong

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Read a Map

215

(1)

Apply and Expand

216

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Present a Biographical Narrative

216

(1)

Viewing Workshop: Compare and Contrast Visual and Electronic Media with Written Stories

217

(1)

Writer's Workshop: Response to Literature

218

(2)

Projects

220

(1)

Further Reading

221

(1)

Unit 4 Discoveries

222

(56)

Chapter 1

224

(14)

Reading Strategy: Compare and Contrast

226

(11)

The Library Card excerpt from a novel

228

(4)

Jerry Spinelli

At the Library poem

232

(5)

Nikki Grimes

Across Content Areas: Language Arts: Use the Library

237

(1)

Chapter 2

238

(14)

Reading Strategy: Use Graphic Sources

240

(11)

Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden nonfiction narrative

241

(10)

Johan Reinhard

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Understand the Atmosphere and Altitude

251

(1)

Chapter 3

252

(12)

Reading Strategy: Use Dialogue to Understand Character

254

(9)

The Art of Swordsmanship folktale

255

(8)

Rafe Martin

Across Content Areas: The Arts: Learn About Art in Everyday Objects

263

(1)

Chapter 4

264

(14)

Reading Strategy: Find the Main Idea and Supporting Details

266

(11)

Mae Jemison, Space Scientist biography

267

(10)

Gail Sakurai

Across Content Areas: Science: Understand Gravity

277

(1)

Apply and Expand

278

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Report a Biographical Sketch About a Person's Hobby

278

(1)

Viewing Workshop: Interpret Important Ideas from Maps

279

(1)

Writer's Workshop: Write to Inform: Write an E-mail

280

(2)

Projects

282

(1)

Further Reading

283

(1)

Unit 5 Communication

284

(58)

Chapter 1

286

(16)

Reading Strategy: Predict

288

(13)

How Tia Lola Came to Stay excerpt from a novel

289

(12)

Julia Alvarez

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Read a Weather Map

301

(1)

Chapter 2

302

(14)

Reading Strategy: Compare and Contrast

304

(11)

Helen Keller excerpt from a biography

306

(3)

George Sullivan

The Miracle Worker excerpt from a play

309

(6)

William Gibson

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Some Causes of Diseases

315

(1)

Chapter 3

316

(12)

Reading Strategy: Represent Text Information in an Outline

318

(9)

Hearing: The Ear excerpt from a textbook

319

(8)

Across Content Areas: The Arts: Learn About the Voice

327

(1)

Chapter 4

328

(14)

Reading Strategy: Make Inferences Using Text Evidence

330

(11)

The Art of Making Comic Books illustrated ``how-to'' book

331

(10)

Michael Morgan Pellowski

Across Content Areas: The Arts: Learn About Art Forms

341

(1)

Apply and Expand

342

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Present an Oral Summary of a Reading

342

(1)

Viewing Workshop: View and Think

343

(1)

Writer's Workshop: Write a Persuasive Editorial

344

(2)

Projects

346

(1)

Further Reading

347

(1)

Unit 6 Frontiers

348

(58)

Chapter 1

350

(12)

Reading Strategy: Use Chronology to Locate and Recall Information

352

(9)

The Lewis and Clark Expedition excerpt from a textbook

353

(8)

Across Content Areas: Language Arts: Use Headings as You Read

361

(1)

Chapter 2

362

(18)

Reading Strategy: Describe Mental Images

364

(15)

A Wrinkle in Time excerpt from a science fiction novel

365

(14)

Madeleine L'Engle

Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About the Speed of Light

379

(1)

Chapter 3

380

(12)

Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions with Text Evidence

382

(9)

I Have a Dream excerpt from a speech

383

(8)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About the United States Constitution

391

(1)

Chapter 4

392

(14)

Reading Strategy: Distinguish Fact from Opinion

394

(11)

Lyndon Baines Johnson: Our Thirty-Sixth President excerpt from a biography

396

(2)

Melissa Maupin

Speech to the Nation: July 2, 1964 excerpt from a speech

398

(7)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About the Branches of Government

405

(1)

Apply and Expand

406

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Give a Persuasive Speech

406

(1)

Viewing Workshop: View and Think

407

(1)

Writer's Workshop: Write a Research Report

408

(2)

Projects

410

(1)

Further Reading

411

(1)

Skills Index

412

(7)

Credits

419

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Visions B Language, Literature, Content

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