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ISBN: 9780669534832 | 0669534838
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/2007

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UNIT 1 BUILDING YOUR REPERTOIRE

(16)

Critical Strategies for Reading and Writing

Interacting with the Text

Before We Were Free

(3)

Julia Alvarez

Making Connections

Before We Were Free

(4)

Julia Alvarez

Exploring Multiple Perspectives

Author's Note

(3)

Julia Alvarez

Harvey Kline

Howard Wiarda

Focusing on Language and Craft

Before We Were Free

(2)

Julia Alvarez

Studying an Author

``In Her Own Words---A Conversation with Julia Alvarez''

(3)

UNIT 2 INTERACTING WITH THE TEXT

(16)

Strategic Reading

Predicting

``All Summer in a Day''

(3)

Ray Bradbury

Making Inferences

``All Summer in a Day''

(4)

Ray Bradbury

Finding the Main Idea

``Hearing the Sweetest Songs''

(3)

Nicolette Toussaint

Determining the Author's Purpose

``Hearing the Sweetest Songs''

(3)

Nicolette Toussaint

Reflecting

Writing Activity: Making Connections

(2)

UNIT 3 MAKING CONNECTIONS

(16)

Story Elements

Setting

The Search for Delicious

(2)

Natalie Babbitt

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Characters

Danny the Champion of the World

(3)

Roald Dahl

Point of View

Danny the Champion of the World

(2)

Roald Dahl

Story Line and Plot

``There's No Sweet Revenge''

(4)

Ruth Vinz

Plot and Theme

``Abuela Invents the Zero''

(4)

Judith Ortiz Cofer

UNIT 4 EXPLORING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

(14)

Getting the Big Picture

Establishing the Sequence of Events

The Titanic

(2)

Richard Wormser

Determining Cause and Effect

The Titanic

(4)

Richard Wormser

Consider the Author's Credibility

Writing Activity: Evaluating an Author's Credibility

(3)

Evaluating Eyewitness Accounts

``John Thayer: Becoming a Man Aboard the Titanic''

(2)

Phillip Hoose

Comparing Different Versions

``John Thayer: Becoming a Man Aboard the Titanic''

(2)

Phillip Hoose

``I Survived the Titanic''

Jennifer Kilpatrick

UNIT 5 FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE AND CRAFT

(14)

Figurative Language

Metaphor

``Karate Kid''

(3)

Jane Yolen

Simile and Metaphor

``Skiing''

(2)

Bobbi Katz

Imagery

``The Swimmer''

(2)

Constance Levy

Word Choice

``The Base Stealer''

(2)

Robert Francis

Writing Poetry

``Foul Shot''

(4)

Edwin A. Hoey

UNIT 6 STUDYING AN AUTHOR

(16)

Lois Lowry

Writing from Experience

A Summer to Die

(3)

Lois Lowry

Writing from Photographs

The Silent Boy

(4)

Lois Lowry

Writing from Imagination

The Giver

(3)

Lois Lowry

Exploring Ideas Through Fiction

Gathering Blue

(3)

Lois Lowry

In the Author's Words

``The Remembered Gate and the Unopened Door''

(2)

Lois Lowry

UNIT 7 ASSESSING YOUR GROWING REPERTOIRE

101

(16)

Using Reading and Writing Strategies

``Eagle Boy''

102

(6)

Joseph Bruchac

Using Reading and Writing Strategies, continued

``Salmon Boy''

108

(3)

Joseph Bruchac

Choosing a Topic for Writing

Writing Activity: Planning Your Writing

111

(3)

Writing Your Assessment Story

Writing Activity: Writing and Sharing Your Draft

114

(1)

Revising and Evaluating Your Work

Writing Activity: Reflecting on Your Writing

115

(2)

UNIT 8 EXPANDING YOUR REPERTOIRE

117

(14)

Reading Persuasive Writing

Interacting with the Text

``The Perils of Indifference''

118

(3)

Elie Wiesel

``To You''

Langston Hughes

Making Connections

Farewell to Manzanar

121

(2)

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

James D. Houston

Exploring Multiple Perspectives

The Gold Cadillac

123

(3)

Mildred D. Taylor

Focusing on Language and Craft

Writing Activity: Comparing Persuasive Language

126

(2)

Studying an Author

Interview with Mildred D. Taylor

128

(3)

UNIT 9 INTERACTING WITH THE TEXT

131

(16)

Reading for Information

Reading Graphs

Egyptian Pyramids

132

(3)

Anne Steel

Reading Diagrams

Egyptian Pyramids

135

(1)

Anne Steel

Taking Notes

``The Ancient Egyptians''

135

(3)

Elsa Marston

``Accidental Mummies'' from NOVA Online

138

(4)

Reading an Illustration

Cat Mummies

142

(2)

Kelly Trumble

Reading a Website

``The Kittens of Egypt''

144

(3)

James M. Dean

UNIT 10 MAKING CONNECTIONS

147

(16)

Engaging with the Text

Connecting the Text to Yourself

The Egypt Game

148

(3)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Connecting Text to Text

The Egypt Game

151

(2)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Asking Questions to Make Connections

The Egypt Game

153

(3)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Using Your Connections for Understanding

Project Mulberry

156

(4)

Linda Sue Park

Using Your Connections for Response

Project Mulberry

160

(3)

Linda Sue Park

UNIT 11 EXPLORING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

163

(12)

The Art of Argument

Author's Perspective

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

164

(2)

Robert Fulghum

Finding Support

``Battle of the Belts''

166

(3)

Karen Epper Hoffman

Structuring an Argument

Writing Activity: Supporting an Argument

169

(2)

Opposing Viewpoints

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

171

(2)

Walter Dean Myers

Evaluating an Argument

Green Planet Rescue

173

(2)

Robert R. Halpern

UNIT 12 FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE AND CRAFT

175

(16)

Small Poems

Magnify the Moment

``This Is Just to Say''

176

(3)

William Carlos Williams

``The Red Wheelbarrow''

William Carlos Williams

Haiku

``The Sun Coming Up''

179

(3)

Jim Tipton

Opposite Images, One Poem

``Fire and Ice''

182

(3)

Robert Frost

Word Choice

Writing Activity: Writing Haiku

185

(3)

Leaps of Imagination

Assorted Haiku and Tanka (Poetry)

188

(3)

UNIT 13 STUDYING AN AUTHOR

191

(16)

Gary Paulsen

An Author's Style

The River

192

(3)

Gary Paulsen

Real-Life Characters

Dancing Carl

195

(3)

Gary Paulsen

Personal Challenges

Dancing Carl

198

(3)

Gary Paulsen

Challenges in Nature

Dogsong

201

(3)

Gary Paulsen

Autobiographical Writing

Woodsong

204

(3)

Gary Paulsen

UNIT 14 ASSESSING YOUR REPERTOIRE

207

(14)

Studying an Author

``Eleven'' from Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

208

(4)

Sandra Cisneros

Exploring Multiple Perspectives

Writing Activity: Planning Notes

212

(2)

Focusing on Language and Craft

``My Name'' from The House on Mango Street

214

(3)

Sandra Cisneros

Writing to Show What You Know

Writing Activity: Personal Essay

217

(2)

Putting It All Together

Writing Activity: Final Reflection

219

(2)

Becoming an Active Reader

221

(5)

Glossary

226

(6)

Acknowledgments

232

(2)

Index

234

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