UNIT 1 Contents How does the natural world affect us?...2 Reading 1: Novel Excerpt Prepare to Read... 4 Reading Strategy: Predict from Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park...8 Practice... 12 Listening and Speaking: Reader s Theater Grammar... 14 Adjectival Phrases: Adjective Order; Adjectives after Indefinite Pronouns Writing... 16 Write a Description of an Object Reading 2: Informational Text/Science Prepare to Read... 18 Reading Strategy: Preview Ecosystems: The Systems of Nature TEXT...22 Practice...28 Grammar...30 Appositives; Comparison Structures Writing... 32 Write a Description of a Place Reading 3: Short Story and Poetry Prepare to Read...34 Reading Strategy: Visualize viii
Ali, Child of the Desert by Jonathan London... 38 Desert Women by Pat Mora...45 Practice...46 Listening and Speaking: Reader s Theater Grammar...48 Simple Sentences: Pronouns and Modifiers; Simple Sentences: Consistent Forms, Parallel Structure Writing...50 Write a Description of a Person Reading 4: Informational Text/Science Prepare to Read... 52 Reading Strategy: Identify Main Idea and Details Blowing Up a Storm TEXT...56 Practice...60 Grammar...62 Subject-Verb Agreement: Simple Present; Non-count Nouns and Irregular Plurals Writing...64 Write a Description of an Event Link the Readings... 66 Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion Media Literacy & Projects; Further Reading... 67 Put It All Together Listening & Speaking Workshop: Presentation... 68 Writing Workshop: Write a Descriptive Essay...70 Texas Test Preparation...75 Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art Painting the American Landscape...76 ix
UNIT 2 Contents Where can a journey take you?...78 Reading 1: Myth Prepare to Read...80, Word Study Reading Strategy: Identify Problems and Solutions from Tales from the Odyssey retold by Mary Pope Osborne... 84 Practice...88 Listening and Speaking: Reader s Theater Grammar...90 Simple Past: be; Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs Writing... 92 Write a Story from a Different Point of View Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...94 Reading Strategy: Use Visuals Early Explorers TEXT...98 Practice...102 Grammar...104 Active and Passive Voice; Passive Voice: Past Participles Writing...106 Write a Personal Narrative Reading 3: Novel Excerpt Prepare to Read...108 Reading Strategy: Make Inferences x
from The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung by Laurence Yep....112 Practice... 118 Listening and Speaking: Dramatic Reading Grammar...120 Complex Sentences with Adverbial Clauses of Time; Adverbial Clauses in the Present, Past, and Future Writing...120 Write a Personal Letter Reading 4: Informational Texts/Science Prepare to Read...124 Reading Strategy: Recognize Cause and Effect Come Fly with Me TEXT... 128 Practice...132 Grammar...134 Past Progressive: was/were + Present Participle; Past Progressive with Adverbial when Clauses Writing...136 Write a Story with a Starter Link the Readings... 138 Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion Media Literacy & Projects; Further Reading... 139 Put It All Together Listening & Speaking Workshop: Personal Narrative... 140 Writing Workshop: Short Study... 142 Texas Test Preparation...147 Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art Traveling the Electronic Superhighway... 148 xi
UNIT 3 Contents What defines success?... 150 Reading 1: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...152 Reading Strategy: Connect Ideas Success Stories TEXT... 156 Practice...160 Grammar...162 Complex Sentences with Restrictive Adjectival Clauses; Complex Sentences with Nonrestrictive Adjectival Clauses Writing...164 Write a Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph Reading 2: Interview and Poetry Prepare to Read...166 Reading Strategy: Distinguish Fact from Opinion An Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye by Rachel Barenblat...170 Making a Mosaic by Naomi Shihab Nye...173 Practice... 174 Listening and Speaking: Dramatic Reading Grammar... 176 Gerunds as Subjects; Gerunds as Objects after Verbs and Prepositions Writing...178 Write a Problem-and-Solution Paragraph xii
Reading 3: Short Story Prepare to Read...180 Reading Strategy: Predict 2 The Marble Champ by Gary Soto... 184 Practice...192 Listening and Speaking: Reader s Theater Grammar...194 Infinitives after Verbs and Adjectives; Infinitives of Purpose Writing...196 Write a Critique Reading 4: Informational Text/Science Prepare to Read...198 Reading Strategy: Ask Questions From Rags to Ragtime King TEXT... 202 Practice... 206 Grammar... 208 Expressions of Quantity and Subject-Verb Agreement; Expressions of Quantity: both, either, neither Writing...210 Write a News Article Link the Readings... 212 Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion Media Literacy & Projects; Further Reading... 213 Put It All Together Listening & Speaking Workshop: Interview...214 Writing Workshop: Write an Expository Essay...216 Texas Test Preparation... 221 Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art Self-Portraits... 222 xiii
UNIT 4 Contents Can we see change as it happens?... 224 Reading 1: Informational Text/Science Prepare to Read....226 Reading Strategy: Scan Changing Earth TEXT... 230 Practice...236 Grammar...238 Present Perfect: have/has + Past Participle; Present Perfect with already and yet Writing... 240 Write an Advertisement Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...242 Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions from Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges TEXT... 246 Practice...252 Grammar... 254 Compound Sentences with and, but, so; Complex Sentences with because and since Writing...256 Write a Persuasive Paragraph xiv Reading 3: Essay, Art, and Poetry Prepare to Read...258 Reading Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Harlem: Then and Now by James Baldwin... 262 Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold... 266 Harlem and Dreams by Langston Hughes... 267 Practice... 268 Listening and Speaking: Dramatic Reading Grammar...270 Possessive Nouns and Adjectives; Antecedent-Pronoun and Subject-Verb Agreement Writing...272 Write a Review Reading 4: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...274 Reading Strategy: Identify Author s Purpose Finding the Alamo TEXT... 278 Practice...282 Grammar... 284 Predictions: will, be going to, probably, may, might, maybe; Advice: The Modals could, might, should, must, have to Writing... 286 Write a Letter to the Editor Link the Readings...288 Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion Media Literacy & Projects; Further Reading...289 Put It All Together Listening & Speaking Workshop: Speech... 290 Writing Workshop: Write a Persuasive Essay... 292 Texas Test Preparation... 297 Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art Moving Through Time... 298 xv
UNIT 5 Contents Why do we explore new frontiers?... 300 Reading 1: Novel Excerpt, Song, and Poetry Prepare to Read...302 Reading Strategy: Make Generalizations from River to Tomorrow by Ellen Levine... 306 River Song by Bill Staines...312 Morning Prayer Song by Ronald Snake Edmo...313 Practice...314 Listening and Speaking: Dramatic Reading Grammar...316 Past Perfect: had + Past Participle; Compound and Complex Sentences with Past Perfect Writing...316 Write a Cause-and-Effect Paragraph Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...320 Reading Strategy: Take Notes Maps and Compasses TEXT... 324 Practice...328 Grammar...330 Imperatives and will for Instructions; Sequence Words, Phrases, and Clauses Writing...332 Write an Instructional Paragraph xvi
Reading 3: Tall Tale Excerpt Prepare to Read...334 Reading Strategy: Skim from Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time by James Cloyd Bowman.... 338 Practice... 344 Listening and Speaking: Reader s Theater Grammar... 346 Adjectival Phrases: Comparatives and Superlatives Writing... 348 Write a Classifying Paragraph Reading 4: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...350 Reading Strategy: Summarize The Cowboy Era TEXT... 354 Practice...358 Grammar... 360 Compound and Complex Sentences Writing...362 Write a Summary Link the Readings...364 Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion Media Literacy & Projects; Further Reading... 365 Put It All Together Listening & Speaking Workshop: Team Presentation... 366 Writing Workshop: Write an Instructional Essay... 368 Texas Test Preparation... 373 Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art The Roots of Frontier Culture... 374 xvii
UNIT 6 Contents How do we know what is true?...376 Reading 1: Myth Prepare to Read...378 Reading Strategy: Compare and Contrast How Glooskap Found the Summer... 382 Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds... 384 Practice... 386 Listening and Speaking: Reader s Theater Grammar... 388 Reported Speech: Statements and Questions Writing...390 Write an Introductory Paragraph Reading 2: Informational Text/Social Studies Prepare to Read...392 Reading Strategy: Evaluate New Information Early Astronomers TEXT... 396 Practice... 400 Grammar...402 Participial Adjectives: Formation and Meaning; Prepositions and Infinitives with Participial Adjectives Writing... 404 Write a Paragraph with a Main Idea and Supporting Details xviii Reading 3: Play Excerpt Prepare to Read... 406
Reading Strategy: Analyze Text Structure from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, adapted by Howard Koch...410 Practice...418 Listening and Speaking: Dramatic Reading Grammar...420 Punctuation of Direct Quotations; Quoting Sources Writing...422 Write a Paragraph with Quotations and Citations Reading 4: Informational Text/Science Prepare to Read...424 Reading Strategy: Evaluate Written Information Proving Innocence A Matter of Life and Death TEXT... 428 Practice...432 Grammar...434 Conjunctive Adverbs and Semi-Colons; Colons for Explanations and Lists Writing...436 Support a Main Idea with Examples and Explanations Link the Readings... 438 Assessment Practice: Critical Thinking, Discussion The Big Question: Wrap-Up Discussion Media Literacy & Projects; Further Reading... 439 Put It All Together Listening & Speaking Workshop: Play... 440 Writing Workshop: Write a Research Report... 442 Texas Test Preparation... 449 Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Language of Art Otherworldly Art... 450 Editing and Proofreading Marks 452 Glossary 453 Index of Skills 459 Index of Authors, Titles, Art, and Artists 464 Acknowledgments 465 Credits 467 Smithsonian American Art Museum List of Artworks 470 xix