Contents
|
| Shining Star B |
|
Unit
1 |
JOURNEYS OF DISCOVERY |
| |
Part 1 |
|
|
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Music
| |
This Land Is Your Land, Woody Guthrie
Roll On, Columbia, Woody Guthrie |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Pronouns
Skills for Writing: Writing Paragraphs
Writing Assignment: Descriptive Paragraph |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Part 2 |
|
| |
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Historical Fiction
| |
From River to Tomorrow, Ellen Levine |
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using the Conjunctions and and or
Skills for Writing: Writing Essays
Writing Assignment: Descriptive Essay |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Put It All Together |
|
|
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Group Presentation
Writing Workshop: Descriptive Essay
Projects
Further Reading |
| |
|
|
|
Unit 2 |
THE NATURAL WORLD |
|
Part 1 |
|
| |
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Science
| |
Ecosystems—The Systems of Nature |
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Poetry
| |
The Bat, Theodore Roethke
The Snake, Emily Dickinson |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement: Simple Present
Skills for Writing: Writing an Expository Paragraph
Writing Assignment: Expository Paragraph |
Check Your Knowledge |
|
Part 2 |
|
|
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Fiction
| |
From My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead
George |
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Science
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Adverbs to Describe
Skills for Writing: Describing a Process
Writing Assignment: Process Paragraph |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Put It All Together |
| |
|
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Individual Presentation
Writing Workshop: Expository Essay
Projects
Further Reading |
| |
|
|
|
Unit
3 |
STRIVING FOR SUCCESS |
| |
Part 1 |
|
|
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Interview
| |
An Interview with Naomi Shihab
Nye, Rachel Barenblat |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Yes/No
and Wh- Questions in the Simple Past
Skills for Writing: Writing Narratives: Interview Questions
Writing Assignment: Narrative Paragraph |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Part 2 |
|
| |
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Short Story
| |
From Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman |
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Science
| |
How Seeds and Plants Grow |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Compound Sentences
Skills for Writing: Writing a Personal Narrative
Writing Assignment: Personal Narrative |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Put It All Together |
|
|
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Group Interview
Writing Workshop: Biographical Narrative
Projects
Further Reading |
| |
|
|
|
Unit
4 |
CHANGE |
| |
Part 1 |
|
|
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Science
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Letters
| |
The Intersection, Dina Anastasio |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Real Conditionals
with if
Skills for Writing: Writing a Persuasive Letter
Writing Assignment: Persuasive Letter |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Part 2 |
|
| |
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Novel
| |
China’s Little Ambassador, Bette
Bao Lord |
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Complex Sentences
Skills for Writing: Writing an Informal Persuasive E-Mail Message
Writing Assignment: Informal Persuasive E-Mail Message |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Put It All Together |
|
|
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Debate
Writing Workshop: Travel Brochure
Projects
Further Reading |
| |
|
|
|
Unit
5 |
THE FRONTIER |
| |
Part 1 |
|
|
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
| |
The Road to Texas Independence |
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Historical Fiction
| |
From A Line in the Sand, Sherry Garland |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Skills for Writing: Taking Notes for a Research Paper
Writing Assignment: Notes |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Part 2 |
|
| |
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Tall Tale
| |
From Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Times, James Cloyd Bowman |
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns
Skills for Writing: Writing Summaries and Responses
Writing Assignment: Outline |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Put It All Together |
|
|
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Speech
Writing Workshop: Research Report
Projects
Further Reading |
| |
|
|
|
Unit 6 |
OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE |
| |
Part 1 |
|
|
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Science
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Myths
| |
How Glooskap Found the Summer
Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds |
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Quotations
Skills for Writing: Writing Dialogue
Writing Assignment: Myth |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Part 2 |
|
| |
|
Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Play
| |
The Great Bear, Pamela Gerke |
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Science
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
| |
Grammar: Using Prepositional Phrases
Skills for Writing: Writing a Skit
Writing Assignment: Skit |
Check Your Knowledge |
| |
Put It All Together |
|
|
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Skit
Writing Workshop: Short Story
Projects
Further Reading |
| |
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
Credits |