Contents
Shining Star C
Unit 1 POINTS OF VIEW
  Part 1  
  Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
  Moving Toward Independence: The Boston Tea Party
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Music
  Yankee Doodle
Important Events of the American Revolution (Timeline)
The World Turned Upside Down
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Using the Simple Past
Skills for Writing: Using Sequence Words in Narrative Text
Writing Assignment: Narrative Paragraphs
Check Your Knowledge
  Part 2  
    Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Personal Narrative
  From Daughter of China, Meihong Xu and Larry Engelmann
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
  Understanding Cultural Differences, Sandy Cameron
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement in the Simple Present
Skills for Writing: Writing Journal Entries to Develop Fluency
Writing Assignment: Journal Entry
Check Your Knowledge
  Put It All Together
  Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Presentation
Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative
Projects
Further Reading
     
Unit 2 THE HUMAN SPIRIT
Part 1  
    Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
  Abraham Lincoln
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Poetry
  Nancy Hanks, Rosemary Carr and Stephen Vincent Benét
Lincoln, John Gould Fletcher
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Using Real Conditionals: Sentences with if Clauses
Skills for Writing: Persuasive Writing
Writing Assignment: Persuasive Paragraph
Check Your Knowledge
Part 2  
  Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Biography
  Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Kathleen Thompson
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
  The Peace Corps
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Using Modals of Advice
Skills for Writing: Giving Advice in an Informal E-Mail Message
Writing Assignment: Advice in an Informal E-Mail Message
Check Your Knowledge
  Put It All Together
Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Group Presentation
Writing Workshop: Letter to the Editor
Projects
Further Reading
     
Unit 3 VOICES OF FREEDOM
  Part 1  
  Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
  I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr.
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Poetry
  Lady Freedom Among Us, Rita Dove
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: The Present Perfect
Skills for Writing: Writing Essays
Writing Assignment: Descriptive Essay
Check Your Knowledge
  Part 2  
    Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Historical Fiction
  From Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
  Words of Freedom
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives
Skills for Writing: Writing a Poem
Writing Assignment: Poem
Check Your Knowledge
  Put It All Together
  Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Speech
Writing Workshop: Descriptive Essay
Projects
Further Reading
     
Unit 4 RISKS AND CHALLENGES
  Part 1  
  Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Social Studies
  The Train to Freedom
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Personal Narrative
  Five New Words at a Time, Yu-Lan (Mary) Ying
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Using Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Skills for Writing: Writing Interview Questions and Responses
Writing Assignment: Interview Questions
Check Your Knowledge
  Part 2  
    Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Play
  From The Little Prince: The Play, Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Science
  Performance Anxiety
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Contractions
Skills for Writing: Writing Dialogue
Writing Assignment: Dialogue
Check Your Knowledge
  Put It All Together
  Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: TV Commercial
Writing Workshop: Biographical Narrative
Projects
Further Reading
     
Unit 5 REACH FOR THE STARS
  Part 1  
  Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Science
  Earth and the Milky Way
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature and Art: Poetry and Paintings
  The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh
On van Gogh’s 'Starry Night', Martha Staid
Escape at Bedtime, Robert Louis Stevenson
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Skills for Writing: Using the Internet to Do Research Reports
Writing Assignment: Research Report
Check Your Knowledge
  Part 2  
    Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Myths
  The Ten Chinese Suns
Re
Why the Sun Is So High in the Heavens
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Science
  Solar Eclipses
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Using the Passive Voice
Skills for Writing: Quoting and Paraphrasing
Writing Assignment: Research Report
Check Your Knowledge
  Put It All Together
  Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Oral Report
Writing Workshop: Research Report
Projects
Further Reading
     
Unit 6 SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
  Part 1  
  Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Content: Science and Art
  Light
A Reflection in Art: Jan van Eyck’s Double Portrait
Review and Practice
Connect to Literature: Essay
  Mirror, Mirror: Mambo No. 5, Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns
Skills for Writing: Writing Responses
Writing Assignment: Response
Check Your Knowledge
  Part 2  
    Objectives
Prepare to Read
Focus on Literature: Autobiography
  From The Story of My Life, Hellen Keller
Review and Practice
Connect to Content: Social Studies
  Sowing the Seeds of Peace, Mandy Terc
Link the Readings
Connect to Writing
  Grammar: Compound and Complex Sentences
Skills for Writing: Focusing on Paragraph Unity
Writing Assignment: Personal Narrative
Check Your Knowledge
  Put It All Together
  Objectives
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Group Presentation
Writing Workshop: Short Story
Projects
Further Reading
  Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
Credits