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"The Street of the Caiion" from Mexican Village by Josephina Niggli <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Suffixes: -Iy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . · ............ 134 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Commas in a Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 135 <br />
Reading Strategy: Predict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....... . · ............ 136 <br />
Literary Focus: Third-person Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 137 <br />
"A Storm in the Mountains" by Alexander Solzhenttsyn<br />
"In the Orchard" by Henrik Ibsen<br />
"A Tree Telling of Orpheus" by Denise Levertov <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Borrowed Words: Latin Terms .................. . · ............ 138 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Correct Use of like and as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. · ............ 139 <br />
Reading Strategy: Engage the Senses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 140 <br />
Literary Focus: Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 141 <br />
UNIT 6: SHORT STORIES<br />
"The Open Window" by Saki <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Word Origins: Words From Names .............................. 142 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Placement of only and just ................................ 143 <br />
Reading for Success: Strategies for Constructing Meaning ........................... 144 <br />
Literary Focus: Plot Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 <br />
"Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Borrowed Words: Latin Plural Forms. . . . .. . · ..................... 147 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Correct Use of Apostrophes ........ . · ..................... 148 <br />
Reading Strategy: Predict Based on Plot Details. . . . . . . . . . . · ..................... 149 <br />
Literary Focus: Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ..................... 150 <br />
"By The Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benet <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Word Groups: Conjunctive Adverbs ............................. 151 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 <br />
Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions ....................................... 153 <br />
Literary Focus: First-Person Point of View .................................... 154 <br />
"A Problem" by Anton Chekhov<br />
"Luck" by Mark Twain<br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Word Roots: -ver- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. · ............ 155 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Adjective Clauses . . . . . . . · ............ 156 <br />
Reading Strategy: Make Inferences About Character ............. . · ............ 157 <br />
Literary Focus: Static and Dynamic Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 158 <br />
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury<br />
"The Garden ofStubborn Cats" by Italo Calvino<br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Word Origins: Words From Myths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. · ............ 159 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Commonly Confused Words: lie and lay. . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 160 <br />
Reading Strategy: Clarify. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 161 <br />
Literary Focus: Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 162 <br />
"The Princess and All the Kingdom" by Par Lagerkvist <br />
"The Censors" by Luisa Valenzuela <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Word Roots: -ultra-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... · ... 163 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Who and Whom in Adjective Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... 164 <br />
Reading Strategy: Challenge the Writer's Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... 165 <br />
Literary Focus: Universal Themes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... 166 <br />
UNIT 7: NONFICTION<br />
"The Marginal World" by Rachel Carson <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Suffixes: -able ........................... . · ............ 167 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Linking Verbs and Subject Complements .......... . · ............ 168 <br />
Reading for Success: Sdtrategies for Reading Nonfiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 169 <br />
Literary Focus: Expository Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ............ 171 <br />
from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday<br />
from "Nobel Lecture" by Alexander Solzhenltsyn<br />
"Keep Memory Alive" by Elie Wiesel <br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Related Words: Forms of reciprocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... 172 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Capitalization of Proper Nouns and Adjectives . . .<br />
· ... 173 <br />
Reading Strategy: Analyze the Author's Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... 174 <br />
Literary Focus: Reflective and Persuasive Essays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... .. . · ... 175 <br />
"A ChUd's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas<br />
"Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer" by Langston Hughes<br />
<strong>Build</strong> <strong>Vocabulary</strong>: Word Groups: Musical Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 <br />
<strong>Build</strong> Grammar Skills: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Appositives ........................ 177 <br />
Reading Strategy: Recognize the Author's Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 <br />
Literary Focus: Biography and Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 <br />
iv Selection Support<br />
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