► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Justify
Use Compound Sentences
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Make Inferences
► Read and Write Focus on Genre
Biography
Apply the Reading Strategy
Make Inferences
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Intonation
Vocabulary Review
Write About the
Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Make and Support
Inferences
Analyze Text Structure: Chronological Order
Vocabulary Study
Interpret Baseball Jargon
Listening/Speaking
Deliver an Informative
Presentation
Language and Grammar
Justify
Writing and Grammar
Combine Your Ideas
People do amazing things every day in sports. But some athletes change the sport forever. Learn about athletes who did what nobody said they could do.
Quickwrite Write about an athlete who plays sports today who you think of as a hero. What makes this person a hero? Is it his or her athletic talent, or is it something else?