• Language & Grammar Engage in Conversation • Subject Pronouns
    • The Challenge
      by Gary Soto
      Reading Strategy: Monitor Your Reading
      SHORT STORY
      Plot
      Characters
      Setting      94
      • Writing & Grammar Write About a Friend
    • Language & Grammar Retell a Story • Verb Forms: Be
    • Rachel the Clever
      by Josepha Sherman
      Reading Strategy: Monitor Your Reading
      FOLK TALE
      Plot
      Characters
      Setting      124
      • Writing & Grammar Write About a Folk Tale
    • Language & Grammar Ask For and Give Information • Subject-Verb Agreement
    • A Contest of Riddles
      by Patricia C. McKissack
      Reading Strategy: Monitor Your Reading
      PLAY
      Characters      144
    • Atalanta’s Race
      MYTH      163
      • Writing & Grammar Write About a Play
    • Compare Across Texts
      Compare Patterns in Literature      170
    • Unit Wrap-Up171