• Language & Grammar Describe People, Places, and Things • Adjectives
    • The Lotus Seed
      by Sherry Garland
      Reading Strategy: Visualize
      REALISTIC FICTION
      Chronological Order      178
    • A Suitcase of Seaweed
      by Janet Wong
      POEM      194
      • Writing & Grammar Write About a Person, Place, or Thing
    • Language & Grammar Make Comparisons • Comparative Adjectives
    • Immigrants Today
      by Ann M. Rossi
      Reading Strategy: Visualize
      SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK
      Cause and Effect      200
    • The Lemon Story
      by Alberto Alvaro Ríos
      PERSONAL NARRATIVE      218
      • Writing & Grammar Write About a Change in Your Life
    • Language & Grammar Describe an Event or Experience • Adverbs
    • Brothers in Hope
      by Mary Williams
      Reading Strategy: Visualize
      BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION
      Chronological Order      224
    • Refugees Find New Lives
      NEWS ARTICLE      248
      • Writing & Grammar Write About an Event
    • Compare Across Texts
      Compare Writing on the Same Topic      256
    • Unit Wrap-Up257