• Language & Grammar Persuade • Present, Past, and Future Tense Verbs
    • Handle with Care
      by Kate Boehm Jerome
      Reading Strategy: Synthesize
      PERSUASIVE ESSAY
      Argument
      Support      568
    • Going Green with Cameron Diaz
      INTERVIEW      584
      • Writing & Grammar Write About Community Action
    • Language & Grammar Use Appropriate Language • Present Perfect Tense Verbs
    • Melting Away
      by Glen Phelan
      Reading Strategy: Synthesize
      ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
      Support      592
    • Plant a Tree
      TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS      608
      • Writing & Grammar Write About an Environmental Action
    • Language & Grammar Negotiate • Participles
    • The Legend of the Yakwawiak
      Reading Strategy: Synthesize
      by Joseph and James Bruchac
      LEGEND      614
    • Possum Crossing
      by Nikki Giovanni
      POEM      630
    • The Tyger
      by William Blake
      POEM      632
      • Writing & Grammar Write About a Story
    • Compare Across Texts
      Compare Themes and Symbols      640
    • Unit Wrap-Up641
    • Resources & Index
      • Reading Fluency and Practice643
      • Glossary: Key Vocabulary and Academic Vocabulary672
      • Literary Terms684
      • Index of Skills689
      • Acknowledgments and Art Credits694