► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Clarify and Verify
Use Pronouns in the Subject and Predicate
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Make Connections
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Short Story
Apply the Reading Strategy
Make Connections
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Expression
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Realistic Fiction
Vocabulary Study
Understand Denotation and Connotation
Listening/Speaking
Perform a Poem
Deliver an Entertaining Speech
Language and Grammar
Clarify and Verify
Writing and Grammar
Write About Fitting In
“Indian Summer Sun” is about a girl from Puerto Rico who moves to Connecticut. Connecticut is in the northeastern United States near the Atlantic Ocean. Puerto Rico is southeast of the U.S. near the Caribbean Ocean.
Quickwrite Have you or someone you know ever moved to a new place? What makes a new place feel like home? Do a Quickwrite of your ideas.
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There are many places people call home.