Illustration of the title page of the selection “Brave Butterflies”
Selection 2 Overview
  • Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Make Comparisons

    Use Pronouns in the Subject and Predicate

  • Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

  • Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Short Story

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Expression

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Text Structure: Cause and Effect

    Analyze the Topic

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Context Clues

    Research/Speaking

    Research Freedom

    Seekers

    Language and Grammar

    Make Comparisons

    Writing and Grammar

    Write About a New Home

Build Background
Tour an Island Country

The Dominican Republic is an island in the Caribbean Sea. The country has an interesting past and present.

Connect

T Chart What do you think of the Dominican Republic? What would you like and dislike? Work with a group. List positive and negative impressions of the Dominican Republic.