Inside Language, Literacy, and Content [Level C]
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Finding Your Own Place
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Organization of Ideas
Focus on Vocabulary: Use Context Clues
Selections
Growing Together
When I Grow Up
Kids Like Me
Familiar Places
Compare Across Texts: Compare People
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 2: Water for Life
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Kinds of Writing
Focus on Vocabulary: Relate Words
Selections
The Secret Water
How Do We Use Water?
Water at Work
Compare Across Texts: Compare Ideas
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 3: Natural Forces
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Narrative Writing
Focus on Vocabulary: Use Word Parts
Selections
Volcano!
Fleeing Katrina
Earthquake
Compare Across Texts: Compare How Information is Presented
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 4: Creepy Classics
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Elements of Fiction
Focus on Vocabulary: Use Word Parts
Selections
Frankenstein
How Frankenstein Began
Film Fright
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Mister Monster
Compare Across Texts: Compare Themes in Different Media
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 5: The Drive to Discover
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Organization of Ideas
Focus on Vocabulary: Use Word Parts
Selections
Return to Titanic
Talking with Robert Ballard
The Forgotten Treasure
There is No Word for Goodbye
Mysteries of Ancient Past
Compare Across Texts: Compare Important Ideas
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 6: Struggle for Freedom
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Organization of Ideas
Focus on Vocabulary: Use Context Clues
Selections
Escaping to Freedom
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Brave Butterflies
Farah Ahmedi
Seeking Freedom
Compare Across Texts: Compare Writing on the Same Topic
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 7: Star Power
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Author's Purpose
Focus on Vocabulary: Use Context Clues
Selections
The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet
A Universe of Stars
The Astronomer
Not-So-Starry Nights
Preserving the Rural Environment
Compare Across Texts: Compare an Author's Works
Unit Wrap-Up
Unit 8: Art and Soul
Unit Launch
Focus on Genre: Text Features
Focus on Vocabulary: Go Beyond the Literal Meaning
Selections
Old Music Finds New Voices
When I Sing / Cuando Canto
Making Faces
Wings
Icarus and Daedalus
Compare Across Texts: Compare Themes
Unit Wrap-Up
Resources
Reading Fluency and Practice
Glossary
Literary Terms
Index
Acknowledgments and Art Credits