Glencoe Literature: Reading with Purpose, Course One, Student Edition

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• ISBN13: 9780078454769
• ISBN10: 007845476X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-03
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Glencoe Literature: Reading with Purposeis the first research-based middle school language arts program that effectively combines strong skill development and incredible reading. Scaffolding and spiraling of skills builds a strong, necessary language arts foundation. Your students will be motivated, not frustrated by highinterest, leveled selections that engage and appeal to this tough audience. An inquiry-based "Big Question" approach within a unique "Workshop" lesson format gives students a purpose and meaningful context for their reading. You can differentiate, remediate, and accelerate with one book that will bringallof your students into the community of learners!

Table of Contents

Glencoe Literature: Reading with Purpose, Course One

Unit One: The Big Question: Why Do We Read?

Genre Focus: Informational Media

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Animal Attraction - Sally S. Stitch, TIME Magazine Article

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Setting a Purpose for Reading

Ballpark Food - Uncredited, Informational Text - Web Article
How He Did It: Health Advice, Kid to Kid - Amy Bertrand, Informational Text - Newspaper Article

Writing Workshop Part 1: Summary
Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning

Messaging Mania - Kathryn Satterfield, TIME Magazine Article
The Real Magic of Harry Potter - Nancy Gibbs, TIME Magazine Article

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Understanding Graphics

Make Your Own Kite - Uncredited, Informational Text - Instructions
from Bone: The Great Cow Race - Jeff Smith, Graphic Story

Writing Workshop Part 2: Summary

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details

To Young Readers - Gwendolyn Brooks, Poem
Why Books Are Dangerous - Neil Gaiman, Personal Essay

Comparing Literature Workshop: Author's Purpose

The Southpaw - Judith Viorst, Short Story
Concha - Mary Ellen Ponce, Short Story

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Scribe - Kristen Hunter, Short Story

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Two: The Big Question: What Brings Out the Best in You?

Genre Focus: Biography/Autobiography

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Madame C.J. Walker - Jim Haskins, Biography

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge

The Jacket - Gary Soto, Autobiography
The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be - Nikki Giovanni, poem

Writing Workshop Part 1: Autobiographical Narrative

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Connecting

Satchel Paige - Bill Littlefield, Biography
Song for a Surf-Rider - Sara Van Alstyne Allen, Poem

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Predicting

Eleanor Roosevelt - William Jay Jacobs, Biography
In Eleanor Roosevelt's Time - Uncredited, Informational Text: Timeline

Writing Workshop Part 2: Autobiographical Narrative

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Questioning

Gentleman of the Pool - Alice Park, TIME Magazine Article
Primary Lessons - Judith Ortiz Cofer, Autobiography

Comparing Literature Workshop: Characterization

from The Pigman and Me - Paul Zindel, Autobiography
The Goodness of Matt Kaizer - Avi, Short Story

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

Ta-Na-E-Ka - Mary Whitebird, Short Story

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Three: The Big Question: What's Fair and What's Not?

Genre Focus: Persuasive Writing

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

And Ain’t I a Woman? - Sojourner Truth, Speech

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Distinguishing Fact and Opinion

Preserving a Great American Symbol - Richard Durbin, Speech
Looking for America - Elizabeth Partridge, Essay

Writing Workshop Part 1: Persuasive Essay

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Clarifying

Two Advertisements - Uncredited, Functional Document: Advertisements
Stray - Cynthia Rylant, Short Story

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Inferring

Dressed for Success - Melanie Berlotto, TIME Magazine Article
Eleven - Sandra Cisneros, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 2: Persuasive Essay

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Identifying Problem and Solution

from 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth - Uncredited, Informational Text: Problem and Solution
Greyling - Jane Yolen, Short Story

Comparing Literature Workshop: Tone and Mood

Scholarship Jacket - Marta Salinas, Short Story
The Circuit - Francisco Jimenez, Short Story

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

All Summer in a Day - Ray Bradbury, Short Story

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Four: The Big Question: What Makes You Who You Are?

Genre Focus: Poetry

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Whatif - Shel Silverstein, Poem

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Visualizing

My Father is a Simple Man - Luis Omar Salinas, Poem
The All-American Slurp - Lensey Namioka, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Poem

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Responding

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me - Maya Angelou, Poem
Geraldine Moore the Poet - Toni Cade Bambara, Short Story

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Interpreting

Same Song - Pat Mora, Poem
Flowers and Freckle Cream - Elizabeth Ellis, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 2: Poem

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Monitoring Comprehension

The March of the Dead - Robert Service, Poem
The Gene Scene - Jordan Brown, TIME Magazine Article

Comparing Literature Workshop: Figurative Language

maggie and milly and molly and may - E.E. Cummings, Poem
Daydreamers - Eloise Greenfield, Poem

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Walrus and the Carpenter - Lewis Carroll, Poem

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Five: The Big Question: How Should You Deal with Bullies?

Genre Focus: Short Stories

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Fan Club - Rona Maynard, Short Story

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Drawing Conclusions

Street Magic - Will Eisner, Graphic Story
What Kids Say About Bullying - Uncredited, Informational Text: Web Article

Writing Workshop Part 1: Short Story

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Understanding Cause and Effect

Tuesday of the Other June - Norma Fox Mazer, Short Story
My Parents - Stephen Spender, Poem

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Understanding Sequence

Priscilla and the Wimps - Richard Peck, Short Story
Let the Bullies Beware - Ritu Upadhyay and Andrea DeSimone, TIME Magazine Article

Writing Workshop Part 2: Short Story

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite - Ellen Conford, Short Story
The New Kid on the Block - Jack Prelutsky, Poem

Reading Across Texts Workshop: Evaluating Problem and Solution

Bullies in the Park - Uncredited, TIME Magazine Article
The Bully Battle - Elizabeth Siris, TIME Magazine Article

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

El Enano - Charles L. Finger, Short Story

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Six: The Big Question: What Makes a Hero?

Genre Focus: Folktale/Fantasy/Myth

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

Persephone - Alice Low, Myth

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Activating Prior Knowledge

Hurricane Heroes - Thomas Fields-Meyers, Steve Helling, Lori Rosza, TIME Magazine Article
All Stories are Anansi’s - Harold Courlander, Folktale

Writing Workshop Part 1: Fable

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Clarifying

The Twelve Labors of Hercules - Walker Brents, Myth
Pecos Bill - Mary Pope Osbourne, Folktale

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting

Dragon Dragon - John Gardner, Fantasy
The King of Mazy May - Jack London, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 2: Fable

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Predicting

Aunt Millicent - Mary Steele, Short Story
A Mason-Dixon Memory - Clifton Davis, Personal Essay

Comparing Literature Workshop: Comparing Heroes

The Toad and the Donkey - Toni Cade Bambara, Folktale
Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby - Virginia Hamilton, Folktale

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

The Sand Castle - Alma Luz Villanueva, Fantasy

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Seven: The Big Question: What Can We Learn From Our Mistakes?

Genre Focus: Historical Fiction and Nonfiction

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

The Great Radio Scare - Uncredited, Informational Text: Historical News Article

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Synthesizing

The Gold Cadillac - Mildred D. Taylor, Short Story
Nadia the Willful - Sue Alexander, Short Story

Writing Workshop Part 1: Personal Narrative

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Determining Main Idea and Supporting Details

The Bracelet - Yoshiko Uchida, Short Story
Too Soon a Woman - Dorothy M. Johnson, Historical Fiction

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Evaluating

President Cleveland, Where Are You? - Robert Cormier, Short Story
Nobody’s Perfect - David Fischer, TIME Magazine Article

Writing Workshop Part 2: Personal Narrative

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Reviewing

The Shut Out - Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack Jr., Historical Nonfiction
The Talking Skull - Donna L. Washington, Folktale

Reading Across Texts Workshop: Comparing Author's Credibility

from The Great Fire - Jim Murphy, Historical Nonfiction
Letters About the Great Fire - Uncredited, Historical Nonfiction

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

A Lesson in Courtesy - Stan Sakai, Graphic Story

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Unit Eight: The Big Question: What Makes a Friend?

Genre Focus: Drama

Warm-Up: Genre Focus

from Novio Boy - Gary Soto, Drama

Reading Workshop 1: Skill Lesson: Visualizing

The Reluctant Dragon, Scene 1 - Kenneth Grahame, Drama
The Reluctant Dragon, Scene 2 - Kenneth Grahame, Drama

Writing Workshop Part 1: Speech

Reading Workshop 2: Skill Lesson: Clarifying

Damon and Pythias - Fan Kissen, Drama
Charlie Johnson - Joe Smith, Short Story

Reading Workshop 3: Skill Lesson: Skimming and Scanning

The Bully of Barksdale Street - Eric Alter, Drama
Tales of the Tangled Tresses - Christina Hamlett, Drama

Writing Workshop Part 2: Speech

Reading Workshop 4: Skill Lesson: Predicting

Best of Buddies - Kevin Gray and Cindy Damper, TIME Magazine Article
Zlateh the Goat - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Short Story

Reading Across Texts Workshop: Primary and Secondary Source Documents

Baby Hippo Orphan Finds a Friend - Catherine Clarke Fox, Informational Text: Web Article
from The Caretaker’s Journal - Stephen Tuei, Journal

Wrap-Up: Your Turn: Read and Apply Skills

A Time to Talk - Robert Frost, Poem

Reading on Your Own

Skills and Strategies Assessment

Reference Section

Appendices