did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780890618745

Goodman's Five Star Stories: Adventures 10 Tales of Adventure

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780890618745

  • ISBN10:

    0890618747

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-09-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
List Price: $27.66 Save up to $6.91
  • Buy Used
    $20.75

    USUALLY SHIPS IN 2-4 BUSINESS DAYS

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

Motivate students with high-interest fictionfrom master authors Motivate struggling readers with high-interest storiesat ten reading levels Improve vocabulary and comprehension skills Encourage writing in response to reading One of our classic best-sellers,Goodman's Five-Star Stories, supplementsany literature curriculum or stands on its own by providing interesting fictionat just the right reading levels. Adapted well-known short stories bytraditional authors and newer multicultural authors entice even strugglingreaders with tales of adventure, derring-do, and surprise. Vocabulary incontext, cloze passages, and critical thinking exercises help readers improvetheir understanding of the narrative text.

Table of Contents

To The Student

The Short Story--Important Words

1. "The Day it Snowed Tortillas" by Joe Hayes

2. "The Captain" based on a story by Leo Tolstoy

3. "The Visitors" by George Shea

4. "King Midas and the Golden Touch" a Greek myth by Nathaniel Hawthone

5. "Tea for Two" by Joan Mosby

6. "Anansi and the Sea" a West African folktale

7. "Clever Grethel" an old tale

8. "Fresh Fish Sold Here" by Angel Flores

9. "The Fire" by Shirley Nagel

10. "The Fight of the Crickets" by Lin Yutang

Progress Chart

Progress Graph

Acknowledgements

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program