Visions B Language, Literature, Content

by McCloskey, Mary Lou; Stack, Lydia

• ISBN13: 9780838452486
• ISBN10: 0838452485
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-24
• Publisher: CENGAGE ELT

Summary

VISIONS is our newest four-level language development program that supports students from the newcomer level through transition into mainstream classrooms. By incorporating fine literature with content, students learn and amply practice the skills they need to meet grade-level standards while being introduced to the academic language needed for school success!

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Challenges	1	(71)
Chapter 1	2	(12)
Reading Strategy: Make Inferences	4	(9)
The Race poem	6	(2)
Jennifer Trujillo
The Camel Dances fable	8	(5)
Arnold Lobel
Across Content Areas: Science: Classify Animals	13	(1)
Chapter 2	14	(14)
Reading Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect	16	(11)
Hatchet excerpt from a novel	17	(10)
Gary Paulsen
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Combustion	27	(1)
Chapter 3	28	(12)
Reading Strategy: Predict	30	(9)
Antarctic Adventure excerpt from a historical narrative	31	(8)
Meredith Hooper
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About Bodies of Land and Water	39	(1)
Chapter 4	40	(14)
Reading Strategy: Compare a Reading with Your Experiences	42	(11)
Yang the Youngest excerpt from a novel	43	(10)
Lensey Namioka
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn the Meanings of Culture	53	(1)
Chapter 5	54	(18)
Reading Strategy: Find the Main Idea and Details	56	(15)
The Scholarship Jacket short story	57	(14)
Marta Salinas
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Nutrition	71	(1)
Apply and Expand	72	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Make a Speech: News Report	72	(1)
Viewing Workshop: Compare and Contrast Electronic Media with Written Stories	73	(1)
Writer's Workshop: Write to Narrate: Tell How Someone Faced a Challenge	74	(2)
Projects	76	(1)
Further Reading	77	(1)
Unit 2 Changes	78	(68)
Chapter 1	80	(12)
Reading Strategy: Make Inferences	82	(1)
World Wide Web Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? excerpt from a science article from the World Wide Web	83	(8)
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Trees	91	(1)
Chapter 2	92	(10)
Reading Strategy: Summarize	94	(7)
Elizabeth's Diary excerpt from a historical fiction diary	95	(6)
Patricia Hermes
Across Content Areas: Language Arts: Understand Genres of Literature	101	(1)
Chapter 3	102	(16)
Reading Strategy: Determine the Sequence of Events	104	(13)
And Now Miguel play based on a novel	105	(12)
Joseph Krumgold
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Understand State Flags	117	(1)
Chapter 4	118	(14)
Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions	120	(11)
Tuck Triumphant excerpt from a novel	121	(10)
Theodore Taylor
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About Families	131	(1)
Chapter 5	132	(14)
Reading Strategy: Understand the Sequence of Events	134	(11)
The Journal of Jesse Smoke excerpt from a historical fiction journal	136	(4)
Joseph Bruchac
Ancient Ways poem	140	(5)
Elvania Toledo
Across Content Areas: Math: Use Rank Order	145	(1)
Apply and Expand	146	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Interview and Report	146	(1)
Viewing Workshop: Analyze Film or Video	147	(1)
Writer's Workshop: Write to Persuade: Write a Letter to the Editor	148	(2)
Projects	150	(1)
Further Reading	151	(1)
Unit 3 Courage	152	(64)
Chapter 1	154	(12)
Reading Strategy: Use Images to Understand and Enjoy Poetry	156	(9)
Life Doesn't Frighten Me poem	157	(8)
Maya Angelou
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About the Respiratory System	165	(1)
Chapter 2	166	(12)
Reading Strategy: Find the Main Idea and Supporting Details	168	(9)
Matthew A. Henson excerpt from a biography	169	(8)
Wade Hudson
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Temperature	177	(1)
Chapter 3	178	(12)
Reading Strategy: Use Chronology to Locate and Recall Information	180	(9)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl excerpt from a diary	181	(8)
Anne Frank
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Describe Social Groups	189	(1)
Chapter 4	190	(12)
Reading Strategy: Distinguish Fact from Opinion	192	(9)
Lance Armstrong: Champion Cyclist speech	193	(8)
President George W. Bush
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Read a Chart	201	(1)
Chapter 5	202	(14)
Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions and Give Support	204	(11)
Earthquake excerpt from a memoir	205	(10)
Huynh Quang Nhuong
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Read a Map	215	(1)
Apply and Expand	216	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Present a Biographical Narrative	216	(1)
Viewing Workshop: Compare and Contrast Visual and Electronic Media with Written Stories	217	(1)
Writer's Workshop: Response to Literature	218	(2)
Projects	220	(1)
Further Reading	221	(1)
Unit 4 Discoveries	222	(56)
Chapter 1	224	(14)
Reading Strategy: Compare and Contrast	226	(11)
The Library Card excerpt from a novel	228	(4)
Jerry Spinelli
At the Library poem	232	(5)
Nikki Grimes
Across Content Areas: Language Arts: Use the Library	237	(1)
Chapter 2	238	(14)
Reading Strategy: Use Graphic Sources	240	(11)
Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden nonfiction narrative	241	(10)
Johan Reinhard
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Understand the Atmosphere and Altitude	251	(1)
Chapter 3	252	(12)
Reading Strategy: Use Dialogue to Understand Character	254	(9)
The Art of Swordsmanship folktale	255	(8)
Rafe Martin
Across Content Areas: The Arts: Learn About Art in Everyday Objects	263	(1)
Chapter 4	264	(14)
Reading Strategy: Find the Main Idea and Supporting Details	266	(11)
Mae Jemison, Space Scientist biography	267	(10)
Gail Sakurai
Across Content Areas: Science: Understand Gravity	277	(1)
Apply and Expand	278	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Report a Biographical Sketch About a Person's Hobby	278	(1)
Viewing Workshop: Interpret Important Ideas from Maps	279	(1)
Writer's Workshop: Write to Inform: Write an E-mail	280	(2)
Projects	282	(1)
Further Reading	283	(1)
Unit 5 Communication	284	(58)
Chapter 1	286	(16)
Reading Strategy: Predict	288	(13)
How Tia Lola Came to Stay excerpt from a novel	289	(12)
Julia Alvarez
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Read a Weather Map	301	(1)
Chapter 2	302	(14)
Reading Strategy: Compare and Contrast	304	(11)
Helen Keller excerpt from a biography	306	(3)
George Sullivan
The Miracle Worker excerpt from a play	309	(6)
William Gibson
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About Some Causes of Diseases	315	(1)
Chapter 3	316	(12)
Reading Strategy: Represent Text Information in an Outline	318	(9)
Hearing: The Ear excerpt from a textbook	319	(8)
Across Content Areas: The Arts: Learn About the Voice	327	(1)
Chapter 4	328	(14)
Reading Strategy: Make Inferences Using Text Evidence	330	(11)
The Art of Making Comic Books illustrated ``how-to'' book	331	(10)
Michael Morgan Pellowski
Across Content Areas: The Arts: Learn About Art Forms	341	(1)
Apply and Expand	342	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Present an Oral Summary of a Reading	342	(1)
Viewing Workshop: View and Think	343	(1)
Writer's Workshop: Write a Persuasive Editorial	344	(2)
Projects	346	(1)
Further Reading	347	(1)
Unit 6 Frontiers	348	(58)
Chapter 1	350	(12)
Reading Strategy: Use Chronology to Locate and Recall Information	352	(9)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition excerpt from a textbook	353	(8)
Across Content Areas: Language Arts: Use Headings as You Read	361	(1)
Chapter 2	362	(18)
Reading Strategy: Describe Mental Images	364	(15)
A Wrinkle in Time excerpt from a science fiction novel	365	(14)
Madeleine L'Engle
Across Content Areas: Science: Learn About the Speed of Light	379	(1)
Chapter 3	380	(12)
Reading Strategy: Draw Conclusions with Text Evidence	382	(9)
I Have a Dream excerpt from a speech	383	(8)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About the United States Constitution	391	(1)
Chapter 4	392	(14)
Reading Strategy: Distinguish Fact from Opinion	394	(11)
Lyndon Baines Johnson: Our Thirty-Sixth President excerpt from a biography	396	(2)
Melissa Maupin
Speech to the Nation: July 2, 1964 excerpt from a speech	398	(7)
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Across Content Areas: Social Studies: Learn About the Branches of Government	405	(1)
Apply and Expand	406	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Give a Persuasive Speech	406	(1)
Viewing Workshop: View and Think	407	(1)
Writer's Workshop: Write a Research Report	408	(2)
Projects	410	(1)
Further Reading	411	(1)
Skills Index	412	(7)
Credits	419