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HoltElements of Literature

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Grade 7

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GRADE 7

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Users of Elements of Literature will appreciate this convenient guide to grammar, writing, and commu-nication skills supplementary instruction in McDougal Littell’s Language Network.

The correlation is organized by selection, so that as you work your way through the literature inElements of Literature, you know exactly where to go in Language Network for skills instruction in common grammar concepts, writing skills, vocabulary acquisition, critical thinking skills; and for helpwith projects such as giving speeches, creating multimedia projects, interviewing, and much more.

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A few regular features in Elements of Literature can be supported with the same Language Network chap-ter or pages consistently throughout the program. As a convenient guide for you, these features are list-ed below in a quick reference, rather than listed with selections.

Selection Features in Elements of Literature Supplement with Language Network

Reading Skills and Strategies Reading strategies, p. 508Students take notes in a journal abouta reading strategy as they read

Making Meanings Evaluating Information, pp. 523–535Post-reading, critical thinking questionsthat follow every selection

Writer’s Notebook Prewriting, pp. 310–314After selections students jot downideas to apply later in a Writer’sWorkshop

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Rikki-tikki-tavi, p. 2 Snake Patrol, p.11The Dinner Party, p. 17

Writing• Writer’s Notebook: Collecting Ideas for a Story,

p. 20• Expository Writing: Cobra Copy, p.20

Speaking and Listening• Speaking and Listening: Rikki-tikki-2, p. 20

Grammar• Style: Choosing Specific Verbs, p. 21

Song of the Trees, p. 28

Writing• Writer’s Notebook: Collecting Ideas for a Story,

p. 43

Research• Science/Art: Trees’ Company, p. 43

Grammar• Subject–Verb Agreement is Unanimous!, p. 44

• Prewriting: Finding a Topic, p. 31

• Research Report, p. 474

• Short Story, p. 465• Speaking Informally, p. 543

• Choosing Precise Words, p. 404• Student Help Desk: Powerful Words: Vivid

Verbs, p. 410

• Character Description, p. 422• Short Story and Poem, p. 462


• Quick-Fix Editing Machine: Subject–VerbAgreement, p. 288

• Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects, p. 216• Problem Subjects, p. 219

COLLECTION 1: OUT HERE ON MY OWN

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Vocabulary• Connotations: What’s the Difference

Between…, p. 44

Reading Skills and Strategies, p. 45

• Metacognition: Thinking About Thinking, p. 45

Writer’s Workshop, p. 94

Writing• Narrative Writing: Story, p. 94

Sentence Workshop, p. 99

Grammar• Sentence Fragments, p. 99

• Writer’s Workshop Follow-up: Proofreading, p. 99

Reading For Life, p. 100

Using Text Organizers, p. 100

Learning for Life, p. 101

• Making a Presentation, p. 101

• Recognizing Elements of Style: Connotationand Denotation, p. 401

• Connotation and Denotation, p. 406• Spot the Connotation, p. 411

Reading Tips, p. 508

• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Complete Subjects and Predicates, p. 6• Student Help Desk: The Sentence at a Glance,

Subjects and Predicates, p. 32• Fragments and Run-Ons, p. 25• Editing and Proofreading: Fragments, p. 442• Diagramming: Sentence Parts, p. 276

• Speak for Yourself: Demonstration, p. 443• Reading for Information, p. 508

• Speak for Yourself: Telling an Anecdote, p. 419• Speak for Yourself: Roleplay, p. 427

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from Homesick, p. 104

Writing• Writer’s Notebook: Collecting Ideas for an

Autobiographical Incident, p. 119

Speaking and Listening• Dramatic Reading: From Page to Stage, p. 119

Grammar• Style: Shades of Meaning–Denotations and

Connotations, p. 120

Vocabulary• Body Language, p. 120

Research• Research/Expository Writing: China Back

Then, p. 119


• Comparing and Contrasting, p. 123

• Personal Narrative: Prewriting, p. 417

• Presenting an Oral Interpretation, p. 548

• Connotation and Denotation, p. 401• Connotation and Denotation 406• Connotations, p. 577

• Research Report, p. 474• Speak for Yourself: Oral Report, p. 487• Locating Sources: p. 495

• Comparison-Contrast: Do an OrganizationalPattern, p. 449

• Comparison-Contrast Essay at a Glance, p. 452

COLLECTION 2: WHO AM I?

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from Barri Boy, p. 124 An Immigrant to the United States,p. 130


Autobiographical Incident, p. 132• Comparing and Contrasting: Looking Back,

p. 132

Grammar • Making the Most of Comparing Adjectives,

p. 133

Vocabulary• Rest Assured–The Words Are in the Bank,

p. 133

Fish Cheeks, p. 134Queen Bean, p. 138


Autobiographical Incident, p. 142• Descriptive Writing: Different Tastes, p. 142

Grammar• Style: Using Precise Adjectives

• Freewrite, p. 311• Personal Narrative: Prewriting, p. 417• Compare-Contrast Essay, p 446

• Adjectives: Making Comparisons, p. 137• Adjectives: Modifiers in Comparisons, p.149

• Freewrite, p. 31• Prewriting, p. 417• What is an Adjective, p. 126• Sensory Details, p. 378

• Sensory Details, p. 378• What is an Adjective, p. 126• Choosing Precise Words, p. 404


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Speaking and Listening Workshop, p. 180

Speaking and Listening• Group Discussion, p. 180


Writing• Narrative Writing: Autobiographical Incident,

p. 182


Grammar• Combining Sentences Using Subordinate

Clauses, p. 187

• Participating in a Group Discussion, p. 543

• Personal Narrative, p. 414

• What is a Clause?, p. 186• Revising: Varying Sentence Structure, p. 193• Kinds of Dependent Clauses: Adverb Clauses,

p. 194• Avoiding Clause Confusion, p. 205

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After Twenty Years, p. 192Home, Sweet Home: The O. HenryMuseum, p. 195The Pitch That Didn’t Work, p. 198

Writing• Writer’s Notebook: Collecting Ideas for

Supporting A Position, p. 200• News Article: Cop Busts Best Buddy, p. 200

Grammar• End All End-Mark Errors, p. 201

Vocabulary• How to Own a Word: Attacking Strange

Words, p. 201

A Mason-Dixon Memory, p. 205 Buddies Bare Their Affection for IllClassmate, p. 212

Writing• Writer’s Notebook: Collecting Ideas for a

Supporting Position, 214

• Creative Writing: Love’s the Thing, p. 214

Speaking and Listening• Panel Discussion: A Color-Blind Society,

p. 214

Grammar• Commas Make Sense of a Series, p. 215

• Paragraphs That Persuade, p. 347• Proposal: Prewriting, p. 457• Paragraphs That Inform, p. 346

• Periods and Other End Marks, p. 250

• Using Context Clues, p. 570

• Paragraphs That Persuade, p. 347• Writing Workshop: Proposal, p. 454• Drafting: State the Need Early, p. 457• Personal Narrative, p. 414

• Finding Information, p. 478• Participating in a Group Discussion, p. 543

• Commas with Items in a Series, p. 253• Commas in Sentences, p. 253


COLLECTION 3: DO THE RIGHT THING

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Research• Research: Questioning a Witness, p. 214

Vocabulary• Synonyms: Shades of Meaning

Bargain, p. 230


Supporting Position, p. 242

• Writing a Summary: Accident or Plan, p. 242

Speaking and Listening• Research/Speaking and Listening: Frontier

Teacher, p. 242

Grammar• End the Apostrophe Glut, p. 243

Spelling• Silent Letters, p. 243

• Research Report, p. 474• Finding Information, p. 478• Interviewing, p. 541• Preparing for an Interview, p. 542

• Thesauruses, p. 579• Synonyms, p. 577

• Paragraphs that Persuade, p. 347• Adapting Different Types of Writing, p. 545• Editorial, p. 623• Problem-Solution Essay, p. 625• Summarizing, p. 513• Paragraphs that Persuade, p. 347• Editorial, p. 623• Problem-Solution Essay, p. 625

• Research Report, p. 474• Speak for Yourself: Oral Report, p. 487

• Apostrophes, p. 266• Quick-Fix Spelling Machine: Possessives, p. 629• Apostrophes, p. 620• Quick-Fix Spelling Machine: Contractions, p. 633

• Words Ending in Silent e, p. 630• Quick-Fix Spelling Machine: Words Ending in

Silent e

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Writing• Persuasive Writing: Supporting a Position,

p. 260


Grammar• Run-on Sentences, p. 265


• Evaluating Persuasive Messages, p. 266


• Using Multiple Sources to Conduct Researchon Volunteering, p. 267

• Proposal, p. 454• Problem-Solution Essay, p. 625

• Run-On Sentences, p. 26• Run-On Sentences, p. 287• Editing and Proofreading: Correcting Run-ons,

p. 458

• Facts and Statistics, p. 380• How Ideas Are Related, p. 524• Recognizing Emotional Words, p. 532• Evaluating What You Hear, p. 540• Editorial, p. 623

• Proposal, p. 454• Research Report, p. 474


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Brian’s Song, p. 273Literature and Sports: A Glossary ofFootball Terms, p. 280Literature and Medicine: ZappingSports Injuries, p. 295The Day the Butterfly Came, p. 299Pic from I am Third, p. 320

Writing• Writer’s Notebook: Collecting Ideas for a How-

To-Essay, p. 323

• Creative Writing: The Times of My Life, p. 323

Grammar• Transitions Make the Right Connection, p. 324

Vocabulary• Extra! Extra! Reference Aids Help Clarify

Meaning, p. 324

• Prewriting: Finding a Topic, p. 311• Prewriting: Narrowing and Exploring a Topic,

p. 312• Freewriting, p. 311• Personal Narrative: Prewriting, p. 417• Character Description, p. 425

• Paragraphs That Explain Why or How, p. 356• Using Compare-and-Contrast Order, p. 358• Student Help Desk: Transition Tool Box,

p. 361• Organization and Coherence, p. 369• Coherence Connection: Putting Things in

Order, p. 373

• Understanding Related Words: Synonyms, p. 577

• Using References: Thesauruses, p. 579

COLLECTION 4: WE ROOKIES HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER

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Speaking and Listening• Speaking and Listening Workshop: Oral

Interpretation, p. 326


Writing• Writer’s Workshop: Expository Writing: How-

To Essay, p. 328

Sentence Workshop, p. 333.Grammar• Combining Sentences Using And, But or Or,

p. 333


• Conducting an Interview to Research aQuestion, p. 335

• Speak for Yourself: Oral Interpretation, p. 435• Presenting an Oral Interpretation, p. 548

• Writing Process, pp. 309-323• Sequential Order, p. 353• Process Description, p. 626

• Combining Complete Sentences, p. 330• Combining Sentence Parts, p. 332• Student Help Desk: Combining Sentences,

p. 336• Coordinating Conjunctions, p. 158

• Interviewing, p. 541


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The Highwayman, p. 340


Biographical Sketch, p. 349• A Summary and Response: You Be the Judge,

p. 348

Annabel Lee, p. 350

Writing• Creative Writing: Collecting Ideas for a

Biographical Sketch, p. 354


• Thinking Critically: Opinions vs. Facts, p. 367

Miss Awful, p. 368Becoming a Nation of Readers, p. 375Eighth Grade Teacher Finds GrammarErrors on Food Label, p. 382



Speaking and Listening• Persuasive Writing/Public Speaking: Oration by

Orville, p. 384

• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Character Description, p. 422• Interpreting a Poem, p. 430

• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Character Description, p. 422

• Separating Facts from Opinions, p. 526• Identifying Opinions, p. 526

• Character Description p. 422

• Proposal, p. 454• Model Bank: Editorial, p. 623• Paragraphs That Persuade, p. 347

COLLECTION 5: LIVING IN THE HEART

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Vocabulary• Map It Out: Antonyms, Synonyms, Examples

The Only Girl in the World for Me, p. 386



Grammar Link• Avoiding Unclear Pronoun References, p. 392

Vocabulary• Word Roots from Latin, p. 392


Speaking and Listening• Speaking and Listening Workshop:

Interviewing, p. 408

• Understanding Related Words: Synonyms, p. 577

• Using References: Thesauruses, p. 579

• Character Description: Prewriting, p. 425

• Pronoun Agreement, p. 73• Indefinite Pronoun Agreement, p. 76• Student Help Desk: Pronoun-Antecedent

Agreement, p. 89• Quick-Fix Editing Machine: Pronoun

Reference Problems, p. 290

• Analyzing Word Parts: Word Roots, p. 574

• Research Report, p. 474• Listening and Speaking Skills, p. 536• Interviewing, p. 541


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Writing• Expository Writing: Biographical Sketch, p. 410


Grammar• Revising Wordy Sentences, p. 415

Reading for Life, p. 416

• Reading a Geography Book, p. 416

• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Character Description, p. 422

• Quick-Fix Editing Machine: AvoidingWordiness, p. 297

• Quick-Fix Editing Machine: Using PreciseWords, p. 302

• Stringy or Overloaded Sentences, p. 391• Revising Sentences: Padded and Empty

Sentences, p. 388• Student Help Desk: Phrases to Avoid, p. 396

• Reading for Information, p. 508• Understanding Graphic Aids, p. 510

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The Creation, p. 420


Observational Writing, p. 425

Speaking and Listening• Choral Reading: All Together Now, p. 425

Sky Woman, p. 426


Observational Writing, p. 431• Creative Writing: My Side of the Story, p. 431• Creative Writing/Listening and Speaking: And

That’s Why the Water is Wet: Telling a Story, p. 43

Speaking and Listening• Creative Writing/Speaking and Listening: And

That’s Why Water Is Wet: Telling a Story, p. 431

• Research/Speaking and Listening: Telling Tales,p. 431

Research• Research/Speaking and Listening: Telling Tales,

p. 431

• Uses of Elaboration: Why Use Elaboration, p. 377

• Sensory Details, p. 378• Student Help Desk: Adding Sensory Details,

p. 384

• Poetry: Sharing and Reflecting, p. 470• Interpreting a Poem: Speak for Yourself: Oral

Interpretation, p. 435• Presenting an Oral Interpretation, p. 549

• Prewriting: Finding a Topic, p. 310

• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Short Story and Poem, p. 462• Speak for Yourself: Drama, p. 471

• Research Report, p. 474• Using Media in Your Presentation, p. 561

• Research Report, p. 474• Using Media in Your Presentation, p. 561


COLLECTION 6: THE OLD EARTH

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Spelling• How to Own a Word: Adding Suffixes:

Changing y to i


• Organizing Ideas, p. 433

When the Earth Shakes, p. 434


Observational Writing, p. 441• Creative Writing: Then the Earth Shuddered

and Said––, p. 441

Research• Research/Writing: Earthquake Report

Grammar• Style: Formal and Informal English

• Singular and Plural Nouns, p. 39• Quick-Fix Spelling Machine: Words Ending

in y, p. 631

• Organizing Paragraphs, p. 350• Sequential Order, p. 352• Cause-and-Effect Order, p. 356• Student Help Desk: Organizing a Paragraph,

p. 360• Unity in a Composition, p. 368• Writing the Body: Organization and

Coherence, p. 369• Organizing and Outlining, p. 482• Using Thinking Skills, p. 491• How Ideas Are Related: Cause and Effect, p. 525


• Short Story and Poem, p. 462• Cause-and-Effect Order, p. 356• How Ideas Are Related: Cause and Effect,

p. 525


• Style and Effective Language, p. 399• Recognizing Elements of Style, p. 401• Choosing Language Levels: Formal and

Informal Language, p. 402• Student Help Desk: Language Levels, p. 410

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from Survive the Savage Sea, p. 444He Ate Ants, p. 449


Observational Writing, p. 458• Creative Writing: Writing at Sea, p. 458

Speaking and Listening• Speaking and Listening: Against all Odds,

p. 458

Research• Informative Report/Science: Steering by the

Stars, p. 458

Grammar• Style: Active and Passive Voice, p. 459


Writing• Descriptive Writing: Observational Writing,

p. 486


Grammar• Using a Variety of Sentence Structures, p. 491

• Character Description: Prewriting, p. 425


• Summarizing, p. 513• How Ideas Are Related, p. 524• Going Beyond the Facts, p. 528• Student Help Desk: Using Thinking Skills at

a Glance, p. 534

• Research Report, p. 474• Using Media in Your Presentations, p. 561

• Style and Effective Language, p. 399

• Character Description, p. 422

• Sentence Structure, p. 184• Quick-Fix Editing Machine: Varying Sentence

Structure, p. 298


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Reading for Life, p. 492

• Understanding Induction and Deduction, p. 492

Learning for Life

• Saving Our Planet: Science Research, p. 493

• Separating Facts from Opinions, p. 526• Going Beyond the Facts, p. 528

• Research Report, p. 474• Using Media in Your Presentations, p. 561

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The Origin of the Seasons, p. 500

Writing• Creative Writing: Notes from the Underworld,

p. 510• Creative Writing: A Myth for All Seasons,

p. 510

• Creative Writing: The Rest of the Story, p. 510

Grammar• Descriptive Language, p. 511

Vocabulary• English Prefixed Derived from Greek, p. 511


• Reading Between the Lines: Context Clues, p. 521

Echo and Narcissus, p. 522

Writing• Creative Writing: Expressing an Opinion,

p. 528• Creative Writing/Botany: A Yard Full of Myths,

p. 528

Vocabulary• Language Arts: Echoes of the Past, p. 528

• Freewriting, p. 311• Freewriting, p. 425• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Character Description, p. 422• Short Story and Poem, p. 462• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Kinds of Nouns, p. 36• What is an Adjective?, p. 126• Grammar in Literature, p. 144• Student Help Desk: Adding Sensory Details,

p. 384

• Analyzing Word Parts, p. 573

• Using Context Clues, p. 570

• Proposal, p. 454• Character Description, p. 422• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Analyzing Word Parts, p. 573• Using References: Dictionaries, p. 578


COLLECTION 7: OUR CLASSICAL HERITAGE

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Grammar• Words That Are Often Confused, p. 529

The Flight of Icarus, p. 530A Creative Genius, p. 534Wings, p. 536

Writing• Creative Writing: Dear Daedalus, p. 528

• Creative Writing: It’s a Bird, It’s a…

Grammar• Adjective vs. Adverb, p. 539

Vocabulary• Place Names from Greece and Rome

• Possessive Pronouns, p. 65• Possessive Pronouns and Contractions, p. 65

• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Character Description, p. 422• Personal Narrative, p. 414

• What is an Adverb?, p. 134• Making Comparisons, p. 137• Adjective or Adverb?, p. 140• Student Help Desk: Adjectives and Adverbs,

p. 148

• Analyzing Word Parts, p. 573

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The Frogs Who Wished for a King, p. 566The Fox and the Grapes, p. 568 The Town Mouse and the CountryMouse, p. 570Belling the Cat, p. 572The Boy and the Wolf, p. 574


Evaluation, p. 576• Creative Writing: A Fable for Our Time, p. 576

Speaking and Listening• Speaking/Storytelling: A Telling Tale, p. 576

Grammar• Bad or Badly?, p. 577

Vocabulary• Animal Similes, p. 577


Writing• Persuasive Writing: Evaluation, p. 582

• Reading for Information, p. 509• Interpreting a Poem: Prewriting, p. 433• Personal Narrative, p. 414• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Presenting an Oral Interpretation, p. 548

• Adjective or Adverb?: Bad and Badly, p. 140

• The Elements of Style: Recognizing Elementsof Style, p. 401

• Using Figures of Speech, p. 408

• Proposal, p. 454• Model Bank: Editorial, p. 622• Paragraphs: Informative and Persuasive, p. 346


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Grammar• Varying Sentence Length , p. 587


• Reading a Map and a Time Line


• Investigating the Media and Values , p. 589

• Revising Sentences, p. 387• Vary Sentence Structure, p. 392• Varying Sentence Length, p. 394

• Understanding Graphic Aids, p. 510

• Examining a Media, p. 553• Comparing Media, p. 554• Media Influence, p. 557• Analyzing Media Messages, p. 559• Using Media in Your Presentation, p. 561

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Aschenputtel, p. 592"Ashen Poodle" –A Modern Furry Tale,p. 597… And Then the Prince Knelt Downand Tried to Out the Glass Slipper onCinderella’s Foot, p. 601In Search of Cinderella, p. 601


Informative Report, p. 605• Creative Writing: Role Reversal, p. 605

Speaking and Listening• Speaking: Role Reversal, p. 605

• Speaking and Listening: A Real CinderellaStory, p. 605

The Algonquin Cinderella, p. 607 Dinorella, p. 612Yeh-Shen, p. 615from Ashpet, p. 621


Informative Report, p. 623• Creative Writing: Story Swap, p. 623

Grammar• Two, To, and Too, p. 624

• Prewriting: Finding a Topic, p. 310• Developing a Research Plan, p. 477• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Short Story: Prewriting, p. 462• Speak for Yourself: Drama, p. 471• Using Media in Your Presentation, p. 561• Short Story: Prewriting, p. 462• Speak for Yourself: Drama, p. 471• Using Media in Your Presentation, p. 561

• Prewriting: Finding a Topic, p. 310• Developing a Research Plan, p. 477

• Commonly Confused Words, p. 641


COLLECTION 8: 900 CINDERELLAS: OUR WORLD HERITAGE IN FOLKLORE

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Spelling• Spelling Strategies, p. 624


• Summarizing: Hitting the Highlights, p. 627

Oni and the Great Bird, p. 628Literature and Oral Storytelling:Spreading the Word, p. 633


Informative Report, p. 636• Creative Writing: Homemade Hero, p. 636

Grammar• They’re, Their, There, p. 637

• Principal Parts of Verbs, p. 100• Irregular Verbs, p. 102• Student Help Desk: Principal Parts of Regular

Verbs, p. 122• Making Comparisons, p. 137

• Student Help Desk: Transition Tool Box, p. 361

• Taking Notes: Summarizing, p. 513• Story Elements, p. 465

• Research Report, p. 474• Short Story and Poem, p. 462

• Commonly Confused Words, p. 641• Possessive Pronouns, p. 65

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Speaking and Listening• Speaking to Inform, p. 670


Writing• Expository Writing: Informative Report, p. 672


Grammar• Parallel Structure, p. 677


• Researching Our Heritage: ComparingCultures, p. 679

• Listening and Speaking Skills, p. 536• Cause-and-Effect Essay, p. 438• Speak for Yourself: Demonstration, p. 443• Comparison-and-Contrast Essay, p. 446• Speak for Yourself: Multimedia Presentation,

p. 451• Proposal, p. 454• Speak for Yourself: Persuasive Speech, p. 459• Research Report, p. 474• Speak for Yourself: Oral Report, p. 487• Preparing an Oral Report, p. 545


• Quick-Fix Editing Machine: Improving WeakSentences, p. 2969

• Research Report, p. 474• Speaking Informally, p. 543• Preparing an Oral Report, p. 545• Using Media in Your Presentations, p. 561


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