Literature

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Contents

WARM-UP..................................... 650

Genre Focus: Folktale.............................. 652

Julius Lester Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion........................ Folktale... 654

READING WORKSHOP 1

Skill Lesson: Understanding Cause and Effect.................. 656

Phyllis Savory The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena................... Folktale... 660

Shirley Jackson Charles.................................. Short Story... 668

WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1

Modern Folktale..................................... 676

Grammar Link: Compound and Complex Sentences............... 679

UNIT 6

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The

BIG

QuestionQuestion Why Do We Share Our Stories?.......... 648

Genre Focus: Folktale

Reading Skills Focus

Understanding Cause and Effect

Questioning

Predicting

Analyzing

Vocabulary Skills

Idioms

Slang

Dialogue

Literal and Metaphoric

Word Meanings

Literary Elements

Theme

Character and

Characterization

Cultural Allusions

Dialect

Grammar

Objects

Compound and Complex

Sentences

Commas