Harcourt Language,9780153178368

Harcourt Language

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ISBN13: 9780153178368
ISBN10: 0153178361
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School
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Table of Contents

Introduction 18(4)
Unit 1 Grammar: Sentences/Writing: Expressive Writing
22(70)
Sentences
Sentences
24(2)
Four Types of Sentences
26(2)
Punctuating Sentences
28(2)
Extra Practice
30(2)
Chapter Review
32(1)
Viewing: A Viewing Vocabulary
33(1)
Subjects/Nouns
Complete and Simple Subjects
34(2)
Nouns in Subjects
36(2)
Combining Sentences: Compound Subjects
38(2)
Extra Practice
40(2)
Chapter Review
42(1)
Vocabulary: Figurative Language
43(1)
Writer's Craft: Personal Voice
Literature Model: from Guests by Michael Dorris
44(4)
Figurative Language and Imagery
Sensory Details
Writer's Viewpoint
Writing a Descriptive Paragraph
48(3)
Prewriting and Drafting Editing • Sharing and Reflecting
Viewing: Looking at Art
51(1)
Predicates/Verbs
Complete and Simple Predicates
52(2)
Verbs in Predicates
54(2)
Combining Sentences: Compound Predicates
56(2)
Extra Practice
58(2)
Chapter Review
60(1)
Listening and Speaking: Adjusting Speech for Audience and Purpose
61(1)
Simple and Compound Sentences
Simple and Compound Sentences
62(2)
Conjunctions in Compound Sentences
64(2)
Combining Sentences: Semicolons and Conjunctions
66(2)
Extra Practice
68(2)
Chapter Review
70(1)
Vocabulary: Analogies
71(1)
Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative
Literature Model: from Baseball in the Barrios
72(13)
Henry Horenstein
Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing
80(5)
Listening and Speaking: Varying Pitch, Tone, Rate, and Volume
85(1)
Unit Grammar Review
86(4)
Unit Wrap-Up
Writing Across the Curriculum
90(1)
Books to Read
91(1)
Unit 2 Grammar: More About Nouns and Verbs/Writing: Informative Writing: Explanation
92(72)
More About Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
94(2)
Singular and Plural Nouns
96(2)
Abbreviations
98(2)
Extra Practice
100(2)
Chapter Review
102(1)
Listening and Speaking: Listening to Gain Information
103(1)
Possessive Nouns
Singular Possessive Nouns
104(2)
Plural Possessive Nouns
106(2)
Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns
108(2)
Extra Practice
110(2)
Chapter Review
112(1)
Study Skills: Using Card Catalogs
113(1)
Writer's Craft: Paragraphing
Literature Model: from Have a Happy
114(4)
Mildred Pitts Walter
Topic Sentence and Details
Sequence
Using Transitions
Writing Directions
118(3)
Prewriting and Drafting • Editing • Sharing and Reflecting
Listening and Speaking: Giving Directions Orally
121(1)
Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Action Verbs
122(2)
Linking Verbs
124(2)
Using Forms of the Verb Be
126(2)
Extra Practice
128(2)
Chapter Review
130(1)
Vocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes
131(1)
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Verb Phrases
132(2)
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
134(2)
Contractions with Not
136(2)
Extra Practice
138(2)
Chapter Review
140(1)
Study Skills: Using Encyclopedias and Periodicals
141(1)
Writing Workshop: How-to Essay
Literature Model: from Little Town on the Prairie
142(11)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing
148(5)
Listening and Speaking: Listening to Follow Directions
153(1)
Unit Grammar Review
154(4)
Unit Wrap-Up
Writing Across the Curriculum
158(1)
Books to Read
159(1)
Cumulative Review: Units 1--2
160(4)
Unit 3 Grammar: More About Verbs/Writing: Persuasive Writing
164(68)
The Simple Tenses
Past, Present, and Future Tense
166(2)
Present Tense
168(2)
Subject-Verb Agreement
170(2)
Extra Practice
172(2)
Chapter Review
174(1)
Viewing: Analyzing Advertisements
175(1)
More About Verb Tenses
Past Tense and Future Tense
176(2)
Principal Parts of Verbs
178(2)
Using Do and See Correctly
180(2)
Extra Practice
182(2)
Chapter Review
184(1)
Technology: Using E-mail
185(1)
Writer's Craft: Elaboration
Literature Model: from Ola Shakes It Up by Joanne Hyppolite
186(4)
Identifying Purpose and Audience
Reasons and Details
Staying on the Topic
Letter to the Editor
190(3)
Prewriting and Drafting • Editing • Sharing and Reflecting
Listening and Speaking: Persuasive Discussion
193(1)
Irregular Verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs
194(2)
More Irregular Verbs
196(2)
Commonly Misused Verbs
198(2)
Extra Practice
200(2)
Chapter Review
202(1)
Listening and Speaking: Listening for Facts and Opinions
203(1)
The Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses
204(2)
Future Perfect Tense
206(2)
Sequence of Tenses
208(2)
Extra Practice
210(2)
Chapter Review
212(1)
Technology: Searching Online
213(1)
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essay
Literature Model: ``Looking and Feeling Your Best''
214(11)
Brian Ward
Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing
220(5)
Listening and Speaking: Making an Oral Presentation
225(1)
Unit Grammar Review
226(4)
Unit Wrap-Up
Writing Across the Curriculum
230(1)
Books to Read
231(1)
Unit 4 Grammar: Pronouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs/Writing: Informative Writing: Classification
232(76)
Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
234(2)
Object Pronouns
236(2)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
238(2)
Extra Practice
240(2)
Chapter Review
242(1)
Vocabulary: Homophones and Homographs
243(1)
More About Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
244(2)
Reflexive Pronouns
246(2)
Contractions with Pronouns
248(2)
Extra Practice
250(2)
Chapter Review
252(1)
Viewing: Evaluating Film and Television
253(1)
Writer's Craft: Effective Sentences
Literature Model: from Leonardo da Vinci
254(4)
Diane Stanley
Opening Sentences
Combining Sentences
Sentence Variety
Paragraph That Contrasts
258(3)
Prewriting and Drafting • Editing • Sharing and Reflecting
Vocabulary: Words That Signal Contrast
261(1)
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives
262(2)
Adverbs
264(2)
Adjective or Adverb?
266(2)
Extra Practice
268(2)
Chapter Review
270(1)
Study Skills: Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
271(1)
More About Adjectives and Adverbs
Other Kinds of Adverbs
272(2)
Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs
274(2)
Using Good and Well
276(2)
Extra Practice
278(2)
Chapter Review
280(1)
Study Skills: Using Graphs and Maps
281(1)
Writing Workshop: Comparison/Contrast Essay
Literature Model: from Fur, Feathers, and Flippers
282(13)
Patricia Lauber
Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing
290(5)
Technology: Using a Word Processor
295(1)
Unit Grammar Review
296(4)
Unit Wrap-Up
Writing Across the Curriculum
300(1)
Books to Read
301(1)
Cumulative Review: Units 1--4
302(6)
Unit 5 Grammar: Phrases and Clauses/Writing: Research Report
308(70)
Prepositions
Prepositions
310(2)
Object of the Preposition
312(2)
Expanding Sentences with Prepositional Phrases
314(2)
Extra Practice
316(2)
Chapter Review
318(1)
Study Skills: Making Outlines
319(1)
Phrases and Clauses
Phrase or Clause?
320(2)
Independent and Dependent Clauses
322(2)
Combining Independent and Dependent Clauses
324(2)
Extra Practice
326(2)
Chapter Review
328(1)
Study Skills: Strategies Good Readers Use
329(1)
Writer's Craft: Organizing Information
Literature Model: from Mountains by Seymour Simon
330(4)
Taking Notes
Making Outlines
Evaluating and Documenting Information
Paragraph of Information
334(3)
Prewriting and Drafting • Editing • Sharing and Reflecting
Study Skills: Evaluating Sources
337(1)
Complex Sentences
Compound and Complex Sentences
338(2)
More About Complex Sentences
340(2)
Sentence Variety
342(2)
Extra Practice
344(2)
Chapter Review
346(1)
Study Skills: Using Tables and Charts
347(1)
More About Sentences
Sentence Fragments
348(2)
Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
350(2)
Punctuating Compound and Complex Sentences
352(2)
Extra Practice
354(2)
Chapter Review
356(1)
Technology: Using Computer Graphics
357(1)
Writing Workshop: Research Report
Literature Model: from The World's Top Ten Deserts
358(13)
Neil Morris
Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing
366(5)
Technology: Giving a Multimedia Presentation
371(1)
Unit Grammar Review
372(4)
Unit Wrap-Up
Writing Across the Curriculum
376(1)
Books to Read
377(1)
Unit 6 Grammar: Usage and Mechanics/Writing: Expressive Writing
378(101)
Commas
Commas
380(2)
More About Commas
382(2)
Using Commas with Appositives
384(2)
Extra Practice
386(2)
Chapter Review
388(1)
Vocabulary: Using Vocabulary Strategies
389(1)
Quotation Marks and Colons
Using Quotation Marks
390(2)
More About Quotation Marks
392(2)
Colons
394(2)
Extra Practice
396(2)
Chapter Review
398(1)
Vocabulary: Words from Many Languages
399(1)
Writer's Craft: Word Choice
Literature Model: from Julie
400(4)
Jean Craighead George
Vivid Verbs and Specific Nouns
Descriptive Words and Phrases
Tone
Character Study
404(3)
Prewriting and Drafting • Editing • Sharing and Reflecting
Vocabulary: Making Word Lines
407(1)
More About Punctuation
Punctuating Titles
408(2)
Capitalizing Words in Titles
410(2)
Hyphens
412(2)
Extra Practice
414(2)
Chapter Review
416(1)
Listening and Speaking: Listening and Speaking in a Group
417(1)
Usage Problems
Negatives and Double Negatives
418(2)
Using I and Me
420(2)
Commonly Confused Words
422(2)
Extra Practice
424(2)
Chapter Review
426(1)
Technology: Using the Internet and Websites
427(1)
Writing Workshop: Short Story
Literature Model: ``The Long Ride''
428(11)
R. E. Richards
Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Proofreading • Publishing
434(5)
Listening and Speaking: Tips for Performers
439(1)
Unit Grammar Review
440(4)
Unit Wrap-Up
Writing Across the Curriculum
444(1)
Books to Read
445(1)
Cumulative Review: Units 1--6
446(8)
Extra Practice
454(25)
Handbook
479(83)
Sentence Diagramming
480(26)
Writing Models
Personal Narrative
484(2)
How-to Essay
486(2)
Persuasive Essay
488(2)
Comparison/Contrast Essay
490(2)
Research Report
492(2)
Story
494(2)
News Story
496(2)
Play
498(2)
Business Letter
500(1)
Friendly Letter with Envelope
501(1)
Poems: Rhymed and Unrhymed
502(2)
Invitation and Thank-You Note
504(1)
Telephone Message and Form
505(1)
Writing Rubrics
506(32)
Skimming
512(1)
Scanning
513(1)
Using Book Parts
514(2)
Using a Dictionary
516(2)
Using the Internet
518(2)
Using an Encyclopedia
520(2)
Using Periodicals and Newspapers
522(2)
Using an Atlas
524(1)
Using an Almanac
525(1)
Using a Map
526(1)
Using Graphs
527(1)
Using Tables
528(1)
Using Charts and Diagrams
529(1)
Note Taking
530(2)
Summarizing Information
532(1)
Bibliographic Citations
533(1)
Outlining
534(1)
Test-Taking Strategies
535(3)
Tips for Taking Multiple-Choice Tests
536(1)
Tips for Taking Essay Tests
537(1)
Spelling Strategies
538(2)
Commonly Misspelled Words
540(2)
Handwriting Models
542(2)
Thesaurus
544(18)
Glossary 562(16)
Vocabulary Power 578(2)
Index 580

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