Student Book, Paperback, Level 3, All Star English

Theme 1. My Place in the World. He-Who-Runs-Far (Adapted from the story by Hazel Fredericksen.) Just Me (Poem by Margaret Hillert). Language Power. Explore Research Skills. My Father (Excepted from The Mango Tree by Children in the Cambridge Public Schools). All Star News. Island Adventure (holistic assessment section). Theme 2. All About Families. Family Pictures (Excerpted from the Book by Carmen Lomas Garza). In Our One Family (Poem by Arnold Adoff). Language Power. Explore Research Skills. A Smart Cookie (excerpted from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros). All Star News. Families of the Jungle (holistic assessment selection). Theme 3. Pulling Together. Stone Soup (a folktale from Eastern Europe). The Cats of Kilkenny (anonymous limerick). Language Power. Explore Research Sills. I Wish (poem by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers) All Star News. Kids' Club Solves Crimes (holistic assessment selection). Theme 4. Meeting Challenges. Hatchet (excerpted from the book by Gary Paulsen).A Story of Success (nonfiction by Lavonne Walker). Language Power. Explore Research Skills. Eyewitness to War (excerpts from Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic). All Star News. The Kicker (holistic assessment section). Theme 5. Transitions. Sarah, Plain and Tall (excerpted from the book by Patricia Maclachlan). Where the Rainbow Ends (poem by Richard Rive). Language Power. Explore Research Skills. My First Day (autobiographical sketch by Tung Anh Cao). All Star News. A Changing South Africa (holistic assessment selection). Theme 6. Looking at Nature. Why the Sky is Fart Away (a folktale from Africa). The Mystery of the Mayans (photo essay). Language Power. Explore Research Skills. Picnic by the Seashore (poem by Monica Gunning). Until I saw the Sea (poem by Lilian Moore). All Star News. Sharks Under the Sea (holistic assessment selection).