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Goodman's Five Star Stories Travels

National Edition

MHID: 0890616442 | ISBN 13: 9780890616444

Grades: 6 - 12

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One of our classic best-sellers, Goodman's Five-Star Stories, supplements any literature curriculum or stands on its own by providing interesting fiction at just the right reading levels. Adapted well-known short stories by traditional authors and newer multicultural authors entice even struggling readers with tales of adventure, derring-do, and surprise. Vocabulary in context, cloze passages, and critical thinking exercises help readers improve their understanding of the narrative text.

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Build five important reading skills

Key story elements (main ideas and details, using the cloze procedure)
Literary elements (plot, character, setting, foreshadowing, theme, climax)
Critical thinking (drawing conclusions, making inferences, using story clues)
Vocabulary in context
Analyzing the writer’s craft

Help students visualize their progress

Progress charts and graphs provide motivation to succeed. Students have concrete evidence of their improved reading skills.

Students write in response to reading

Open-ended response activities at the end of every selection invite creativity. These activities support both writing and discussion.

To the Reader

The Short Story--Character, Plot and Setting

1. "Selling the Horse" by Don Juan Manuel

2. "The King and the Shoemaker" an old story

3. "Across Time" by Lael J. Littke

4. "Morning Sunshine" a story from West Africa

5. "Two Who Flew" a Greek myth

6. "The Queen's Garden" by Ellen C. Babbitt

7. "Work Well Done" a story from Russia

8. "The Snow Woman" an old story from Japan

Progress Chart

Progress Graph

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Burton Goodman

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