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Short Stories
Chapter & Pages Title
Lit Book Pages 5-10 "The Sound of Summer Running"
Lit Book Pages 16-19 "Stray"
Lit Book Pages 34-39 "Jeremiah's Song"
Lit Book Pages 398-403 "Exploring the Titanic"
Lit Book Pages 406-407 "Titanic"
Lit Book Pages 201-209 "Thunder Butte"
Lit Book Pages 221-228 "The Dog of Pompeii"
Lit Book  Pages 60-69 "The King of Mazy May"
Lit Book Pages 47- 50 "Mummy 1770"
Lit Book Pages 80-85 "The Circuit"
Lit Book Pages  "Hard as Nails
Lit Book Pages 283-286
&
352-355
"Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse"

Justice at Last Jackie Robinson

Lit Book Pages 164-167 "Old Ben"& Feathered Friend
Lit Book Pages 238-245 "Mowgli's Brothers"
Lit Book Pages 293-301 "Lob's Girl"
Lit Book Pages 328-331 "Greyling"
Lit Book Pages 438-441 "The Loch Ness Monster"
Lit Book Pages
292-301
"Lob's Girl"
Poetry Vocabulary
Type of Poetry Defintion Pages in Literature Book
Couplet A couplet is a two line poem that rhymes.  Each line contains the same number of syllables Pages 738 & 756
Triplet Three lines that rhyme.  Each line contains the same number of syllables.  Pages 390
Quatrain Four line poem with several possible rhyming patterns.  Pages 28-29, 158-159, 392, 432, 433, 716, 717, & 718
Limerick An amusing verse of five lines.  Three long lines that rhyme and two short lines that rhyme.  (AABBA) Pages 727 and 729
Haiku A poem that consists of seventeen unrhymed syllables organized into three lines. (5-7-5) Pages 726 & 729
Cinquian Does not rhyme.  Follows a pattern of five lines containing 22 syllables.  N/A
Concrete A poem that takes the shape of the subject or topic. Pages 216-217, 725, & 729
Free Verse No rules-no guidelines. Pages 26, 74-75, 157, 263, & 335-341
Poetry Web Sites
Rhyming http://www.rhymezone.com 
Novels
Chapter & Pages Title
Novel Call It Courage
Novel Dar the Spear Thrower
Novel Number The Stars
Novel Where the Red Fern Grows
Novel Thank You Jackie Robinson
Novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Novel Bridge to Terabithia
Vocabulary Files
Vocabulary Chart Vocabulary Chart    
Liquefy your Vocabulary Liquefy your Vocabulary   
TWAS the Night Before the Snowfall TWAS the Night Before the Snowfall
Vocabulary
 Pages Unit # Definition Cross Antonym Cross Synonym Cross
 Pages 21-27 1 Click Click Click
 Pages 28-34 2 Click Click Click
 Pages 35-41 3 Click Click Click
 Pages 51-57 4 Click Click Click
 Pages 58-64 5 Click Click Click
 Pages 65-71 6 Click Click Click
 Pages 84-90 7 Click Click Click
 Pages 91-97 8 Click Click Click
 Pages  98-104 9 Click Click Click
 Pages  117-123 10 Click Click Click
 Pages 124-130 11 Click Click Click
 Pages 131-140 12 Click Click Click
 Pages 150-156 13 Click Click Click
 Pages 157-163 14 Click Click Click
 Pages 164-170 15 Click Click Click
Parts of Speech
Chapter # & Pages Title
Ch. 14 Pages 293-299 Nouns 
Ch. 14 Pages 300-309 Pronouns
Ch. 15 Pages 314-325 Verbs
Ch. 16 Pages 330-339 Adjectives
Ch. 16 Pages 340-347 Adverbs
Ch. 17 Pages 352-359 Prepositions
Ch. 18 Pages 364- 369 Conjunctions
Ch. 18 Pages 370-374 Interjections
Important Web Sites
Web Site Topic
http://www.phschool.com Prentice Hall Web site.  This is the company that makes your textbook.  Did you forget your book in school?  Check it out on the web.
Literature Book  You can read a story or find your homework.  
Writing and Grammar Book You can find your Language Arts homework that you missed.