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ON READING My Brother Sam Is Dead Lisa French
Three Watson Irvine, CA 92618-2767 Web site: www.sdlback.com
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Contents Introduction/Classroom Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Focus on the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Focus Your Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
I. Chapters I–II Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
IV. Chapters VII–IX Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–21
Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check Your Understanding: Short Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Check Your Understanding: Short Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deepen Your Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Deepen Your Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
II. Chapters III–IV Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
V. Chapters X–XI Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27
Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check Your Understanding: Short Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Check Your Understanding: Short Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Deepen Your Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deepen Your Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
III. Chapters V–VI Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15
VI. Chapter XII–Epilogue Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32–33
Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17