Table of Contents

Part 1 - Written and Oral Communication

Chapter 1 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 1 - Personal Narratives

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good Personal Narrative?

Lesson 2 - Introduction, Body, and Conclusion

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Sentence Variety

Lesson 4 - Study Skills: Thesaurus

Lesson 5 - Word Study: Using Exact Words

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Oral Personal Narratives

Personal Narrative Writer's Workshop

Chapter 2 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 2 - How-to Articles

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good How-to Article?

Lesson 2 - Order, Accuracy, and Completeness

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Transition Words

Lesson 4 - Word Study: Synonyms

Lesson 5 - Study Skills: Using the Internet

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: How-to Talks

How-to Article Writer's Workshop

Chapter 3 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 3 - Business Letters

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good Business Letter?

Lesson 2 - Purpose

Lesson 3 - Word Study: Roots

Lesson 4 - Writing Skills: Writing Skills: Combining Sentences and Sentence Parts

Lesson 5 - Life Skills: Filling Out Forms

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Business Telephone Calls

Business Letter Writer's Workshop

Chapter 4 Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 4 - Descriptions

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good Description?

Lesson 2 - Ordering a Description

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Graphic Organizers

Lesson 4 - Word Study: Suffixes

Lesson 5 - Study Skills: Dictionary

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Oral Descriptions

Description Writer's Workshop

Chapter 5 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 5 - Book Reports

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good Book Report?

Lesson 2 - Writing a Book Report

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Revising Sentences

Lesson 4 - Word Study: Prefixes

Lesson 5 - Study Skills: Fact and Opinion

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Oral Book Reports

Book Report Writer's Workshop

Chapter 6 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 6 - Creative Writing

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good Tall Tale?

Lesson 2 - Writing a Tall Tale

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Figurative Language

Lesson 4 - Word Study: Homophones

Lesson 5 - Poetry: Nonsense Words

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Storytellers' Contests

Tall Tale Writer's Workshop

Chapter 7 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 7 - Persuasive Writing

Lesson 1 - What Makes Good Persuasive Writing?

Lesson 2 - Writing a Persuasive Article

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Expanding Sentences

Lesson 4 - Word Study: Antonyms

Lesson 5 - Study Skills: Library

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Persuasive Speaking

Persuasive Writing Writer's Workshop

Chapter 8 - Teacher Planning Pages

Chapter 8 - Research Reports

Lesson 1 - What Makes a Good Research Report?

Lesson 2 - Gathering and Organizing Information

Lesson 3 - Writing Skills: Outlines

Lesson 4 - Word Study: Compound Words

Lesson 5 - Study Skills: Library Reference Materials

Lesson 6 - Speaking and Listening Skills: Oral Research Reports

Research Report Writer's Workshop

Part 2 - Grammar

Section 1 - Nouns

1.1 - Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

1.2 - Singular Nouns and Plural Nouns

1.3 - More Singular Nouns and Plural Nouns

1.4 - Possessive Nouns

1.5 - Collective Nouns, Count and Noncount Nouns

1.6 - Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements

1.7 - Nouns as Objects

1.8 - Nouns as Indirect Objects

1.9 - Nouns in Direct Address

1.10 - Words Used as Nouns or as Verbs

1.11 - Words Used as Nouns or as Adjectives

Noun Challenge

Section 2 - Pronouns

2.1 - Singular Pronouns and Plural Pronouns

2.2 - Personal Pronouns

2.3 - Subject Pronouns

2.4 - Object Pronouns

2.5 - Indirect Objects

2.6 - Uses of Pronouns

2.7 - Possessives

2.8 - Intensive Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns

2.9 - Antecedents

2.10 - Pronouns and Contractions

2.11 - Demonstrative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns

Pronoun Challenge

Section 3 - Adjectives

3.1 - Descriptive Adjectives

3.2 - Proper Adjectives

3.3 - Articles

3.4 - Repetition of Articles

3.5 - Demonstrative Adjectives

3.6 - Adjectives That Tell How Many

3.7 - Subject Complements

3.8 - Adjectives That Compare

3.9 - More, Most and Less, Least

3.10 - Fewer, Fewest and Less, Least

3.11 - Interrogative Adjectives

Adjective Challenge

Section 4 - Verbs

4.1 - Action Verbs and Being Verbs

4.2 - Verb Phrases

4.3 - Principal Parts of Verbs

4.4 - Irregular Verbs

4.5 - More Irregular Verbs

4.6 - Simple Tenses

4.7 - Progressive Tenses

4.8 - Present Perfect Tense

4.9 - Past Perfect Tense

4.10 - Future Perfect Tense

4.11 - Linking Verbs

Verb Challenge

Section 5 - Adverbs

5.1 - Adverbs of Time, Place, and Manner

5.2 - Adverbs That Compare

5.3 - Troublesome Words, Negative Words

5.4 - There Is and There Are

5.5 - Adverb Clauses

Adverb Challenge

Section 6 - Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

6.1 - Prepositions and Their Objects

6.2 - Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives

6.3 - Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs

6.4 - Coordinating Conjunctions

6.5 - Subordinate Conjunctions

6.6 - Interjections

Section 6 Challenge

Section 7 - Sentences

7.1 - Kinds of Senences

7.2 - Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates

7.3 - Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

7.4 - Direct Objects and Indirect Objects

7.5 - Subject Complements

7.6 - Sentence Order

7.7 - Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates

7.8 - Compound Direct Objects

7.9 - Compound Subject Complements

7.10 - Compound Sentences

7.11 - Complex Sentences

Sentence Challenge

Section 8 - Punctuation and Capitalization

8.1 - End Punctuation

8.2 - Commas in Series

8.3 - Commas with Conjunctions

8.4 - Direct Address and Yes and No

8.5 - Apostrophes

8.6 - Capital Letters

8.7 - Titles

8.8 - Other Uses of Capital Letters

8.9 - Abbreviations

8.10 - Direct Quotations

8.11 - Addresses and Letters

Section 8 Challenge

Section 9 - Diagramming

9.1 - Subjects, Predicates, Direct Objects, Modifiers

9.2 - Indirect Objects

9.3 - Subject Complements

9.4 - Prepositional Phrases

9.5 - Interjections

9.6 - Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates

9.7 - Compound Direct Objects and Indirect Objects

9.8 - Compound Subject Complements

9.9 - Compound Sentences

9.10 - Adverb Clauses

9.11 - Diagramming Review

Diagramming Challenge

Grammar and Mechanics Handbook

Index

Using Voyages in English

Welcome to

A Sixty-Year Legacy

Voyages in English in the 21st Century

Top Ten Similes Kids Should Know About Writing

Student Book Contents

Program Rationale

Teaching Writing

An Apprenticeship Approach

Guiding Principles for Mentoring Apprentice Writers

The Process of Professional Writers

The Philosophy Behind the Writer's Workshops

A Word About Content Editing and Copyediting

Program Structure

The Components of Voyages in English

Inside the Student Book

A Balanced Plan of Writing and Grammar

One Chapter, One Month

Using the Program

The Teacher Planning Pages

How to Put the Pieces Together

The Chapter Opener

One Lesson, Two Days

Using the Writer's Workshops

Assessment

Genre Scoring Rubrics

Scope and Sequence of Skills

Voyages in English - Teacher Guide - Grade 5 - Complete Book Index