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Tables of Contents for Heath English 9
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Unit 1 Exploring the Writer's Craft
The Writing Process
2
46
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
2
6
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
3
4
Maya Angelou
Theme: Self-Confidence
Responding to the Theme: Self-Confidence
7
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Analyzing
Extending Your Vocabulary
Exploring the Writing Process
8
40
Prewriting
10
1
Strategies for Thinking of Subjects
10
4
Choosing and Limiting a Subject
14
2
Considering Your Purpose and Audience
16
2
Strategies for Developing Your Subject
18
6
Strategies for Organizing Your Ideas
24
2
Critical Thinking: Classifying
26
3
Drafting
29
3
Revising
32
1
Revising on Your Own
32
4
Revising through Conferencing
36
1
Editing and Publishing
37
1
Editing a Draft
37
2
Editing: Integrating Language Skills
39
2
Sentence Fragments
Subject and Verb Agreement
Words Interrupting a Subject and a Verb
Publishing Your Work
41
3
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
44
3
A Composition about Personal Goals
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for the Writing Process
47
1
Developing Your Writing Style
48
38
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
48
10
``All Summer in a Day''
49
8
Ray Bradbury
Theme: Environment
Responding to the Theme: Environment
57
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Inferring
Extending Your Vocabulary
Developing Your Writing Style
58
28
Choosing Vivid Words
59
1
Specific Words
59
1
Denotation and Connotation
60
2
Figurative Language
62
3
Critical Thinking: Developing Vivid Comparisons
65
1
Sentence-Combining Strategies
66
1
Combining Sentences with Phrases
66
1
Combining Sentences by Coordinating
67
2
Combining Sentences by Subordinating
69
2
Creating Sentence Variety
71
1
Varying Sentence Beginnings
71
2
Varying Sentence Structure
73
2
Writing Concise Sentences
75
1
Rambling Sentences
75
1
Redundancy
76
1
Wordiness
76
4
Editing and Publishing: Integrating Language Skills
80
2
Capitalization of Proper Nouns
Punctuation with Possessive Nouns
Punctuation with a Series of Nouns
Spelling the Plurals of Nouns
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
82
3
A Description of a Character
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Developing Your Writing Style
85
1
Writing Expository Paragraphs
86
54
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
86
8
The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator
87
6
Charles G. Finney
Theme: Nature's Marvels
Responding to the Theme: Nature's Marvels
93
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Generalizing
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Expository Paragraphs
94
46
Paragraph Structure
97
1
Topic Sentence
98
2
Supporting Sentences
100
1
Concluding Sentence
101
1
Paragraph Development
102
1
Methods of Development
102
1
Adequate Development
103
1
Unity
103
2
Coherence
105
1
Prewriting
106
1
Discovering Subjects to Write About
106
1
Choosing a Subject
107
1
Limiting a Subject
108
1
Determining Your Audience
109
1
Developing Supporting Details
110
3
Critical Thinking: Analyzing
113
1
Classifying Supporting Details
114
4
Arranging Details in Logical Order
118
5
Drafting
123
1
Drafting a Topic Sentence
123
1
Drafting the Body of an Expository Paragraph
124
1
Drafting a Concluding Sentence
125
2
Revising
127
1
Checking for Adequate Development
127
1
Checking for Unity
128
1
Checking for Coherence
129
2
Using a Revision Checklist
131
3
Editing and Publishing: Integrating Language Skills
134
2
Tenses of Verbs
Principal Parts of Verbs
Irregular Verbs
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
An Explanation of a Behavior
Independent Writing Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
136
3
Checklist for Writing Expository Paragraphs
139
1
Writing Other Kinds of Paragraphs
140
46
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
A Flag at the Pole
141
6
Paxton Davis
Theme: Exploration
Responding to the Theme: Exploration
147
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Evaluating
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Other Kinds of Paragraphs
148
38
Writing Narrative Paragraphs
149
2
Chronological Order and Transitions
151
2
Point of View
153
5
Writing Descriptive Paragraphs
158
2
Specific Details and Sensory Words
160
4
Spatial Order and Transitions
164
5
Editing and Publishing
Integrating Language Skills
Comparison of Adjectives
Punctuation with Adjectives
169
3
Writing Persuasive Paragraphs
172
2
Facts and Opinions
174
1
Order of Importance and Transitions
175
2
Persuasive Language
177
1
Critical Thinking: Evaluating Alternative Arguments
178
4
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
Paragraphs for Different Purposes
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
182
3
Checklist for Writing Other Kinds of Paragraphs
185
1
Writing Effective Essays
186
32
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
186
6
``The Trouble with Television''
187
4
Robert MacNeil
Theme: Television
Responding to the Theme: Television
191
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Classifying
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Effective Essays
192
26
Analyzing Essay Structure
193
2
The Essay Introduction
195
1
Writing the Thesis Statement
196
2
Critical Thinking: Drawing Conclusions
198
3
Setting the Tone
201
1
Capturing the Reader's Interest
202
1
The Essay Body
203
1
Supporting Paragraphs
203
3
Unity, Coherence, and Clarity
206
2
The Essay Conclusion
208
2
Editing and Publishing: Integrating Language Skills
A Writer's Glossary of Usage
210
2
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
212
3
A Proposal to Solve a Problem
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Writing Effective Essays
215
3
Unit 2 Achieving the Writer's Purpose
Writing Essays to Inform
218
40
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
218
8
Single Room, Earth View
219
5
Sally Ride
``Space''
224
1
Evangelina Vigil-Pinon
Theme: Space
Responding to the Theme: Space
225
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Comparing
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Essays to Inform
226
32
Prewriting
227
1
Discovering and Choosing a Subject
227
1
Determining Your Audience
228
1
Limiting and Focusing a Subject
228
3
Gathering Information
231
2
Developing a Working Thesis
233
2
Critical Thinking: Evaluating Information for Relevance
235
1
Organizing an Essay
236
6
Making an Outline
242
3
Drafting
245
1
Writing a Thesis Statement
245
1
Drafting the Introduction
246
1
Drafting the Body
247
2
Drafting the Conclusion
249
1
Revising
250
1
Checking for Unity, Coherence, and Clarity
250
1
Using a Revision Checklist
251
1
Editing and Publishing
Integrating Language Skills
Prepositional Phrases
Punctuation with Prepositional Phrases
Combining Sentences with Prepositional Phrases
252
2
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
254
3
An Essay to Inform
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Writing Essays to Inform
257
1
Writing Essays to Persuade
258
30
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
258
6
``Not Being There''
259
4
Roger Ebert
Theme: Pastimes
Responding to the Theme: Pastimes
263
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Analyzing
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Essays to Persuade
264
24
Persuasive Essay Structure
265
4
Facts and Opinions
269
2
Critical Thinking: Making Sound Generalizations
271
1
Writing a Persuasive Essay
272
1
Prewriting
272
7
Drafting
279
1
Revising
280
2
Editing and Publishing
Integrating Language Skills
Sentence Fragments
Run-on Sentences
282
2
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
284
3
A Persuasive Essay
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Writing Essays to Persuade
287
1
Writing Personal Essays
288
30
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
288
8
Barrio Boy
289
5
Ernesto Galarza
``Lineage''
294
1
Margaret Walker
Theme: Family
Responding to the Theme: Family
295
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Inferring
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Personal Essays
296
22
Prewriting
297
1
Drawing on Personal experience
298
1
Deciding on the Meaning of an Experience
299
1
Critical Thinking: Interpreting Experience
300
1
Deciding on Purpose and Audience
301
1
Developing and Selecting Details
302
1
Organizing Details
303
1
Drafting
304
1
Drafting the Introduction
304
3
Drafting the Body
307
2
Drafting the Conclusion
309
1
Revising
310
1
Revising for Adequate Development
310
1
Using a Revision Checklist
311
1
Editing and Publishing
Integrating Language Skills
Appositive Phrases
Combining Sentences with Appositive Phrases
312
2
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
314
3
A Personal Experience Essay
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Writing Personal Essays
317
1
Writing Essays about Literature
318
40
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
318
10
``Say It With Flowers''
319
8
Toshio Mori
Theme: Choices
Responding to the Theme: Choices
327
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Predicting
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Essays about Literature
328
30
Prewriting
330
1
Responding from Personal Experience
331
1
Responding from Literary Knowledge
332
6
Critical Thinking: Making Inferences about Characters
338
1
Choosing and Limiting a Subject
339
2
Developing Your Thesis
341
1
Gathering Evidence
342
4
Organizing Details into an Outline
346
2
Drafting
348
3
Revising
351
1
Editing and Publishing
Integrating Language Skills
352
2
Participial Phrases
Punctuation with Participial Phrases
Combining Sentences with Participial Phrases
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
354
3
A Critical Essay
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Writing Essays about Literature
357
1
Writing Research Papers
358
42
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
358
6
``Rancho Buena Vista''
Fermina Guerra
Theme: Traditions
359
4
Responding to the Theme: Traditions
363
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Organizing
Extending Your Vocabulary
Writing Research Papers
364
36
Prewriting
365
1
Choosing and Limiting a Research Subject
365
3
Gathering Information
368
2
Taking Notes and Summarizing
370
3
Developing a Thesis
373
1
Organizing Your Notes
374
2
Critical Thinking: Synthesizing Information
376
1
Outlining
377
2
Drafting
379
2
Using Sources
381
2
Studying a Model Draft of a Research Paper
383
4
Citing Sources
387
5
Revising
392
2
Editing and Publishing: Integrating Language Skills
394
2
Adverb Clauses
Adjective Clauses
Punctuation with Clauses
Combining Sentences with Clauses
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
396
3
A Research Paper
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing About Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Writing Research Papers
399
1
Creative Writing
400
36
Reading Literature for Writing Ideas
400
6
``The Open Window''
Saki
Theme: The Unexpected
401
4
Responding to the Theme: The Unexpected
405
1
Responding in Your Journal
Speaking and Listening
Critical Thinking: Analyzing
Extending Your Vocabulary
Exploring Creative Writing
406
30
The Elements of a Short Story
407
1
The Plot and the Central Conflict
407
1
The Characters
408
1
The Setting
408
1
The Narrator
409
1
The Theme
410
1
A Sample Short Story
410
5
Prewriting
415
1
Building a Plot
415
2
Sketching Characters
417
2
Critical Thinking: Imaging
419
1
Creating a Setting
420
1
Choosing a Point of View
421
1
Ordering Events
422
1
Drafting
423
1
Using Dialogue
424
2
Revising
426
1
Using a Revision Checklist
426
2
Editing and Publishing: Integrating Language Skills
428
2
Cases of Pronouns
Quotation Marks with Dialogue
Capitalization and Indentation with Dialogue
Commas and End Marks with Dialogue
A Writer Writes: More Writing Ideas
430
3
A Short Story
Independent Writing
Creative Writing
Writing about Literature
Writing in Other Subject Areas
Checklist for Creative Writing
433
3
Unit 3 Applying Communication and Study Skills
Letters and Applications
436
14
Writing Friendly Letters
436
3
Writing Business Letters
439
3
Business Letter Form
439
2
The Envelope
441
1
Integrating Language Skills
442
5
Using Commas in Dates and Addresses
Letters of Request
443
1
Order Letters
444
1
Letters of Complaint
445
2
Completing a Job Application
447
2
Review
449
1
Speaking and Listening
450
16
Preparing a Speech
450
7
Knowing Your Audience and Purpose
451
1
Choosing and Limiting a Subject
452
1
Gathering and Organizing Information
453
1
Practicing Your Speech
454
1
Delivering Your Speech
455
2
Listening
457
1
Listening to Directions
457
1
Integrating Language Skills
Listening to and Writing Directions
457
1
Listening for Information
458
1
Recognizing Propaganda
459
3
Group Discussion
462
3
Discussion Leaders
462
1
Cooperative Learning
463
2
Review
465
1
Vocabulary
466
18
The History of English
466
6
Middle English
467
1
Modern English
467
1
Word Origins
468
1
American Dialects
469
1
Idioms, Colloquialisms, Slang, and Jargon
470
2
Determining Word Meaning
472
10
Using Context Clues
472
2
Prefixes and Suffixes
474
4
Synonyms and Antonyms
478
2
Analogies
480
2
Integrating Language Skills
Recording Unfamiliar Words
482
1
Review
483
1
Spelling
484
10
Integrating Language Skills
Recognizing Commonly Misspelled Words
484
1
Spelling Improvement
485
1
Spelling Rules
486
7
Spelling Patterns
486
1
Plurals
487
3
Prefixes and Suffixes
490
3
Review
493
1
Reference Skills
494
20
Integrating Language Skills
Creating a Writer's Warehouse
494
1
The Library
495
9
Finding Fiction
495
1
Finding Nonfiction
495
2
The Card Catalog
497
3
Reference Materials
500
4
The Dictionary
504
8
Word Location
504
2
Information in an Entry
506
6
Review
512
2
Study and Test-Taking Skills
514
24
Study Skills
514
5
Adjusting Reading Rate to Purpose
514
1
Reading a Textbook
515
1
Taking Notes
516
3
Taking Classroom Tests
519
3
Objective Tests
519
1
Essay Tests
519
3
Timed Writing
522
1
Integrating Language Skills
Practicing a Timed Writing Test
522
1
Preparing Subject-Area Assignments
523
2
Taking Standardized Tests
525
9
Vocabulary Tests
525
3
Analogies
528
3
Tests of Standard Written English
531
3
Review
534
4
Unit 4 Language Skills Resource
Grammar
The Sentence
538
22
Diagnostic Test
538
1
Recognizing Sentences
539
1
Subjects and Predicates
540
15
Complete and Simple Subjects
540
3
Complete and Simple Predicates
543
3
Verb Phrases
546
3
Compound Subjects
549
1
Compound Verbs
550
2
Position of Subjects
552
1
Understood Subjects
553
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Combining Sentences
555
1
Diagraming Subjects and Verbs
556
2
Review
558
2
Mastery Test
559
1
Nouns and Pronouns
560
14
Diagnostic Test
560
1
Nouns
561
4
Compound and Collective Nouns
562
1
Common and Proper Nouns
563
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Using Specific Nouns
565
1
Pronouns
566
5
Pronoun Antecedents
566
1
Personal Pronouns
567
1
Other Kinds of Pronouns
568
3
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Substituting Pronouns for Nouns
571
1
Review
572
2
Mastery Test
573
1
Verbs
574
12
Diagnostic Test
574
1
Action Verbs
575
4
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
577
2
Linking Verbs
579
4
Additional Linking Verbs
580
1
Linking Verb or Action Verb?
581
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Using Colorful Verbs
583
1
Review
584
2
Mastery Test
585
1
Adjectives and Adverbs
586
18
Diagnostic Test
586
1
Adjectives
587
7
Position of Adjectives
589
1
Proper and Compound Adjectives
590
1
Adjective or Noun?
591
1
Adjective or Pronoun?
592
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Vivid Adjectives
594
1
Adverbs
595
5
Adverbs That Modify Verbs
595
2
Adverbs That Modify Adjectives and Other Adverbs
597
1
Adverb or Adjective?
598
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Using Adverbs for Sentence Variety
600
1
Diagraming Adjectives and Adverbs
601
1
Review
602
2
Mastery Test
603
1
Other Parts of Speech and Review
604
12
Diagnostic Test
604
1
Prepositions
605
4
Prepositional Phrases
606
1
Preposition or Adverb?
607
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Creating Sentence Variety
609
1
Conjunctions
610
1
Interjections
611
1
Parts of Speech Review
612
2
Review
614
2
Mastery Test
615
1
Complements
616
16
Diagnostic Test
616
1
Complements
617
9
Direct Objects
617
2
Indirect Objects
619
2
Predicate Nominatives
621
2
Predicate Adjectives
623
3
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Using Sentence Patterns
626
2
Diagraming Complements
628
2
Review
630
2
Mastery Test
631
1
Phrases
632
16
Diagnostic Test
632
1
Prepositional Phrases
633
7
Adjective Phrases
634
1
Adverb Phrases
635
4
Misplaced Modifiers
639
1
Appositives and Appositive Phrases
640
3
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Combining Sentences
643
1
Diagraming Phrases
644
2
Review
646
2
Mastery Test
647
1
Verbals and Verbal Phrases
648
22
Diagnostic Test
648
1
Verbals and Verbal Phrases
649
13
Participles
649
1
Participle or Verb?
650
1
Participial Phrases
651
3
Gerunds
654
1
Gerund or Participle?
655
1
Gerund Phrases
656
2
Infinitives
658
1
Infinitive or Prepositional Phrase?
659
1
Infinitive Phrases
659
3
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
662
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Revising by Combining Sentences
664
2
Diagraming Verbal Phrases
666
2
Review
668
2
Mastery Test
669
1
Clauses
670
24
Diagnostic Test
670
1
Independent and Subordinate Clauses
671
2
Uses of Subordinate Clauses
673
12
Adverb Clauses
673
3
Adjective Clauses
676
5
Misplaced Modifiers
681
1
Noun Clauses
682
3
Kinds of Sentence Structure
685
3
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Revising by Combining Sentences
688
2
Diagraming Sentences
690
2
Review
692
2
Mastery Test
693
1
Sound Sentences
694
12
Diagnostic Test
694
1
Sentence Fragments
695
5
Kinds of Sentence Fragments
695
3
Ways to Correct Sentence Fragments
698
2
Run-on Sentences
700
3
Ways to Correct Run-on Sentences
701
2
Integrating Language Skills
Grammar: Editing for Sentence Errors
703
1
Review
704
2
Mastery Test
705
1
Usage
Using Verbs
706
22
Diagnostic Test
706
1
Principal Parts of Verbs
707
8
Regular Verbs
707
1
Irregular Verbs
708
7
Verb Tense
715
7
Conjugation of a Verb
715
5
Shifts in Tense
720
2
Active and Passive Voice
722
3
Forming the Passive Voice
723
2
Integrating Language Skills
Usage: Editing for Verb Errors
725
1
Review
726
2
Mastery Test
727
1
Using Pronouns
728
24
Diagnostic Test
728
1
The Cases of Personal Pronouns
729
9
The Nominative Case
730
3
The Objective Case
733
3
The Possessive Case
736
2
Pronoun Problems
738
6
Who or Whom
738
4
Elliptical Clauses
742
2
Pronouns and Their Antecedents
744
4
Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents
746
2
Integrating Language Skills
Usage: Editing for Pronoun Errors
748
2
Review
750
2
Mastery Test
751
1
Subject and Verb Agreement
752
22
Diagnostic Test
752
1
Agreement of Subjects and Verbs
753
18
Number
753
2
Singular and Plural Subjects
755
5
Compound Subjects
760
4
Special Agreement Problems
764
7
Integrating Language Skills
Usage: Editing for Subject and Verb Agreement
771
1
Review
772
2
Mastery Test
773
1
Using Adjectives and Adverbs
774
24
Diagnostic Test
774
1
Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
775
8
Regular and Irregular Comparison
776
4
Problems with Modifiers
780
3
Integrating Language Skills
Usage: Editing for Correct Use of Modifiers
783
1
Review
784
2
Mastery Test
785
1
A Writer's Glossary of Usage
786
12
Mechanics
Capital Letters
798
18
Diagnostic Test
798
1
Rules for Capital Letters
799
14
First Words
799
1
I and O
799
1
Proper Nouns
800
8
Proper Adjectives
808
1
Titles
809
4
Integrating Language Skills
Mechanics: Editing for Capital Letters
813
1
Review
814
2
Mastery Test
815
1
End Marks and Commas
816
24
Diagnostic Test
816
1
Kinds of Sentences and End Marks
817
3
Periods with Abbreviations
820
1
Commas
821
16
Commas That Separate
821
7
Commas That Enclose
828
7
Commonly Used Commas
835
2
Integrating Language Skills
Mechanics: Editing for Commas
837
1
Review
838
2
Mastery Test
839
1
Underlining and Quotation Marks
840
16
Diagnostic Test
840
1
Underlining
841
2
Quotation Marks
843
9
Quotation Marks with Titles
843
1
Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations
844
8
Integrating Language Skills
Mechanics: Punctuating Dialogue Correctly
852
2
Review
854
2
Mastery Test
855
1
Other Punctuation
856
22
Diagnostic Test
856
1
Apostrophes
857
8
Possessive Forms of Nouns and Pronouns
857
5
Other Uses of an Apostrophe
862
3
Semicolons and Colons
865
6
Semicolons
865
5
Colons
870
1
Hyphens
871
4
Hyphens with Numbers and Words
871
2
Hyphens with Divided Words
873
2
Integrating Language Skills
Mechanics: Editing for Correct Punctuation
875
1
Review
876
2
Mastery Test
877
1
Appendix
878
5
Using a Word Processor
878
4
Useful Conventions of Writing
882
1
Glossary of Terms
883
8
Index
891
14
Acknowledgments
905