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LESSON ONE 1

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Giving an Opinion 1

PREVIEW 1

TEXT A: Thinking: A Neglected Art 2

PRACTICE 6

READING COMPREHENSION 11

TEXT B: I Became Her Target 11

LESSON TWO 14

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Explaining 14

PREVIEW 14

TEXT A: The Splice of Life 15

PRACTICE 20

READING COMPREHENSION 24

TEXT B: Set Your Body's Time Clock to Work for You 24

LESSON THREE 28

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Defining to Prove an Opinion 28

PREVIEW 28

TEXT A: To the Victor Belongs the Language 30

PRACTICE 34

READING COMPREHENSION 39

TEXT B: What's Wrong with Black English 39

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Describing a Place 43

PREVIEW 43

LESSON FOUR 43

TEXT A: The Shack 45

PRACTICE 50

READING COMPREHENSION 54

TEXT B: Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Tarrytown, New York 55

LESSON FIVE 58

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Stating Causes 58

PREVIEW 58

TEXT A: Rite of Spring 59

PRACTICE 64

READING COMPREHENSION 68

TEXT B: How It Feels to Be out of Work 69

PREVIEW 72

LESSON SIX 72

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Expressing Intent and Tone 72

TEXT A: Escaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father 74

PRACTICE 80

READING COMPREHENSION 84

TEXT B: Batter Up 84

LESSON SEVEN 87

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Making Confessions and Criticisms 87

PREVIEW 87

TEXT A: Confessions of a Law-and-Order Liberal 89

PRACTICE 94

READING COMPREHENSION 98

TEXT B: 38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call Police 99

LESSON EIGHT 102

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Describing an Experience 102

PREVIEW 102

TEXT A: The Girl in the Fifth Row 103

PRACTICE 108

READING COMPREHENSION 112

TEXT B: A Brother Speaks Out 113

LESSON NINE 116

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Narrating to Make a Point; Reinforcing the Point by Contrasting 116

PREVIEW 116

TEXT A: Momma, the Dentist, and Me 119

PRACTICE 127

READING COMPREHENSION 130

TEXT B: I'd Rather Be Black Than Female 130

LESSON TEN 133

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Persuading and Arguing 133

PREVIEW 133

TEXT A1: The U.S. Was Right 135

TEXT A2: The U.S. Was Wrong 137

PRACTICE 142

READING COMPREHENSION 145

TEXT B: Lotteries Cheat, Corrupt the People 146

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Deductive Reasoning 148

PREVIEW 148

LESSON ELEVEN 148

TEXT A: There's No Place Like Home, Unless It's the Office 149

PRACTICE 153

READING COMPREHENSION 157

TEXT B: Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Monitors Roam 157

LESSON TWELVE 159

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION: Giving a Different Opinion 159

PREVIEW 159

TEXT A: Education—Less of It 161

PRACTICE 170

READING COMPREHENSION 173

TEXT B: What True Education Should Do 174

Lesson One 176

REFERENCE KEY 176

Lesson Two 180

Lesson Three 185

Lesson Four 191

Lesson Five 198

Lesson Six 204

Lesson Seven 209

Lesson Eight 216

Lesson Nine 219

Lesson Ten 226

Lesson Eleven 230

Lesson Twelve 236