CONTENTS 1
1 UNTRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES 1
Theme:MediaReading One:Peeping Tom Journalism,Nancy Day 6
Reading Two:Focus on Bomb Suspect Brings Tears and a Plea,Rick Bragg 11
Grammar:Passive Voice 17
Style:Topic Sentences 21
2 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 27
Theme:JusticeReading One:Crimebusting:What Works？Methods of Punishing,John Di Consiglio,James Anderson,and Patricia Smith 32
Reading Two:Michael Fay's Caning,Sarah Fenske and Tram Kim Nguyen 38
Grammar:Gerunds and Infinitives 43
Style:The Three-Part Paragraph 47
3 DYING FOR THEIR BELIEFS 55
Theme:MedicineReading One:Dying for Their Beliefs:Christian Scientist Parents on Trial in Girl's Death,Jeffrey Good 59
Reading Two:Norman Cousins's Laugh Therapy 63
Grammar:Past Unreal Conditionals 68
Style:Opinion Essays 71
4 THE CALM AFTER THE STORM 77
Theme:Natural DisastersReading One:My First Night Alone in the Caribbean,Gabriel García Marquez 80
Reading Two:The Story of an Eyewitness,Jack London 84
Grammar:Identifying Adjective Clauses 89
Style:Descriptive Writing 93
5 FROM TRASH TO TREASURE 97
Theme:ConservationReading One:St.Paul Couple Give Composting a Worm Welcome,Chuck Haga 101
Reading Two:Earthship Homes Catch Old Tires on Rebound,Eva Ferguson 106
Grammar:Advisability and Obligation in the Past 112
Style:Cause and Effect 115
6 GIVE AND LEARN 123
Theme:PhilanthropyReading One:Justin Lebo,Phillip Hoose 127
Reading Two:Mandatory Volunteering 134
Grammar:Tag Questions 142
Style:Punctuation 145
7 HOMING IN ON EDUCATION 151
Theme:EducationReading One:Teaching at Home Hits New High with Internet,Dorothy Lepkowska 155
Reading Two:The Fun They Had,Isaac Asimov 159
Grammar:Direct and Indirect Speech 167
Style:Concessions 172
8 WE'VE COME A LONG WAY 179
Theme:SpaceReading One:First in Space,Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton 184
Reading Two:Pink Socks and Jello,Shannon Lucid 190
Grammar:Phrasal Verbs 198
Style:Chronological Order—Expressing Time 201
9 THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER 207
Theme:ImmigrationReading One:Poor Visitor,Jamaica Kincaid 211
Reading Two:Nostalgia,Virgilio Dávila 217
Grammar:Past Perfect 222
Style:Comparisons and Contrasts 226
10 TAKE IT OR LEAVEIT 231
Theme:TechnologyReading One:Inside the House,Bill Gates 237
Reading Two:Thoreau's Home,Henry David Thoreau 242
Grammar:Future Progressive 247
Style:Outlining 252
Answer Key 259