Ackowledgment vi To the teacher viii Unit 1 Getting started 1.1 Letters about People:Practice text 1.2 The Bank Robbery:Picture composition 1.3 Revising:Formt 1.4 An Unsucessful Crime:Practice text 1.5 Letters ablut the Bank Robbery:Writing from a point of view 1.6 Active Vocabulary Practice:Basic classroom stretch 1.7 Exercise for Busy People:Practice text 1.8 Reason for Exercising:Dictation 1.9 Editing:Subjects and verbs 1.10 An Introducion to the Newspaper 1.11 The Story of a Crime:Compositon/newspaper activity activity 1.12 An Introduction to the Composing Process Unit 2 Getting acquainted 2.1 Meet My Class:Compositon/newspaper activity 2.2 Revising:Mett My Class 2.3 Active Vocabulary Practice:Mathematics 2.4 The Famous Kennedys:Dictation 2.5 Similar Siblings:Practice text 2.6 Writing about Your Family:Composition 2.7 Revising:"Meet My Family" 2.8 Editing:"Editing symbols" 2.9 Families and Frends at the Beach:Picture composition 2.10 A Day with Dad:Practice text 2.11 Beginnig the Family History Project:Composition Unit 3 Getting into a routine 3.1 Dr.Cook's Daily Routine:icture composition 3.2 Jim Stamp's Day:Practice text 3.3 A Routine Day:Composition 3.4 Victor Cook's Breakfast:Practice text 3.5 Active Vocabulary Practice:Shapes and symbols 3.6 Edison's Typical Working Day:Dictation 3.7 Editing:Fragments …… Unit 4 Describing places Unit 5 Describing people Unit 6 Describing peoples lives Appendixes