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Spooky House
Spooky House is a mystery story about a family that moved into a mysterious old house known for the creepy sounds and lights that come from the attic. The book also discusses text connections, planning a mystery story, and features of a mystery story...
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Sports News
Sports News is a collection of newspaper reports, each covering a dramatic event in sport. From skiers caught in an avalanche to a mountain biking duel to a homerun hero, each news story captures the thrill of pushing the limits. Narrative...
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Spots
Spots is an expository text about animals that have spots, such as baby deer, large cats, butterflies, birds’ eggs, and spiders. Images enhance and extend meaning of the text. Some images are labeled. To conclude, the spots of three large cats are...
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Spy Mail
Spy Mail is a narrative about a man who comes back from a spy mission and has to respond to his mail, some of it formal, some informal, some in letter form and some in emails. The book also discusses text connections, planning formal and informal...
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Spy Maps
Spy Maps is a series of fictional directions and maps for the famous spy Mickey Maloney. Micky Maloney works for Big Wig, the Master Spy. Big Wig sends Mickey Maloney to spy on things so he must read directions and follow maps carefully. The story has...
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Spy School
Spy school is a humorous, realistic fiction about a spy whose teacher gives him a task of finding secret messages in a park. The spy finds his last messaged under the Teacher’s hat. Dialogue is bolded and in colour. To begin, the characters and the...
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Spy Tools
Spy Tools is an expository nonfiction text that explains spy tools of the past and spy tools of today. The text explains how spy tools were used and why. Readers gain information from the text, captions, and labels. Spy Tools is split into two sections...
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Spy Underwater
Spy Underwater is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a spy that went underwater and then popped up in a cave. The spy took out his spy glasses and saw some red fish, but they all of a sudden disappeared. It happened again until the spy realized...
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Spying on Animals
Spying on Animals is an informational explanation. The text explains that scientists use clever ways of spying on animals so that they can learn how to protect the animals and their habitats. Examples of how scientists spy on polar bears and...
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Squid Monster
Squid Monster is a recount about two divers who go cave diving only to be attacked by a giant squid. The book also discusses text connections, planning a recount, and features of a recount. A variety of sentence types is used...
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Squirrel Monkeys
Squirrel Monkeys is an expository text about how squirrel monkeys live, what they eat, the importance of their tails, and how they deal with dangerous situations. Photographs support important content and are labeled. Illustrations add detail and...
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Stand Up!
Stand Up! is a persuasive text. Arguments for and against eating meat, using thin models in advertisements, the war on global warming, nuclear power, and genetically modified foods and agri-business are presented in a series of essays. The...