Contents

Unit

1 Exam Time

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Chapter

Reading Skill

Vocabulary Skill

Real Life Skill

For Better Grades

Use Your Brain!
Reference article
Oh, No! Not
Another Test!
Magazine article

Describing
a Process

Word Webs

Reading Test
Instructions

Identifying Main and The Suffix -ize

Supporting Ideas

2 Going Abroad

Were in Vietnam!
Blog posts
Safe Travel
Magazine article

Scanning for Details

Predicting

Adjective Endings
ed and -ing
The Prefix pre-

Reading and
Understanding
Immigration
Forms

Makers
3 Movie

Behind the Scenes

Using Headings to
Understand Main
Ideas
Recognizing
Sequence
of Events

The Prefix dis-

Organizing
Vocabulary

Understanding
the Use
of Italics

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Magazine article

The Rise of J. J.
Abrams
Reference article

Review 1
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Fluency Strategy: PRO; Are Human Beings Getting Smarter? Reference article
Fluency Practice: 1. The Film and the Novel: Twilight Magazine article;

2. Organic Farming: The New Vacation Newspaper article

4 Young

Laura Dekker:
Record-Setter!
Reference article
The Unbeatable
Yani Tseng
Reference article

Previewing


Predicting

Verbs Used to
Talk about
Sports and Games
Adjectives with the
Suffix -ous

Using Dates

You Are Amazing:

You Are Human!
Web article
Seeing with the Ears
Magazine article

Identifying Main
Ideas within
Paragraphs
Predicting
Vocabulary

Nouns Ending in
-logy/-ology

Finding the Right

Doctor

Athletes



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The Amazing
Human Body


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6 Leisure Time



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Review 2
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Scrapbooking
Finding Definitions
Web interview

Moving from
Recognizing Facts
TV to the Web
Reference article

The Suffix -ion

The Suffix -ment

Word Associations

Using Key
Words for
Internet
Searches

Fluency Strategy: PQR+E; Movies for the Blind Newspaper article

Fluency Practice: 3. Raising a Child Athlete Reference article;

4. The Life of a Professional Gamer Magazine article

Unit

Chapter

Reading Skill

Vocabulary Skill

7 A World

Sounds from the Past

Reference article
For the Record:
Album Reviews
Newspaper article

Predicting

Noticing Patterns

The Prefix ex-

Dictionary Usage:

Choosing the
Easily Confused Words Right Word

8 Career Paths

College Start-Ups
Magazine article
The Right Job for your
Personality
Reference article

Making Inferences

Skimming for
General Ideas

Compound Nouns

Adjective Endings

Searching for a
Job Online

The Story of
9 Chocolate

A Brief History of
Chocolate
Magazine article
The Truth about
Chocolate
Newspaper article

Recognizing
Sequence
of Events
Understanding the
Main Ideas

Identifying Part of
Speech

Synonyms

Dictionary
Usage:
Choosing the
Right Definition

of Music


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Review 3
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The Secrets
10
of Advertising


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Food and the
11
Environment

Real Life Skill

Fluency Strategy: KWL; Will Shortz: Puzzle Maker Newspaper article

Fluency Practice: 5. The People Behind the Music Reference article;

6. Savory Chocolate Magazine article
Ads Are Everywhere! Scanning for Proper Prefixes in-, im-,
Reference article
Nouns
and un-
Brand Engagement Making Inferences
Word Families
Gone Wrong


Newspaper article

Advertising
and Psychology

Engineering a Better
Burger
Magazine article
Is Your Diet Destroying
the Environment?
Reference article

Distinguishing
between Main and
Supporting Ideas
Understanding
Cause and Effect

Adverbs
Understanding

Units of

Measure
The Root Word vit/viv

Clean Up Australia,
Clean Up the World
Web article
Resources for
the Future

Scanning for Names

and Numbers

Skimming to
Assess a Passage

The Prefix re-

The Prefixes over
and under

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Reference article

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Living for the
12
Future

Review 4
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Reading
Numbers
in Text

Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly; Billboards that Recognize You Newspaper article
Fluency Practice: 7. The Life of a Food Critic Magazine article;
8. The Urban Gardener Newspaper article
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