| Unit |
Reading Topics |
Types of Reading |
Reading Skills |
Vocabulary Builders |
21st Century Skills |
Page |
| 1 Ups and Downs |
1. Fighting the Monday Blues |
Advice Column |
Paraphrasing |
Figurative Language |
Communication |
8 |
| 2. Peace of Mind: Time for a Mature Approach to Mental Health |
Op-Ed Article |
Summarizing |
Colloquialisms and Slang |
Communication |
8 |
| 2 Beauty |
1. Looking Good from Every Angle: Social Media's Influence on Surgical Procedures |
Magazine Article |
Recognizing Sentence Transformations |
The Suffix -form |
Creativity |
22 |
| 2.Time to Put the Brakes on Fast Fashion |
Op-Ed Article |
Interpreting Tone and Rhetorical Questions |
The Suffix -ish |
Creativity |
22 |
| Review 1 |
Video 1 Balanda Atis—Makeup Is Personal |
36 |
| 3 Music |
1. Music Trends for the Streaming Age |
Entertainment Article |
Detecting Preference and Bias |
Hyphenated Words |
Collaboration |
38 |
| 2. Spotify: A Singing Success |
Web Article |
Skimming for Typographical Cues |
The Prefix fore- |
Collaboration |
38 |
| 4 Society |
1. Why People Say “Yes” to Late Marriage |
Letter |
Using Context Clues |
The Suffix -ize |
Critical Thinking |
52 |
| 2. Who Is to Blame for Japan's Low Birth Rate? |
News Report |
Using Concept Maps |
The Suffix -ian |
Critical Thinking |
52 |
| Review 2 |
Video 2 BeBe Winans—Music, God and Family |
66 |
| 5 Language and Literature |
1. Lost for Words! |
Column |
Anticipating Structure |
The Suffix -scribe |
Creativity and Communication |
68 |
| 2. Hans Christian Andersen's Two-Way Mirror |
Biography |
Identifying Misleading Questions |
Diminutive Suffixes |
Creativity and Communication |
68 |
| 6 Environment |
1. The Man Who Grew a Forest |
Environmental Article |
Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary |
The Suffixes -ery and -ry |
Creativity |
82 |
| 2. What Are the Alternatives? |
Environmental Column |
Recognizing Irony |
Prefixes in Science and Technology |
Creativity |
82 |
| Review 3 |
Video 3 Peter Ripken—A Life in Literature |
96 |
| 7 Animals |
1. Why Do Dogs Chase Cats? |
Folk Tale |
Identifying Character Traits |
The Suffix -en |
Collaboration and Creativity |
98 |
| 2. Does a Sloth Make a Good Pet? |
Online Forum |
Scanning for Personal Opinions |
The Prefix in- |
Collaboration and Creativity |
98 |
| 8 Global Issues |
1. Water Shortages:The Next Global Catastrophe |
Web Article |
Understanding Cause and Effect |
The Suffix -age |
Communication and Collaboration |
112 |
| 2. Europe's Forgotten People |
Magazine Article |
Scanning for Figures |
The Suffix -ee |
Communication and Collaboration |
112 |
| Review 4 |
Video 4 Melissa Fitzgerald—From Hollywood Actress to Passionate Activist |
126 |
| 9 The Pride of Taiwan |
1. The Talented Jason Wu |
Fashion Article |
Distinguishing Voices |
Phrasal Verbs Using Turn |
Communication and Creativity |
128 |
| 2. From Pictures to Words: The Evolution of Jimmy Liao |
Biography |
Interpreting an Author's Values |
The Suffix -ique |
Communication and Creativity |
128 |
| 10 Psychology |
1. Jekyll and Hyde: A Masterful Insight into Duality |
Essay |
Recognizing Ideas and Themes |
The Suffix -mit |
Collaboration |
142 |
| 2. Confronting Your Fears:How ERP Can Help Solve OCD |
Health Article |
Scanning for Abbreviations |
The Suffix -sure |
Collaboration |
142 |
| Review 5 |
Video 5 Tim Ma—A Change of Heart |
156 |
| 11 Lifestyles |
1. The Hippie Movement |
Journal |
Recognizing the Chronological Sequence |
The Prefix anti- |
Creativity |
158 |
| 2. The Yuppies |
E-mails |
Identifying the Historical Context |
The Suffix -ism |
Creativity |
158 |
| 12 Work |
1. Find Your Dream Job Today |
Advertisement |
Recognizing an Author's Motivation |
The Prefix sub- |
Creativity |
172 |
| 2. Examining the US Gender Wage Gap |
Magazine Article |
Making Conclusions |
The Prefix se- |
Creativity |
172 |
| Review 6 |
Video 6 Evan Lutz—Preventing Food Waste One Box at a Time |
186 |
