Unit |
Reading Topics |
Types of Reading |
Reading Skills |
Vocabulary Builders |
21st Century Skills |
Page |
1 Language and Behavior |
1. When the Body Does the Talking |
Journal |
Visualizing |
The Prefix inter- |
Collaboration |
8 |
2. The Art of Hand Gestures |
Essay |
Summarizing |
Ordinal Numbers and Sequential Words |
Collaboration |
8 |
2 Inspiring Athletes |
1. Joseph Schooling: The Man Who Beat the Flying Fish |
Magazine Article |
Separating Fact from Opinion |
Collocations |
Creativity and Communication |
20 |
2. Soul Surfer: Bethany Hamilton |
Biography |
Inferring the Author's Attitude |
Intensifiers |
Creativity and Communication |
20 |
Review 1 |
Video 1 Ernestine Shepherd—Determined, Dedicated and Disciplined to Be Fit |
32 |
3 Health |
1. Thinner or Heavier? |
Health Article |
Recognizing Sources |
Gender-Specific Nouns |
Collaboration |
34 |
2. Insomnia: A Question of Common Sense |
Lifestyle Article |
Understanding Literary Devices |
Onomatopoeia |
Collaboration |
34 |
4 Festivals |
1. Strange Celebrations Around the World |
Travel Article |
Recognizing Emphasis |
The Suffixes -able and -ible |
Creativity |
46 |
2. Whose Festival Is It Anyway? |
History Article |
Recognizing Addition |
Prefixes of Location |
Creativity |
46 |
Review 2 |
Video 2 Dr. Anthony Fauci—America's Man on Infectious Diseases |
58 |
5 Food |
1. GM Foods: Friend or Foe? |
Health Article |
Annotating a Text |
Modifiers |
Creativity and Communication |
60 |
2. Din Tai Fung: The Xiaolongbao That Conquered the World |
Magazine Article |
Identifying Comparison and Contrast |
Participle Adjectives Expressing States |
Creativity and
Communication |
60 |
6 Art |
1. Become a Patron of Cloud Gate |
Magazine Article |
Deducing the Meaning of Words |
Idiomatic Expressions |
Collaboration and Creativity |
72 |
2. Marc Chagall: A Modernist for All Time |
Biography |
Making Associations |
Participle Adjectives Expressing Feelings |
Collaboration and Creativity |
72 |
Review 3 |
Video 3 Athena Zhe—Creating Art on Human Bodies |
84 |
7 Culture |
1. The Secrets of the Silla |
Culture and History Article |
Recognizing Uncertainty |
Job Suffixes |
Communication |
86 |
2. The Incas: Conquest and Culture |
Culture and History Article |
Understanding Past Events |
The Suffix -ity |
Communication |
86 |
8 Education |
1. Home Is Where the Class Is |
Education Article |
Recognizing Changes |
The Prefix dis- |
Collaboration and Communication |
98 |
2. Turning Education on Its Head |
Education Article |
Identifying Pros and Cons |
The Prefix en- |
Collaboration and Communication |
98 |
Review 4 |
Video 4 Ernie Merlan & Madeline Petti—Exceptional Minds: The Creative Power of Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum |
110 |
9 Personality |
1. Personality Tests: How Much Can They Really Reveal? |
Essay |
Recognizing Scenarios |
The Prefix multi- |
Critical Thinking and Creativity |
112 |
2. Introverts: Quietly Brillant |
Literature |
Recognizing Analogies |
Commonly Confused Words |
Critical Thinking and Creativity |
112 |
10 Engineering |
1. Robots in the Workplace |
News Report |
Scanning for Statistics and Numbers |
The Suffix -ship |
Creativity |
124 |
2. The Wonders of 3D Printing |
Web Article |
Recognizing Paragraph Transitions |
The Prefix counter- |
Creativity |
124 |
Review 5 |
Video 5 Andy Shallal—I Didn't Have to Come Here, I Chose to Come Here |
136 |
11 Moving Pictures |
1. My Working Holiday |
Letter |
Previewing |
Signal Words |
Creativity |
138 |
2. Couchsurfing and Airbnb: Changing the Game |
News |
Identifying Supporting Ideas |
The Suffix -ment |
Creativity |
138 |
12 Adventure |
1. Extreme Alternatives for the Adventurous Traveler |
Travel Article |
Relating Text to Maps |
The Prefixes under- and over- |
Creativity |
150 |
2. Who Really “Discovered” America? |
History Article |
Identifying Criticism and Disagreement |
The Suffix -al |
Creativity |
150 |
Review 6 |
Video 6 Zarela Mosquera—Creating Messages Through Public Art and Design |
152 |