Includes an Index of Exam skills and tasks.

"The Pathway to Academic Readiness

Pathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, Second Edition uses National Geographic stories, photos, video, and infographics to bring the world to the classroom. Authentic, relevant content and carefully sequenced lessons engage learners while equipping them with the skills needed for academic success. Each level of the second edition features new and updated content.

Academic skills are clearly labeled at the beginning of each unit.

New and updated reading passages incorporate a variety of text types, charts, and infographics to inform and inspire learners.

Explicit reading skill instruction includes main ideas, details, inference, prediction, note-taking, sequencing, and vocabulary development.

Critical thinking activities are integrated throughout each unit, and help develop learner independence.

New and updated video sections use National Geographic video clips to provide a bridge between Readings 1 and 2, and to give learners ideas and language for the unit's writing task.

An additional reading passage provides integrated skills practice.

Key academic and thematic vocabulary is practiced, and expanded throughout each unit.

Vocabulary extension activities cover word forms, word webs, collocations, affixes, and more, to boost learner's reading and writing fluency.

Pathways' approach to writing guides students through the writing process and develops learners' confidence in planning, drafting, revising, and editing.

Writing Goals and Language for Writing sections provide the focus and scaffolding needed for learners to become successful writers.

An online workbook, powered by MyELT, includes video clips and automatically graded activities for learners to practice the skills taught in the Student Books.

Updated Revising Practice sections incorporate realistic model paragraphs and help learners refine their writing.

New Guided online writing practice provides reinforcement and consolidation of language skills, helping learners to become stronger and more confident writers." (Introduction, p. viii-x)

CONTENTS

Introduction to Pathways

Unit 1. HAPPINESS
Academic Track: Health Science / Sociology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Is There a Recipe for Happiness? — Video: Longevity Leaders — Reading 2: Four Keys to Happiness

READING: Focus – Identifying the Main Idea — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea and Details, Matching, Identifying Main Ideas

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Inferring Meaning from Context — Justifying Your Opinion, Synthesizing, Reflecting

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Strong Topic Sentence — Language for Writing: Review of the Simple Present Tense — Writing Goal: Writing an opinion paragraph about whether people in your community are happy

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Expressions with living — Word Forms: Words as Nouns and Verbs

Unit 2. INVENTIVE SOLUTIONS
Academic Track: Technology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Power of Creativity — Video: Solar Solutions — Reading 2: Big Ideas, Little Packages

READING: Focus – Identifying Details — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Identifying Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Analyzing Problems and Solutions — Analyzing, Synthesizing, Evaluating

WRITING: Skill Focus: Supporting the Main Idea and Giving Details — Language for Writing: Review of the Simple Past Tense — Writing Goal: Writing a problem/solution paragraph about an invention and how it changed people’s lives

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + power; power + noun — Word Link: -able and -ible

Unit 3. CONNECTED LIVES
Academic Track Theme: Communications / Sociology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Power of Crowds — Video: Citizen Scientists — Reading 2: Internet Island

READING: Focus – Taking Notes (Part 1) — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s), Identifying Details, Understanding a Process, Sequencing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Making Inferences — Reflecting, Analyzing

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Concluding Sentence — Language for Writing: Using the Present Perfect Tense — Writing Goal: Writing a descriptive paragraph about a crowdsourcing project

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + contribution — Word Link: -al

Unit 4. SAVING OUR SEAS
Academic Track: Environmental Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Where Have All the Fish Gone? — Video: Saving Bluefin Tuna — Reading 2: What We Eat Makes a Difference

READING: Focus – Interpreting Visual Information — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s), Understanding a Process, Identifying Problems and Solutions, Identifying Opinions

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Evaluating an Argument — Synthesizing, Reflecting

WRITING: Skill Focus: Explaining a Chart or Graph — Language for Writing: Describing Charts and Graphs — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph explaining the information presented in a graph

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Changing Nouns into Adjectives — Word Partners: verb + on

Unit 5. MEMORY AND LEARNING
Academic Track: Psychology / Biology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Art of Memory — Video: House of Cards — Reading 2: Sleep and Memory

READING: Focus — Identifying Cause and Effect — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Classifying, Understanding a Process

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Applying a Method for Internalization — Reflecting, Synthesizing

WRITING: Skill Focus: Using an Outline — Language for Writing: Using By + Gerund — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about how to improve your memory

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Changing Nouns and Adjectives into Verbs — Word Partners: Expressions with state

Unit 6. ANIMALS AND MEDICINE
Academic Track: Health and Medicine

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Snake Chaser — Video: The Frog Licker — Reading 2: A Haven for Chimps

READING: Focus – Identifying Pros and Cons — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Understanding Pronoun References

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Understanding Metaphors and Similes — Reflecting, Evaluating, Inferring Meaning, Synthesizing

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph — Language for Writing: Making Concessions — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about whether scientists should use animals for medical research

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: en- — Word Web: Adjectives for Emotion

Unit 7. NATURE'S FURY
Academic Track: Earth Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: When Tornadoes Strike — Video: Lightning — Reading 2: Wildfires!

READING: Focus – Identifying Sequence — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Cause and Effect, Interpreting Maps, Understanding a Process

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Evaluating Sources for Credibility — Synthesizing

WRITING: Skill Focus: Organizing a Process Paragraph — Language for Writing: Describing a Process — Writing Goal: Writing an explanatory paragraph about a natural or biological process

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: ex- — Word Forms: Changing Adjectives into Adverbs

Unit 8. BUILDING WONDERS
Academic Track: Architecture / Archaeology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Unfinished Masterpiece — Video: A Daring Design — Reading 2: Amazing Structures

READING: Focus – Identifying Relevant Information — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Matching, Scanning, Identifying Evidence

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Interpreting Quotes — Reflecting, Synthesizing, Evaluating an Argument

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Comparison Paragraph — Language for Writing: Using Comparative Adjectives — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph comparing two different structures

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + style — Word Link: trans-

Unit 9. FORM AND FUNCTION
Academic Track: Life Science

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: What Are Feathers For? — Video: Flying Reptiles — Reading 2: Design by Nature

READING: Focus – Identifying Theories — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea, Identifying Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Evaluating Evidence — Inferring Meaning, Applying, Synthesizing

WRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Summary Paragraph — Language for Writing: Using Synonyms — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph summarizing a section of the reading passage “Design by Nature”

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + advantage — Word Link: pro-

Unit 10. SMART ADVICE
Academic Track: Business

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Turning Ideas into Reality — Video: The Community Builder — Reading 2: Lessons in Business

READING: Focus – Taking Notes (Part 2) — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea and Details, Identifying Sequence, Applying, Identifying Opinions

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Applying an Idea to a New Context — Inferring, Synthesizing, Inferring Meaning

WRITING: Skill Focus: Giving Details that Support Advice — Language for Writing: Using the Zero Conditional to Give Advice — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph giving advice about preparing to go to college

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Expressions with challenge — Word Partners: Expressions with quality

Vocabulary Extension

Independent Student Handbook

Index of Exam Skills and Tasks

For learners of English as Second Language at the B1-B2 (Intermediate to High-Intermediate) level (CEFR).