Includes an Index of Exam skills and tasks.

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Unit 1. Changing the Planet

Academic Track: Environmental Studies

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: The Human Age by Elizabeth Kolbert (argumentative essay) — Video: Trees of Life

READING: Focus – Understanding Cohesion — Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Infographics

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Analyzing evidence — Evaluating, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Using cohesive devices — Writing Skill: Reviewing essay writing — Writing Goal: Writing a cause-effect essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Adjectives ending in –ic — Word Partners: dramatic + noun

Unit 2. On the Edge
Academic Track: Life Science/Conservation

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: A Cry for the Tiger by Caroline Alexander (explanatory/persuasive report) — Video: Tigers in the Snow

READING: Focus – Understanding Appositives — Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Identifying Problems, Reasons and Solutions

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Analyzing Text Organization — Personalizing, Making Inferences, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Using appositives — Writing Skill: Reviewing the thesis statement — Writing Goal: Writing a persuasive essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Adjective/verb + priority

Unit 3. Beauty and Perception
Academic Track: Art/Sociology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: Images of Beauty by Annie Griffiths (expository/classification article) — Video: Photo Contest

READING: Focus – Using a Concept Map — Understanding Main Ideas and Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Applying ideas — Inferring Meaning, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Using restrictive and non-restrictive adjective clauses — Writing Skill: Supporting a thesis — Writing Goal: Writing an evaluative essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Unit 4. Rethinking Business
Academic Track: Fashion/Business Studies

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: Changing Fashion by Mike W. Peng (case study article) — Video: Behind the Brand

READING: Focus – Understanding Sentences with Initial Phrases — Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Understanding Multi-word Units — Understanding Visual Data, Inferring Meaning, Synthesizing

WRITING: Language for Writing: Using sentences with initial phrases — Writing Skill: Writing a summary — Writing Goal: Writing a comparative essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Web: Business words and antonyms — Word Forms: Adjectives with -ive

Unit 5. Working Together
Academic Track: Life Science/Sociology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: The Smart Swarm by Peter Miller (explanatory article) — Video: Art Teamwork

READING: Focus – Understanding Complex Sentences — Understanding Main Ideas, Understanding Purpose, Summarizing

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Evaluating Sources — Analyzing, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Avoiding plagiarism (I) - Paraphrasing — Writing Skill: Writing a summary — Writing Goal: Writing a summary essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: co-, com-, col-

Unit 6. Language and Culture
Academic Track: Anthropology/Linguistics

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: The Secret Language by Daisy Zamora (autobiographical essay) — Video: Culture Shock

READING: Focus – Understanding Verbal Phrase — Understanding Main Ideas and Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Inferring an Author’s Attitude — Recognizing Levels of Formality, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Adding information with verbal phrases — Writing Skill: Writing introductions and conclusions — Writing Goal: Writing an opinion essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: ir-, im-, il-

Unit 7. Resources and Development
Academic Track: History/Economics

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: The Shape of Africa by Jared Diamond (expository/persuasive essay) — Video: Honey and Pepper

READING: Focus – Annotating a Text — Understanding Main Ideas and Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Analyzing Point of View — Understanding Chronology, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Avoiding plagiarism (II) – Referring to sources — Writing Skill: Researching and note-taking — Writing Goal: Writing an expository essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: adjective + economy — Word Partners: distinct + noun

Unit 8. Living Longer
Academic Track: Health/Medicine

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: Beyond 100 by Stephen S. Hall (explanatory/scientific article) — Video: Longevity Village

READING: Focus – Asking Questions as You Read — Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Identifying Supporting Examples

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Interpreting Visual Data — Personalizing, Synthesizing, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Explaining the significance of evidence — Writing Skill: Planning an argumentative research paper — Writing Goal: Writing an argumentative essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Words and phrases with life — Word Link: re-

Unit 9. Truth and Deception
Academic Track: Psychology

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: Why We Lie by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee (explanatory article/research summary) — Video: Learning to Lie

READING: Focus – Understanding a Research Summary — Understanding Main Ideas, Identifying Supporting Details

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Focus – Evaluating Research — Interpreting, Relating, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Introducing results and describing data — Writing Skill: Summarizing research — Writing Goal: Writing a research summary

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Forming nouns with –once and –ence — Word Forms: Word forms of deceit

Unit 10. Imagining the Future
Academic Track: Interdisciplinary

READING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading: My Mars/Sci-fi novel excerpts by Ray Bradbury/H.G. Wells (autobiographical essay/fiction extracts) — Video: Mission: Mars

READING: Focus – Identifying Literary Elements — Understanding Main Ideas and Details

CRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Reading Literature Critically — Interpreting Figurative Language, Making Inferences, Applying, Guessing Meaning from Context

WRITING: Language for Writing: Using a variety of sentence types — Writing Skill: Writing an analysis of literature — Writing Goal: Writing an analytical essay

VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Web: Words for describing literature — Word Web: Phrasal verbs with down

Vocabulary Extension

Independent Student Handbook

Index of Exam Skills and Tasks

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