Includes indexes.

"Welcome to National Geographic Learning's new Reading and Vocabulary Focus series. The series delivers memorable reading experiences, develops essential reading skills, and showcases a wide variety of high-utility vocabulary. The passages take readers to exciting new places where they can apply the skills of successful academic readers. While engaged with the content, readers encounter target vocabulary that is ample, diverse, and presented with a fresh, pragmatic view of what the term vocabulary item truly means.

A comprehensive, three-part vocabulary development program builds student confidence as learners encounter new or unfamiliar words in academic texts:
Academic Vocabulary sections develop the language that students will encounter in academic readings.
Multiword Vocabulary sections identify words that are commonly grouped together and then prompt learners to work with them in different contexts to develop reading fluency.
Topic Vocabulary is presented as a reading preview strategy to enhance learner comprehension of the text.
After each reading, learners are taught an essential reading skill and then apply that skill meaningfully to the reading.
Connect the Readings at the end of each unit practice critical thinking skills as learners are guided to compare, contrast, and synthesize information from the two readings." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Inside a unit

Series introduction

U1 CITY SPACES
Reading 1: Above Manhattan
READING SKILL: Determining Chronology
Reading 2: Under Paris
READING SKILL: Annotating a Text
Unit Review

U2 EXTREME JOBS
Reading 1: The Snow Patrol
READING SKILL: Dealing with Unknown Vocabulary
Reading 2: Under the Volcano
READING SKILL: Recognizing Causes and Effects
Unit Review

U3 ANIMAL CONSERVATION
Reading 1: Path of the Jaguar
READING SKILL: Making Inferences
Reading 2: Champion of the Underdog
READING SKILL: Choosing the Correct Definition
Unit Review

U4 NATURAL DISASTERS
Reading 1: Sun Struck
READING SKILL: Understanding In-Text Definitions
Reading 2: Tracking Tsunamis
READING SKILL: Connecting Visual Material to a Text
Unit Review

U5 ART DETECTIVES
Reading 1: Finding Fakes
READING SKILL: Assessing Problems and Solutions
Reading 2: The Lost Leonardo
READING SKILL: Determining Certainty and Uncertainty in a Text
Unit Review

U6 SURVIVAL SKILLS
Reading 1: Mind over Matter
READING SKILL: Understanding Argument and Finding Support
Reading 2: Journey to the North Pole
READING SKILL: Recognizing Contrasts
Unit Review

U7 NATURE'S MEDICINE
Reading 1: Golden Worms
READING SKILL: Understanding Pronoun Reference
Reading 2: The Bite that Heals
READING SKILL: Categorizing Information
Unit Review

U8 LOST AT SEA
Reading 1: Treasures of the Titanic
READING SKILL: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions
Reading 2: Shipwreck Discovery
READING SKILL: Understanding Figurative Language
Unit Review

U9 CULTURE AND IDENTITY
Reading 1: Kung Fu Battles
READING SKILL: Analyzing the Pros and Cons of an Issue
Reading 2: Kwame Nyong'o: Film Animator
READING SKILL: Recognizing Different Modes of Writing Unit Review

Vocabulary Index

Credits

For advanced ESL learners.