Includes indexes.

''Reading for a Reason 2 is the second in a three-level reading series that leads students to develop the critical reading and vocabulary skills they need to become confident, academic readers.

Features: Explore cross-curricular content in the following theme-based units: Student Success, History, Business, Physical Science, and Fine Arts. Encourages students to increase their reading speed through Timed Reading exercises and self-monitoring charts. Teaches comprehensively recycles reading skills such as using title and headings to preview, summarizing, and taking notes as you read. Builds effective comprehensions skills by leading students through a purposeful series of Before You Read, As You Read, and After You Read questions in each reading sequence. Promotes academic vocabulary building with a strong focus on teaching collocations. Develops Internet researching skills such as finding images on the Internet, limiting search results, and reading a Web page.

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Unit 1: Student Success

Chapter 1: How to Read a Textbook

Text Type/ Content: Email exchange: ''I Can't Believe How Much Reading I Have to Do!'' Textbook Excerpt: ''Active Reading''

Reading Skills Getting Ready to Read Identifying the Main Idea

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about college reading and reading techniques Using expressions to describe learning styles and techniques

Writing Skills Explaining why a textbook is easy or difficult to read Writing about a favourite type of reading material

Research Skills Learning to read a webpage Interviewing people about their favourite type of reading

Chapter 2: Test-Taking Skills

Text Type/ Content Textbook excerpt: ''Type of Tests'' Textbook excerpt: ''How to Prepare for a Test''

Reading Skills Connecting with the Topics Identifying Details

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about type of tests and test-taking strategies Using two-word verbs to discuss tests and test-taking

Writing Skills Explaining how to prepare for a test Comparing types of tests

Unit 2: History

Chapter 3: World History: 1000-1500 A.D.

History Original source (Medieval journal): ''Ibn Battuta: Long-Distance Traveler'' Textbook excerpt: ''Cross Cultural Exchange: 1000-1500 A.D.''

Reading Skills Using the Title and Headings to Preview Identifying Examples

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about trade and travel in the past Using expressions with ''travel'' to talk about traveling over time and places

Writing Skills Writing about cross-cultural exchange in the past Writing about your favourite time in history

Research Skills Find biographies on the Internet Asking people about their favourite person in history

Chapter 4: The History of Flight

Text Type/ Content Original source (1908 magazine article) ''On Flight'' by Orville and Wilbur Wright Textbook excerpt: ''Flight Firsts''

Reading Skills Using the introduction to preview Getting the ''gist''

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about airplanes and flying Using expression for movement

Writing Skills Describing a memory of flying Describing an image that depicts a moment in aviation history

Research Skills Finding images on the Internet Researching and presenting your ideas on improving at air travel

Unit 3: Business

Chapter 5: Jobs

Business Personal inventory quiz: ''Personality and Job Choice'' Textbook excerpt: ''What U.S. Employers Want''

Reading Skills: Previewing by looking at the conclusion Paraphrasing

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about personality and jobs Using words and expressions to talk about job skills

Writing Skills Describing your skills and personal qualities Writing about your ideal jobs

Research Skills Finding and reading job descriptions on the Internet Asking and answering job interview questions

Chapter 6: International Marketing

Text Type/ Content ''An Interview with a Branding Consultant'' Textbook Excerpt: ''International Marketing: Strategies for Success''

Reading Skills Review: Using the strategies together Taking Notes as You Read

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about marketing and culture Using verb + infinitive combinations to discuss international marketing

Writing Skills Explaining what international marketers do in order to sell products overseas Describing a successful company, product, product name, or ad

Research Skills Limiting search results Designing and presenting an ad

Unit 4: Physical Science

Chapter 7: Mars

Text Type/ Content Article: ''Mars and the Human Imagination'' Textbook excerpt: ''The Geology of Mars''

Reading Skills Using pictures and captions to Preview Guessing meanings using Latin and Greek Roots

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to discuss the influence of Mars on everyday life, space exploration, and the geography of Mars Using expressions to make comparisons

Writing Skills Describing a favourite book, movie, or TV about space, space exploration, aliens, or Mars. Expressing and supporting your opinion of space exploration

Internet and Research Skills Focusing on an Internet search Conducting a survey on the value of space exploration

Chapter 8: Meterology

Physical Science Article: ''Weather-Related Emergencies'' Textbook excerpt: ''How Weather Prediction Works''

Reading Skills Review: Combining Strategies Locating Keywords

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to describe weather and weather predictions Using verb phrases to talk about the weather and weather emergencies

Writing Skills Describing the weather in two places on the same date Describing your favourite type of weather and explaining why you like it

Internet and Research Skills Using the Internet to find climate and weather information Collecting and presenting information on the weather in 7 international cities

Unit 5: The Arts

Chapter 9: Jazz

Physical Science Profile: ''A Jazz Great - Duke Ellington '' Textbook excerpt: ''About Jazz''

Reading Skills: Using Topic Sentence to Preview a Reading Passage Outlining

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about the life of a jazz musician and the development of jazz Using prepositions with time expressions

Writing Skills Describing a favourite type of music Discussing the types of music that contributed to jazz

Internet and Research Skills Using an online music dictionary Preparing a presentation on a favourite piece of music

Chapter 10: Art History: Asian Influences on Western Art

Physical Science Website: ''Current Exhibitions: The Freer and Sackler Galleries'' Textbook excerpt: ''Crossing Cultures: Japonism and Western Art''

Vocabulary Skills Using words and expressions to talk about art and artists Using expressions to discuss artistic influences

Writing Skills: Writing about a favourite work of art and explaining why it's your favourite Analyzing characteristics of Japonism in a work of art

Internet and Research Skills Finding a specific word or phrase on a webpage Researching and giving a presentation on an artist or a work of art