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"Every unit of Prism is designed to excite students and give them the tools they need. The unit structure is based on extensive research on today's students and what teachers want for their classrooms." (Publisher's Website)

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Unit 1 PEOPLE (Academic Disciplines: Communications / Sociology)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Thai Fishermen
READINGS: 1. Profile of Jeremy Lin (personal profile) -- 2. A Very Tall Man! (book excerpt)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Previewing -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary; Skimming; Scanning to find information; Reading for details; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Family vocabulary; Nouns and verbs; Singular and plural nouns
CRITICAL THINKING: Analyzing and using a two-column chart
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Subject pronouns; The verb be; Possessive adjectives
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Writing simple sentences -- Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive -- Writing Task: Write a profile of someone in your family (sentences)
ON CAMPUS: Life Skill: Meeting people

Unit 2 CLIMATE (Academic Disciplines: Geography / Meteorology) WATCH AND LISTEN: The Growing Ice Cap
READINGS: 1. The Coldest City in the World (article) -- 2. Cuba Weather (website)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Scanning to find information -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for details; Previewing; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Nouns and adjectives -- Noun phrases
CRITICAL THINKING: Understanding and using a three-column chart
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Prepositional phrases
WRITING: Academic Writing Skills: Capital letters -- Commas; Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive; Writing Task: Write about the weather in your city or town. (sentences)
ON CAMPUS: Life Skill: Using English measurements

Unit 3 LIFESTYLE (Academic Disciplines: Anthropology / Education)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Panama's Kuna People
READINGS: 1. Meet the Kombai (book review) -- 2. Student schedule (class schedule)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Annotating a text -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Previewing; Scanning to find information; Reading for main ideas; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Collocations for free-time activities -- Vocabulary for study -- Time expressions
CRITICAL THINKING: Analyzing and organizing information
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Parts of a sentence -- The simple present
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Main ideas and details -- Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive -- Writing Task: Write about the life of a student in your class. (sentences)
ON CAMPUS: Study Skill: Creating a test study plan

Unit 4 PLACES (Academic Disciplines: Geography / History)
WATCH AND LISTEN: The Cenotes of Mexico
READINGS: 1. A World History of Maps (excerpts from a history book) -- 2. The Maldives: An Overview (fact file)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Reading for main ideas -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary; Previewing; Using your knowledge; Annotating; Scanning to find information; Reading for details; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Superlative adjectives -- Noun phrases with of -- Vocabulary for places
CRITICAL THINKING: Classifying key words
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: There is / There are -- Articles
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Paragraph structure - Topic sentences -- Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive -- Writing Task: Write facts about your country. (paragraph)

ON CAMPUS: Life Skill: Places on campus

Unit 5 JOBS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Career Services)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Utah's Bingham Mine
READINGS: 1. Find_my_job.com (web page) -- 2. Email chain about jobs (emails)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Reading for details -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Scanning to find information; Reading for main ideas; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Vocabulary for jobs -- Adjective phrases
CRITICAL THINKING: Using a Likert scale to evaluate and analyze
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: The pronoun you -- Must and have to
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Joining ideas with and; Simple sentences; Writing compound sentences with and; Writing an email -- Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive -- Writing Task: Write facts an email about a job. (paragraph)
ON CAMPUS: Communication Skill: Writing emails to professors

Unit 6 HOMES AND BUILDINGS (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Engineering)
WATCH AND LISTEN: To Build the Tallest
READINGS: 1. Architect's World: Expert Interview (article) -- 2. Skyscrapers (article)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Predicting content using visuals -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Scanning to find information; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Pronouns -- Vocabulary for buildings -- Adjectives
CRITICAL THINKING: Comparing and using data
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Comparing quantities -- Comparative adjectives
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Compound sentences with but -- Supporting sentences -- Rhetorical Mode: Comparative -- Writing Task: Write a comparison of two buildings. (paragraph)
ON CAMPUS: Study Skill: College classes

Unit 7 FOOD AND CULTURE (Academic Disciplines: History / Sociology)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Goat Cheese
READINGS: 1. Tea: A World History (article) -- 2. 10 of the Best by Cuisine (travel guide)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Taking notes -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Scanning to find information; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Vocabulary about food -- Count and noncount nouns
CRITICAL THINKING: Brainstorming -- Using idea maps
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Subject-verb agreement -- Determiners: a, an, and some
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Concluding sentences -- Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive -- Writing Task: Write about a popular food in your country. (paragraph)
ON CAMPUS: Study Skill: Making notes in a text

Unit 8 TRANSPORTATION (Academic Disciplines: Engineering / Urban Planning)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Modern Subways
READINGS: 1. Transportation survey (survey) -- 2. Transportation in Bangkok: Report (student report)
READING SKILLS: Key Skill: Annotating a text -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Previewing; Scanning to find information; Reading for main ideas; Synthesizing
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Quantifiers -- Transportation collocations
CRITICAL THINKING: Collecting data using questionnaires and surveys -- Analyzing data
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: Sentence word order: subject-verb-object -- Linking sentences with pronouns
WRITING: Academic Writing Skill: Paragraph structure - Topic sentences -- Rhetorical Mode: Descriptive -- Writing Task: Write facts about your country. (paragraph)
ON CAMPUS: Life Skill: Getting to campus and around town