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Unit 1 CONSERVATION (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Information Technology / Urban Planning)
Watch and Listen: Preserving CDs at the Library of Congress
Readings: 1. Are We Living in the Digital Dark Ages? (article) -- 2. To the County Board regarding Cook County Hospital (letters)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILLS: Identifying an argument; Identifying supporting details -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Using your knowledge; Previewing; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Making inferences; Skimming; Identifying purpose; Synthesizing

Language Development: Time expressions -- Compound adjectives
Critical Thinking: Building support for an argument Grammar for Writing: Future real and unreal conditionals
Writing: Academic Writing Skills: Paragraph structure and unity; Impersonal statements -- Rhetorical Mode: Argumentative
Writing Task: Make and support an argument for what to do with an aging but culturally or historically significant buildling (essay)

On Campus: Study Skill: Staying organized with group projects

Unit 2 DESIGN (Academic Disciplines: Graphic Design / Marketing)
Watch and Listen: The Role of Helvetica Font in Graphic Design
Readings: 1. What Makes a Successful Logo? (textbook chapter) -- 2. Rebranding and Logos (textbook chapter)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILLS: Taking notes in outline form; Making inferences -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Previewing; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Identifying purpose; Predicting content using visuals; Making inferences; Synthesizing
Language Development: Describing emotional responses; Paraphrasing
Critical Thinking: Determining and applying criteria
Grammar for Writing: Nonidentifying relative clauses -- Appositives
Writing: Academic Writing Skills: Structuring a summary-response essay; Writing a conclusion -- Rhetorical Mode: Summary-response
Writing Task: Summarize criteria and then analyze a logo in terms of that criteria (essay)
On Campus: Life Skill: Building an academic resume

Unit 3 PRIVACY (Academic Disciplines: Business / Law Enforcement / Media)
Watch and Listen: Computer Fraud: Celebrity Hacking
Readings: 1. Cyber Harassment (article) -- 2. Combatting Cyber Harassment (essay)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILLS: Identifying purpose and tone -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Previewing; Reading for details; Reading for main ideas; Identifying purpose and tone; Synthesizing
Language Development: Collocations for behavior -- Problem-solution collocations
Critical Thinking: Determining the seriousness of a problem
Grammar for Writing: Impersonal passive constructions -- Passive for continuity
Writing: Academic Writing Skills: Writing about problems; Writing about solutions -- Rhetorical Mode: Problem-solution
Writing Task: Describe a problematic online behavior and explain what you think should be done to prevent or eliminate it (essay)
On Campus: Research Skill: identifying reliable online sources

Unit 4 BUSINESS (Academic Disciplines: Entrepreneurship / Marketing / Social Media)
Watch and Listen: Florida Teen Buys Houses
Readings: 1. Starting Out Mobile (article) -- 2. Keeping Your Customers (article)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILLS: Scanning to preview a text -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Working out meaning; Making inferences; Synthesizing
Language Development: Expressing contrast -- Business and marketing vocabulary
Critical Thinking: Analyzing advantages and disadvantages
Grammar for Writing: Reductions of subordinate clauses
Writing: Academic Writing Skill: Writing about similarities and differences -- Rhetorical Mode: Comparison and contrast
Writing Task: Compare and contrast (a) to products or services regarding their potential as a mobile business or (b) the appropriateness of loyalty programs and subscription services for a product or business
On Campus: Study Skill: Prioritizing your time

Unit 5 PSYCHOLOGY (Academic Disciplines: Experimental Science / History / Neuroscience)
Watch and Listen: Interview with the Founders of IDEO
Readings: 1. Mental Illness and Creative Genius: Is There a Connection? (article) -- 2. The Creative Mind (article)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILLS: Using graphic organizers to take notes; Interpreting quotes -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Previewing; Reading for details; Making inferences; Predicting content using visuals; Reading for main ideas; Synthesizing
Language Development: Experimental science terminology
Critical Thinking: Annotation -- Finding points of synthesis across sources
Grammar for Writing: Complex noun phrases with what
Writing: Academic Writing Skill: Citing quoted material; Writing an explanatory synthesis -- Rhetorical Mode: Explanatory synthesis
Writing Task: What is creativity? Explain the current understanding of this concept, synthesizing information from different sources. (essay)
On Campus: Study Skill: Managing high volumes of reading

Unit 6 CAREERS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Education / Information Technology)
Watch and Listen: Vocational Training
Readings: 1. The Skills Gap (article) -- 2. What Is the Value of a College Education? (article)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Interpreting graphical information -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Predicting content using visuals; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Identifying purpose; Making inferences; Synthesizing
Language Development: Complex noun phrases
Critical Thinking: Analyzing information in graphs and other figures
Grammar for Writing: Active vs. passive voice to discuss figures
Writing: Academic Writing Skill: Making a claim -- Rhetorical Mode: Argumentative
Writing Task: What is a good choice for a career path with a secure future? (essay with graphical support)
On Campus: Research Skill: Types of sources for research

Unit 7 HEALTH SCIENCES (Academic Disciplines: Globalization / Medicine)

Watch and Listen: Superbugs
Readings: 1. Superbugs (article) -- 2. The Globalization of Infection (article)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Recognizing discourse organization -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Reading for details; Working out meaning; Making inferences; Scanning to predict content; Synthesizing
Language Development: Verbs and verb phrases for causation -- Word families
Critical Thinking: Analyzing causes and effects
Grammar for Writing: Cause and effect: logical connectors
Writing: Academic Writing Skill: Writing about causes and effects -- Rhetorical Mode: Cause and effect
Writing Task: Choose one infectious disease and discuss the factors that may have contributed to its development and spread or could do so in the future. (essay)
On Campus: Life Skill: Applying to a degree program

Unit 8 COLLABORATION (Academic Disciplines: Business / Human Resources / Sports Management)
Watch and Listen: Office Space
Readings: 1. The Value of Talent (article) -- 2. The Perfect Work Team (article)
Reading Skills: KEY SKILL: Using context clues to understand terminology and fixed expressions -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Previewing; Understanding key vocabulary; Reading for main ideas; Summarizing; Reading for details; Using your knowledge; Working out meaning
Language Development: Language for hedging
Critical Thinking: Understanding audience and purpose
Grammar for Writing: Acknowledgment and concession

Writing: Academic Writing Skill: Anticipating counterarguments -- Rhetorical Mode: Argumentative Writing Task: Present your recommendations for assembling and organizing an effective team for a particular business or collaborative group. (report)
On Campus: Communication Skill: The dynamics of group work

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