Unit 1 EXAM TIME — Chapter 1: For Better Grades - Use Your Brain! (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Describing a Process — Vocabulary Skill: Word Webs — Real Life Skill: Reading Test Instructions — Chapter 2: Oh, No! Not Another Test! (Magazine Article) — Reading Skill: Identifying Main and Supporting Ideas — Vocabulary Skill: The Suffix -size — Real Life Skill: Reading Test Instructions — Unit 2 GOING ABROAD — Chapter 1: We're in Vietnam! (Blog posts) — Reading Skill: Scanning for details — Vocabulary Skill: Adjective Endings -ed and -ing — Real Life Skill: Reading and Understanding Immigrant Forms — Chapter 2: Safe Travel (Magazine Article) — Reading Skill: Predicting Vocabulary — The Prefix pre- — Real Life Skill: Reading and Understanding Immigrant Forms — Unit 3 MOVE MAKERS — Chapter 1: Behind the Scenes (Magazine Article) — Reading Skill: Using Headings to Understand Main Ideas — Vocabulary Skill: The Prefix dis- — Real Life Skill: Understanding the Use of Italics — Chapter 2: The Rise of J. J. Abrams (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Recognizing Sequence of Events — Vocabulary Skill: Organizing Vocabulary — Real Life Skill: Understanding the Use of Italics — Unit 4: YOUNG ATHLETES — Chapter 1: Laura Dekker: Record-Setter! (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Previewing — Vocabulary Skill: Verbs Used to Talk about Sports and Games — Real Life Skill: Using Dates — Chapter 2: The Unbeatable Yani Tseng (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Predicting — Vocabulary Skill: Adjectives with the Suffix -ous — Real Life Skill: Using Dates — Review 1 Fluency Strategy: PRO; Are Human Beings Getting Smarter? (Reference Article) Fluency Practice: 1. The Film and the Novel: Twilight (Magazine Article) 2. Organic Farming: The New Vacation (Newspaper Article) — Unit 5: THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY — Chapter 1: You Are Amazing: You Are Human! (Web Article) — Reading Skill: Identifying Main Ideas within Paragraphs — Vocabulary Skill: Nouns Ending in -logy/-ology — Real Life Skill: Finding the Right Doctor — Chapter 2: Seeing with the Ears Reading Skill: Predicting Vocabulary Vocabulary Skill: The Suffix -ion Real Life Skill: Finding the Right Doctor — Unit 6: LEISURE TIME — Chapter 1: Scrapbooking (Web Interview) — Reading Skill: Finding Definitions — Vocabulary Skill: The Suffix -ment — Real Life Skill: Using Key Words for Internet Searches — Chapter 2: Moving from TV to the Web (Reference Article) Reading Skill: Recognizing Facts Vocabulary Skill: Word Associations Real Life Skill: Using Key Words for Internet Searches — Review 2 Fluency Strategy: PQR+E; Movies for the Blind (Newspaper Article) Fluency Practice: 3. Raising a Child Athlete (Reference Article) 4. The Life of a Professional Gamer (Magazine Article) — Unit 7: A WORLD OF MUSIC — Chapter 1: Sounds from the Past (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Predicting — Vocabulary Skill: The Prefix ex- — Real Life Skill: Dictionary Usage: Choosing the Right Word — Chapter 2: For the Record: Album Review (Newspaper Article) — Reading Skill: Noticing Patterns — Vocabulary Skill: Easy Confused Words — Real Life Skill: Dictionary Usage: Choosing the Right Word — Unit 8: CAREER PATHS — Chapter 1: College Start-Ups (Magazine Article) — Reading Skill: Making Inferences — Vocabulary Skill: Compound Nouns — Real Life Skill: Searching for a Job Online — Chapter 2: The Right Job for your Personality (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Skimming for General Ideas — Vocabulary Skill: Adjective Endings — Real Life Skill: Searching for a Job Online — Unit 9: THE STORY OF CHOCOLATE — Chapter 1: A Brief History of Chocolate (Magazine Article) — Reading Skill: Recognizing Sequence of Events — Vocabulary Skill: Identifying Part of Speech — Chapter 2: The Truth about Chocolate (Newspaper Article) — Reading Skill: Understanding the Main Ideas — Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms — Real Life Skill: Recognizing Sequence of Events — Review 3 Fluency Strategy: KWL; Will Shortz: Puzzle Maker (Newspaper Article) Fluency Practice: 5. The People Behind the Music (Reference Article) 6. Savory Chocolate (Magazine Article) — Unit 10: THE SECRETS OF ADVERTISING — Chapter 1: Ads Are Everywhere! (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Scanning for Proper Nouns — Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes in-, im-, and un- — Real Life Skill: Advertising and Psychology — Chapter 2: Brand Engagement Gone Wrong (Newspaper Article) — Reading Skill: Making Inference — Vocabulary Skill: Word Families — Real Life Skill: Advertising and Psychology — Unit 11: FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT — Chapter 1: Engineering a Better Burger (Magazine Article) Reading Skill: Distinguishing between Main and Supporting Ideas Vocabulary Skill: Adverbs — Chapter 2: Is Your Diet Destroying the Environment? (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Understanding Cause and Effect — Vocabulary Skill: The Root Word vit/viv — Real Life Skill: Understanding Units of Measure — Unit 12: LIVING FOR THE FUTURE — Chapter 1: Clean Up Australia, Clean Up the World (Web Article) — Reading Skill: Scanning for Names and Numbers — Vocabulary Skill: The Prefix re- — Chapter 2: Resources for the Future (Reference Article) — Reading Skill: Skimming to Assess a Passage — Vocabulary Skill: The Prefixes over and under — Real Life Skill: Reading Numbers in Text — Review 4 Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly; Billboards that Recognize You (Newspaper Article) Fluency Practice: 7. The Life of a Food Critic (Magazine Article) 8. The Urban Gardener (Newspaper Article)

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