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New Reading Skill sections explicitly teach and practice one academic skill or strategy to enhance learners' reading comprehension.

Expanded video sections featuring National Geographic video provide engaging opportunities for learners to synthesize information from multiple sources.

The updated design blends text, charts, graphs and images, encouraging learners to develop visual literacy skills to improve comprehension.

New eBooks and Online Workbooks with National Geographic video and activities allow learners greater flexibility for independent practice." (Book Cover).

CONTENTS

Introduction

Unit 1: MYSTERIES
Reading: A: Have Aliens Visited Us? - B: The Lost City of Atlantis
Reading Skill: A: Scanning - B: Skimming
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: research - B: Usage: solid
Video: Loch Ness Mystery

Unit 2: FAVORITE FOODS
Reading: A: The History of Pizza - B: The Hottest Chilies
Reading Skill: A: Identifying the Parts of a Passage - B: Pronoun Reference
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: basic - B: Word Partnership: painful
Video: A Taste of Mexico

Unit 3: COOL JOBS
Reading: A: Training Grizzlies! - B: Getting the Shot
Reading Skill: A: Finding the Correct Definition of a Word in a Dictionary - B: Understanding the Use of Commas
Vocabulary Building: A: Thesaurus: difficult - B: Word Partnership: spend
Video: Right Dog for the Job

Unit 4: SHIPWRECKS
Reading: A: I've Found the Titanic! - B: Treasure Ship
Reading Skill: A: Identifying a Paragraph's Main Idea - B: Recognizing Compound Subjects and Objects
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: agree - B: Usage: coast/beach
Video: Saving Ocean Life

Unit 5: SCIENCE INVESTIGATORS
Reading: A: At the Scene of a Crime - B: The Disease Detective
Reading Skill: A: Inferring Meaning - B: Identifying the Purpose of a Paragraph
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: space - B: Word Link: -ous
Video: Virus Detectives

Unit 6: EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS
Reading: A: Who Was Sacagawea? - B: Polar Pioneer
Reading Skill: A: Creating a Timeline of Events - B: Understanding Compound Nouns
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: village/town/city - B: drive/ride
Video: Native Americans

Unit 7: MIND'S EYE
Reading: A: The Meaning of Dreams - B: Seeing the Impossible
Reading Skill: A: Creating a Concept Map - B: Understanding Compound Sentences
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: problem - B: Word Partnership: mistake
Video: Parasomnia

Unit 8: ANIMAL WONDERS
Reading: A: A Penguin Family - B: Do Animals Laugh?
Reading Skill: A: Paraphrasing - B: Identifying Supporting Details
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: enter - B: Word Partnership: similar
Video: Penguins in Trouble

Unit 9: INCREDIBLE DOMES
Reading: A: A Love Poem in Stone - B: The Great Dome of Florence
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Complex Sentences - B: Recognizing Prepositions
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: promise - B: Thesaurus: material
Video: Brunelleschi's Dome

Unit 10: WILD WEATHER
Reading: A: A Warming World - B: Freaky Forces of Nature
Reading Skill: A: Identifying Text Types - B: Identifying Cause and Effect
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: temperature - B: Usage: drop vs. fall
Video: Storm of the Century

Unit 11: GIANTS OF THE PAST
Reading: A: The Mammoth's Tale - B: Sea Monsters
Reading Skill: A: Recognizing Active and Passive Sentences - B: Organizing Information in a Chart
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: further/farther - B: Usage: probably/definitely/possibly
Video: Days of the Dinosaurs

Unit 12: TECHNOLOGY
Reading: A: The Robots Are Coming! - B: How Will We Live in 2035?
Reading Skill: A: Supporting Ideas with Examples - B: Understanding Prefixes and Suffixes
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: operate - B: Word Partnership: future
Video: Deep-sea Robot

High-Beginner
A2 (CEFR)