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

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

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SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Introduction

Unit 1: THE POWER OF IMAGE
Reading: A: The Visual Village — B: My Journey in Photographs, by Annie Griffiths
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Words with Multiple Meanings — B: Scanning for Specific Details
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: profound — B: Thesaurus: thus
Video: A Photographer’s Life

Unit 2: LOVE AND ATTRACTION
Reading: A: Love: A Chemical Reaction? — B: Feathers of Love
Reading Skill: A: Distinguishing Facts from Theories — B: Recognizing Figurative Language
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: chance — B: Thesaurus: absurd
Video: Singing Mice

Unit 3: FOOD AND HEALTH
Reading: A: How Safe is Our Food? — B: Genetically Modified Foods
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Cause and Effect — B: Understanding Arguments For and Against the Issue
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: -wide — B: Thesaurus: diminish
Video: The Smelliest Fruit

Unit 4: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
Reading: A: Design by Nature: Biomimetics — B: The Future of Fashion: Dreamweavers
Reading Skill: A: Recognizing Collocations — B: Understanding Synonyms and Antonyms
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: vital — B: Word Link: fore-
Video: Kinetic Sculpture

Unit 5: HUMAN JOURNEY
Reading: A: The DNA Trail — B: Fantastic Voyage
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Relative Clauses (1) — B: Synthesizing Information
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: proof — B: Thesaurus: stubborn
Video: Journey of Discovery

Unit 6: CONSERVATION CHALLENGES
Reading: A: Racing to Rescue Koalas — B: For the Love of Elephants
Reading Skill: A: Recognizing Conditional Relationships — B: Sequencing Information
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: vibrant — B: Word Partnership: chaos
Video: A Match Made in Africa

Unit 7: RITUAL LIVES
Reading: A: A Crowd in Harmony — B: Why We Celebrate
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Words from Context — B: Understanding Word Roots and Affixes
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: grass — B: Thesaurus: striking
Video: Festival of Lights

Unit 8: INVESTIGATIONS
Reading: A: Who Killed the Emperor? — B: In the Lab with Marcella and Alphonse
Reading Skill: A: Evaluating Theories — B: Understanding Idiomatic Expressions
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: grand — B: Word Link: leg
Video: Frog Licker

Unit 9: REDISCOVERING THE PAST
Reading: A: Virtually Immortal — B: In Search of Genghis Khan
Reading Skill: A: Recognizing the Use of Ellipsis — B: Understanding Relative Clauses (2)
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: virtual — B: Word Partnership: exception
Video: Secrets of Stonehenge

Unit 10: EARTH AND BEYOND
Reading: A: Black Holes — B: The Threat from Space
Reading Skill: A: Visualizing from an Author’s Description — B: Understanding References to Things Beyond the Text
Vocabulary Building: A: Thesaurus: preposterous — B: Word Link: -di
Video: Solar System

Unit 11: GREEN CONCERNS
Reading: A: Water Worries — B: Technology as Trash
Reading Skill: A: Identifying Sources of Information — B: Understanding a Writer's Attitude and Bias
Vocabulary Building: A: Thesaurus: leak — B: Word Partnership: substance
Video: Your Water Footprint

Unit 12: LIVING LONGER
Reading: A: Genes, Health, and Lifespan — B: In Search of Longevity
Reading Skill: A: Identifying Reasons — B: Understanding Quantitative and Qualitative Data
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: gen — B: Word Partnership: relief
Video: The Science of Stress

High-Intermediate
B2 (CEFR)