TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ostrowska,Sabina
AU  - Adams,Kate
AU  - Asplin,Wendy
AU  - Cavage,Christina
TI  - Prism Reading and Writing Intro
SN  - 9781316624180 (Student Book)
U1  - 428.24 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Reading comprehension
KW  - Written English
KW  - fast
KW  - A1 (CEFR)
KW  - Beginners
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - for foreign speakers
N1  - Includes ebook access; Online Workbook included; "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
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