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SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Introduction

Unit 1: SPORT AND FITNESS
Reading: A: The World's Game — B: What Makes an Olympic Champion?
Reading Skill: A: Scanning for Specific Information — B: Classifying Information
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: uni- — B: Word Link: -ic / -atic
Video: Living at High Altitude

Unit 2: SKIN DEEP
Reading: A: What Is Beauty? — B: Skin: The Body's Canvass
Reading Skill: A: Using Examples to Support Claims — B: Determining the Main Idea of Paragraphs
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: uniform — B: Word Link: -al
Video: Skin Mask

Unit 3: ANIMALS IN DANGER
Reading: A: Dangerous Journey — B: Tracking the Snow Leopard
Reading Skill: A: Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words — B: Understanding Conditional Relationships
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: -ive — B: Usage: conflict
Video: Tree Climber

Unit 4: VIOLENT EARTH
Reading: A: Sacred Mountains — B: Earthquake Zones
Reading Skill: A: Being an Active Reader — B: Understanding Cause and Effect Relationships
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: ex- — B: Word Partnership: schedule
Video: Santorini Volcano

Unit 5: ISLANDS AND BEACHES
Reading: A: The Perfect Beach — B: Land of Fire and Ice
Reading Skill: A: Summarizing a Writer's Point of View — B: Labeling Details on a Map
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Partnership: rank — B: Thesaurus: spectacular
Video: Pacific Paradise

Unit 6: SUCCESS AND FAILURE
Reading: A: The Nature of Risk — B: The Rewards of Failure
Reading Skill: A: Recognizing Metaphors — B: Understanding Transitions
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: min- — B: Word Partnership: reputation
Video: Savage Mountain

Unit 7: GLOBAL ADDICTIONS
Reading: A: Caffeine: The World's Favorite Drug — B: Powering the Future
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Pros and Cons — B: Using a Venn Diagram to Classify Information
Vocabulary Building: A: Thesaurus: furthermore — B: Word Partnership: steep
Video: Wave Power

Unit 8: EPIC ENGINEERING
Reading: A: China's Grand Canal — B: Peru's Highway of Dreams
Reading Skill: A: Understanding Compound Words — B: Organizing Notes in a T-chart
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: nov — B: Word Partnership: dense
Video: Birth of a Rain Forest

Unit 9: FAR OUT
Reading: A: Defying Gravity — B: The Ultimate Trip
Reading Skill: A: Recognizing Phrasal Verbs — B: Recognizing Appositives
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: -ize — B: Word Partnership: precious
Video: Walking in Space

Unit 10: ALL IN THE MIND
Reading: A: What's on Your Mind? — B: Inside Animal Minds
Reading Skill: A: Identifying Definitions — B: Identifying Lexical Cohesion
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: -ible / -ibility — B: Thesaurus: master
Video: Chimp Memory

Unit 11: ART AND LIFE
Reading: A: The Power of Color — B: Van Gogh's World
Reading Skill: A: Creating a Word Web — B: Sequencing Information
Vocabulary Building: A: Usage: stress (noun/verb) — B: Word Link: sen(s)
Video: Urban Art

Unit 12: MEDICAL CHALLENGES
Reading: A: A Cure for Cancer? — B: Deadly Contact
Reading Skill: A: Understanding an Author's Use of Quotes — B: Inferring Information
Vocabulary Building: A: Word Link: multi- — B: Word Partnership: emergency
Video: Paraguay Shaman

Intermediate/High-Intermediate
B1-B2 (CEFR)