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020 _a9781337407779 (Student Book)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cJCRC
042 _apcc
100 1 _aBlass, Laurie
_d1952-
245 1 0 _aPathways 2 :
_bReading, Writing, and Critical Thinking (2nd edition) /
_cLaurie Blass and Mari Vargo.
246 3 0 _aPathways two
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bNational Geographic Learning,
_c2018.
300 _ax, 230 p. :
_bcolor ill., color maps ;
_c28 cm.
440 _aPathways
504 _aIncludes an Index of Exam skills and tasks.
505 _a"The Pathway to Academic Readiness
505 _aPathways Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, Second Edition uses National Geographic stories, photos, video, and infographics to bring the world to the classroom. Authentic, relevant content and carefully sequenced lessons engage learners while equipping them with the skills needed for academic success. Each level of the second edition features new and updated content.
505 _aAcademic skills are clearly labeled at the beginning of each unit.
505 _aNew and updated reading passages incorporate a variety of text types, charts, and infographics to inform and inspire learners.
505 _aExplicit reading skill instruction includes main ideas, details, inference, prediction, note-taking, sequencing, and vocabulary development.
505 _aCritical thinking activities are integrated throughout each unit, and help develop learner independence.
505 _aNew and updated video sections use National Geographic video clips to provide a bridge between Readings 1 and 2, and to give learners ideas and language for the unit's writing task.
505 _aAn additional reading passage provides integrated skills practice.
505 _aKey academic and thematic vocabulary is practiced, and expanded throughout each unit.
505 _aVocabulary extension activities cover word forms, word webs, collocations, affixes, and more, to boost learner's reading and writing fluency.
505 _aPathways' approach to writing guides students through the writing process and develops learners' confidence in planning, drafting, revising, and editing.
505 _aWriting Goals and Language for Writing sections provide the focus and scaffolding needed for learners to become successful writers.
505 _aAn online workbook, powered by MyELT, includes video clips and automatically graded activities for learners to practice the skills taught in the Student Books.
505 _aUpdated Revising Practice sections incorporate realistic model paragraphs and help learners refine their writing.
505 _aNew Guided online writing practice provides reinforcement and consolidation of language skills, helping learners to become stronger and more confident writers." (Introduction, p. viii-x)
505 _aCONTENTS
505 _aIntroduction to Pathways
505 _aUnit 1. HAPPINESS
_tAcademic Track: Health Science / Sociology
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Is There a Recipe for Happiness? — Video: Longevity Leaders — Reading 2: Four Keys to Happiness
505 _aREADING: Focus – Identifying the Main Idea — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea and Details, Matching, Identifying Main Ideas
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Inferring Meaning from Context — Justifying Your Opinion, Synthesizing, Reflecting
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Strong Topic Sentence — Language for Writing: Review of the Simple Present Tense — Writing Goal: Writing an opinion paragraph about whether people in your community are happy
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Expressions with living — Word Forms: Words as Nouns and Verbs
505 _aUnit 2. INVENTIVE SOLUTIONS
_tAcademic Track: Technology
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Power of Creativity — Video: Solar Solutions — Reading 2: Big Ideas, Little Packages
505 _aREADING: Focus – Identifying Details — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Identifying Details
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Analyzing Problems and Solutions — Analyzing, Synthesizing, Evaluating
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Supporting the Main Idea and Giving Details — Language for Writing: Review of the Simple Past Tense — Writing Goal: Writing a problem/solution paragraph about an invention and how it changed people’s lives
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + power; power + noun — Word Link: -able and -ible
505 _aUnit 3. CONNECTED LIVES
_tAcademic Track Theme: Communications / Sociology
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Power of Crowds — Video: Citizen Scientists — Reading 2: Internet Island
505 _aREADING: Focus – Taking Notes (Part 1) — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s), Identifying Details, Understanding a Process, Sequencing
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Making Inferences — Reflecting, Analyzing
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Concluding Sentence — Language for Writing: Using the Present Perfect Tense — Writing Goal: Writing a descriptive paragraph about a crowdsourcing project
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + contribution — Word Link: -al
505 _aUnit 4. SAVING OUR SEAS
_tAcademic Track: Environmental Science
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Where Have All the Fish Gone? — Video: Saving Bluefin Tuna — Reading 2: What We Eat Makes a Difference
505 _aREADING: Focus – Interpreting Visual Information — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s), Understanding a Process, Identifying Problems and Solutions, Identifying Opinions
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Evaluating an Argument — Synthesizing, Reflecting
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Explaining a Chart or Graph — Language for Writing: Describing Charts and Graphs — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph explaining the information presented in a graph
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Changing Nouns into Adjectives — Word Partners: verb + on
505 _aUnit 5. MEMORY AND LEARNING
_tAcademic Track: Psychology / Biology
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Art of Memory — Video: House of Cards — Reading 2: Sleep and Memory
505 _aREADING: Focus — Identifying Cause and Effect — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Classifying, Understanding a Process
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Applying a Method for Internalization — Reflecting, Synthesizing
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Using an Outline — Language for Writing: Using By + Gerund — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about how to improve your memory
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Forms: Changing Nouns and Adjectives into Verbs — Word Partners: Expressions with state
505 _aUnit 6. ANIMALS AND MEDICINE
_tAcademic Track: Health and Medicine
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: The Snake Chaser — Video: The Frog Licker — Reading 2: A Haven for Chimps
505 _aREADING: Focus – Identifying Pros and Cons — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Understanding Pronoun References
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Understanding Metaphors and Similes — Reflecting, Evaluating, Inferring Meaning, Synthesizing
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph — Language for Writing: Making Concessions — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph about whether scientists should use animals for medical research
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: en- — Word Web: Adjectives for Emotion
505 _aUnit 7. NATURE'S FURY
_tAcademic Track: Earth Science
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: When Tornadoes Strike — Video: Lightning — Reading 2: Wildfires!
505 _aREADING: Focus – Identifying Sequence — Predicting, Understanding Main Ideas and Details, Understanding Cause and Effect, Interpreting Maps, Understanding a Process
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus — Evaluating Sources for Credibility — Synthesizing
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Organizing a Process Paragraph — Language for Writing: Describing a Process — Writing Goal: Writing an explanatory paragraph about a natural or biological process
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Link: ex- — Word Forms: Changing Adjectives into Adverbs
505 _aUnit 8. BUILDING WONDERS
_tAcademic Track: Architecture / Archaeology
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Unfinished Masterpiece — Video: A Daring Design — Reading 2: Amazing Structures
505 _aREADING: Focus – Identifying Relevant Information — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea(s) and Details, Matching, Scanning, Identifying Evidence
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Interpreting Quotes — Reflecting, Synthesizing, Evaluating an Argument
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Comparison Paragraph — Language for Writing: Using Comparative Adjectives — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph comparing two different structures
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + style — Word Link: trans-
505 _aUnit 9. FORM AND FUNCTION
_tAcademic Track: Life Science
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: What Are Feathers For? — Video: Flying Reptiles — Reading 2: Design by Nature
505 _aREADING: Focus – Identifying Theories — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea, Identifying Details
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Evaluating Evidence — Inferring Meaning, Applying, Synthesizing
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Writing a Summary Paragraph — Language for Writing: Using Synonyms — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph summarizing a section of the reading passage “Design by Nature”
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: adjective + advantage — Word Link: pro-
505 _aUnit 10. SMART ADVICE
_tAcademic Track: Business
505 _aREADING TEXTS AND VIDEO: Reading 1: Turning Ideas into Reality — Video: The Community Builder — Reading 2: Lessons in Business
505 _aREADING: Focus – Taking Notes (Part 2) — Predicting, Understanding the Main Idea and Details, Identifying Sequence, Applying, Identifying Opinions
505 _aCRITICAL THINKING: Focus – Applying an Idea to a New Context — Inferring, Synthesizing, Inferring Meaning
505 _aWRITING: Skill Focus: Giving Details that Support Advice — Language for Writing: Using the Zero Conditional to Give Advice — Writing Goal: Writing a paragraph giving advice about preparing to go to college
505 _aVOCABULARY EXTENSION: Word Partners: Expressions with challenge — Word Partners: Expressions with quality
505 _aVocabulary Extension
505 _aIndependent Student Handbook
505 _aIndex of Exam Skills and Tasks
521 _aFor learners of English as Second Language at the B1-B2 (Intermediate to High-Intermediate) level (CEFR).
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xRhetoric
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 0 _aReport writing
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 0 _aCritical thinking
_vProblems, exercises, etc.
650 0 _aB1-B2 (CEFR).
650 0 _aIntermediate to High-Intermediate.
700 _aVargo, Mari
856 _uhttp://ngl.cengage.com/sites/pathways/home
_zPublisher's Website.
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