Theme: Advertising Reading One: Advertising All Over the World (A magazine
article) Reading Two: Changing World Markets (An excerpt from
a speech)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Compare personal buying
habits
Identify and later
reevaluate assumptions
Infer information
not explicit in the texts
Connect themes between
texts
Compare and contrast
advertising campaigns
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Identify main ideas
Read for details
Support answers with
evidence from the texts
Relate information
in the text to life experience
Research local advertising
campaigns
Writing Tasks
Write a paragraph
with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence
Write a letter in
response to a speech
Write a commercial
Describe a product
Compile data with
a graphic organizer
Vocabulary
Word definitions
Context clues
Synonyms
Idioms
Grammar
Contrast simple present
and present progressive
Unit
2: Going to Extremes: Sports and Obsession
Theme:
Extreme Sports Reading One:Interview with Tony Hawk (An interview
with a professional skateboarder) Reading Two:High School Star Hospitalized for Eating Disorder
(A newspaper report)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Identify personal
habits and attitudes
Compare and contrast
information gathered in a survey
Infer meaning not
explicit in text
Analyze advantages
and disadvantages of athletic obsession at an early age
Compare and contrast
two figures from two texts
Interpret character
motivation
Draw conclusions based
on information in the text
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Read for main ideas
Scan for details
Underline important
information in the text
Relate text to personal
experiences
Writing Tasks
Write a factual report
Write a personal reflection
using new vocabulary
Write an opinion response
Compose interview
questions
Summarize interview
in a factual report
Vocabulary
Context clues
Word forms
Synonyms
Vocabulary categorization
Grammar
Modals of ability
Unit
3: Miracle Cure?
Theme:
Fraud Reading One:A Miracle Cure? (A magazine article) Reading Two:The Organic Health Center (An advertisement)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Analyze an advertisement
Make judgments
Evaluate information
according to criteria set forth in a text
Correlate information
from two texts
Compare and contrast
medical treatments
Critique advertisements
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Read for main ideas
Locate information
in a text
Support answers with
evidence from the text
Read for details
Relate supporting
details to main ideas
Summarize the readings
Writing Tasks
Compose a summary
paragraph
Organize information
within a paragraph
Write topic sentences
Identify and use transitions
in a paragraph
Report information
gathered in an interview
Write an advertisement
Summarize research
findings
Vocabulary
Word definitions
Context clues
Prefixes and suffixes
Grammar
Superlative adjectives
Unit
4: The Metamorphosis
Theme:
Storytelling Reading One:The Metamorphosis (An abridged story) Reading Two:Ungeziefer (A critique of the story)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Recognize personal
assumptions
Infer word meaning
from context
Examine symbol and
imagery in a text
Contrast different
points of view in a text
Interpret characters'
emotions
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Paraphrase main ideas
Support answers with
information from the text
Connect generalizations
to specific passages
Locate information
in the text
Compare personal reactions
to a critique
Retell a short story
with an illustration
Research the metamorphosis
process
Writing Tasks
Paraphrase sentences
Write statements of
purpose
Compose a short story
Write an opinion paragraph
Paraphrase research
in a report and use a diagram to relate facts
Vocabulary
Word definitions
Synonyms
Context clues
Comparison and contrast
of word meaning and usage
Grammar
Infinitives of purpose
Relative pronouns
Unit
5: Speaking of Gender
Theme:
Language Reading One:Different Ways of Talking (An article) Reading Two:Speaking of Gender (An interview with
a linguist)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Assess gender-typing
in own culture
Identify personal
assumptions about gender
Infer information
not explicit in the text
Support a personal
opinion with examples from the text
Evaluate speech according
to a criteria set forth in a text
Synthesize information
from two readings
Analyze gender influence
in speech and behavior
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Read for main ideas
Locate details in
the text
Relate text to one's
own observations
Writing Tasks
Write sentences with
transitions to compare and contrast
Write requests in
correspondence
Compose paragraphs
to compare and contrast gender roles and behavior
Take observation notes
of a TV program
Write a paragraph
summary of research findings
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Context clues
Vocabulary classification
Grammar
Using modals for requests
Unit
6: Ecotourism
Theme:
Tourism Reading One: Tourists in a Fragile Land (An opinion
essay) Reading Two:A Travel Journal (An account of a trip
to Antarctica)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Compare travel experiences
Test assumptions about
Antarctica
Infer information
not explicit in the text
Analyze an author's
argument
Hypothesize another's
point of view
Compare and contrast
points of view from two different texts
Analyze relationships
between words
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Identify chronology
in a text
Read for details
Paraphrase main ideas
Relate texts to personal
opinions
Research ecotourism
Writing Tasks
Write an opinion essay
Analyze use of a thesis
statement, supporting details, and concluding statement in an
essay
Take notes in outline
form
Compose information
questions
Write a letter requesting
information
Vocabulary
Paraphrasing meaning
Context clues
Word associations
Analogies
Synonyms and antonyms
Grammar
Past progressive and
simple past
Unit
7: What's So Funny about That?
Theme: Humor Reading One:The Story of I Love Lucy (An autobiographical
account) Reading Two:Cosby: A Different Kind of Family Show
(A TV show review)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Interpret a photograph
Explain the double
meaning of a joke
Analyze how humor
reflects social and cultural values
Compare and contrast
characters, gender roles, and types of comedy
Hypothesize another's
point of view
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Identify main ideas
Locate information
in a text
Identify supporting
details
Recognize the organization
of a text
Compare and contrast
information from two texts
Research a comedy
star
Writing Tasks
Use parallel structure
to combine sentences
Write a TV show review
using parallel structure
Paraphrase a text
Summarize the readings
using new vocabulary
Summarize a dialogue
using noun clauses
Write a biography
of a comedy star
Vocabulary
Context clues
Word definitions
Suffixes
Word forms
Vocabulary classification
Grammar
Noun clauses with
wh- words
Unit
8: Always in Fashion
Theme:
Fashion Reading One:The Search for Beauty (A passage on plastic
surgery) Reading Two:My Wife Wants to Look Younger
(An excerpt from a journal)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Compare assumptions
and values about beauty
Draw conclusions
Interpret word usage
Infer information
not explicit in the text
Hypothesize another's
point of view
Synthesize information
from two texts
Make recommendations
using information from the texts
Analyze cause and
effect
Analyze trends in
fashion
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Interpret a timeline
Locate main ideas
in the text
Read for details
Connect texts to personal
interests, experiences, and values
Writing Tasks
Write opinion statements
using new vocabulary
Write a persuasive
letter
Use transitions to
show cause and effect
Write a narrative
in the past
Summarize an interview
in a paragraph
Write a passage using
the past tenses
Report research findings
on department store merchandise
Vocabulary
Word definitions
Word association
Grammar
Describing the past
with used to
Unit
9: Crime and Punishment
Theme:
Punishment Reading One:Life in Prison Is Still Life: Why Should
a Killer Live? and Why Do We Kill People to Show that Killing
People is Wrong? (Two newspaper op-ed articles) Reading Two:Graphs (Statistics on the death penalty)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Distinguish arguments
for and against capital punishment
Compare and contrast
punishment practices in different cultures
Identify an author's
point of view
Hypothesize an author's
values based on information in the text
Interpret bar graphs
and a pie chart
Draw conclusions
Correlate examples
with abstractions
Reading Tasks
Make predictions
Identify supporting
ideas in an argument
Relate supporting
details to main ideas
Identify contrasting
arguments
Research a country's
use of capital punishment
Writing Tasks
Support opinions with
facts and data
Write an opinion paragraph
using new vocabulary
Compose complex and
compound sentences
Edit a passage to
vary sentence structure
Write a letter to
the editorWrite a report on research
Vocabulary
Context clues
Word definitions
Abstract nouns
Appropriate word usage
Grammar
Contrast: present
perfect and present perfect progressive
Unit
10: Finding a Spouse
Theme:
Marriage Reading One:Finding a Spouse (An anthropological
article) Reading Two:What's Wrong with Tradition? (A letter
to the editor)
Critical Thinking
Skills
Identify personal
assumptions about marriage
Classify information
Identify underlying
cultural values
Evaluate information
in the text according to personal beliefs
