Unit 1 Laughter
Q:What makes you laugh
Reading
Reading 1: What Is Laughter
Reading Skill: Identifying the topic sentence in a paragraph
Reading 2: Laugh More and Stress Less
Vocabulary Skill: Parts of speech
Writing
Writing Skill: Writing a topic sentence
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about what makes people laugh
Supplementary Learning
Unit 2 Sports
Q:How do sports make you feel
Reading
Reading 1: A Super Soccer Fan
Reading Skill: Identifying supporting sentences and details
Reading 2: The History of Soccer
Vocabulary Skill: The prefix un
Writing
Writing Skill: Writing supporting sentences and details
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about your favorite sport and how it
makes you feel
Supplementary Learning
Unit 3 Growing-up
Q: How are the children and adults different
Reading
Reading 1: What Is an Adult
Reading Skill: Marking the margins
Reading 2: Becoming an Adult
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Writing
Writing Skill: Making a timeline to plan your writing
Unit Assignment: Write a paragraph about important changes in your life
Supplementary Learning
Unit 4 Color
Q: How do colors affect the way we feel
Reading
Reading 1: How Colors Make Us Think and Feel
Reading Skill: Getting meaning from context
Reading 2: The Importance of Color in Business
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes
Writing
Writing Skill: Brainstorming
Unit Assignment: Write a proposal for a business
Supplementary Learning
Unit 5 Etiquette
Q: What does it mean to be polite
Reading
Reading 1: Being Polite from Culture to Culture
Reading Skill: Identifying supporting details