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
Reading 2:Answers to All Your Travel Questions
Vocabulary Skill:Prefixes
Writing
Writing Skill:Supporting your main idea with exa mples
Unit Assignment:Write a paragraph with supporting examples
Supplementary Learning
Unit 6 Information Technology
Q:Do you prefer to get help from a person or a machine
Reading
Reading 1:Memo to Restaurant Servers
Reading Skill:Identify the author's purpose
Reading 2:I Hate Machines
Vocabulary Skill:Using the dictionary
Writing
Writing Skill:Describing a process
Unit Assignment:Write a paragraph describing a process
Supplementary Learning
Unit 7 Environment
Q:Is it better to save what you have or buy new things
Reading
Reading 1.Think Before You Toss
Reading Skill:Identifying fact and opinion
Reading 2:In Praise of the Throwaway Society
Vocabulary Skill:Phrasal verbs
Writing
Writing Skill:Using sentence variety
Unit Assignment:Write an opinion paragraph
Supplementary Learning
Unit 8 Public Health
Q:How can we prevent diseases
Reading
Reading 1:Flu FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions)
Reading Skill:Synthesizing information
Reading 2:Watching Over the Health of Millions
Vocabulary Skill:Collocations
Writing
Writing Skill:Writing explanatory paragraph
Unit Assignment
Supplementary Learning
