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UNIT THEME READING VIDEO READING SKILL VOCABULARY BUILDING CRITICAL THINKING

A:  The Visual Village A:  Understanding Words with Multiple Meanings A:  Suffix -tic A:  Evaluating Pros and Cons
1 Images of Life B:  My Journey in Photographs
A Photographer’s Life B:  Scanning for Information (1)—Short Answer B:  Synonyms of thus B:  Interpreting; Reflecting
Questions

A:  Living Light A:  Summarizing (1)—Using a Concept Map A:  Word root scend A:  Speculating
2 Natural Attraction B:  Feathers of Love
Jellyfish B:  Identifying Figurative Language B:  Suffix -ility B:  Interpreting/Applying;
Speculating

A:  How Safe Is Our Food? A:  Recognizing Cause and Effect Relationships (1) A:  Suffix -wide A:  Analyzing Solutions
3 Food and Health B:  The Battle for Biotech
Is Our Food Safe? B:  Evaluating Arguments B:  Synonyms of diminish B:  E valuating Arguments and Ideas

A:  Design by Nature: Biomimetics A:  Scanning for Information (2)—Matching A:  Collocations with vital A:  Applying Ideas
4 Design and Engineering B:  Weaving the Future
Robotic Hands Information to Paragraphs B:  Prefix fore- B:  Applying Ideas
B:  Recognizing Lexical Cohesion

A:  The DNA Trail A:  Synthesizing Information A:  Collocations with rate A:  Reflecting/Evaluating
5 Human Journey B:  Fantastic Voyage
Cave Artists B:  Distinguishing Fact from Speculation B:  Suffix -ous B:  Reflecting

A:  How Money Made Us Modern Take the Money ... A:  Understanding the Function of Sentences A:  Collocations with policy A:  Evaluating Pros and Cons
6 Money and Trade B:  The Rise of Virtual Money and Run? B:  Summarizing (2)—Creating an Outline B:  Word usage: principle vs. B:  Reflecting
principal

A:  A Crowd in Harmony A:  Understanding Words from Context A:  Suffix -ant A:  Analyzing Information
7 Group Behavior B:  Our Online Behavior
Social Conformity B:  Understanding Word Roots and Affixes B:  Collocations with pressure B:  Applying Ideas; Reflecting

A:  Who Killed the Emperor? A:  Evaluating Evidence A:  Collocations with dispute A:  Interpreting/Reflecting
8 Investigations B:  In the Crime Lab
Beating a Lie Detector B:  Understanding Idiomatic Expressions B:  Word root leg B:  Interpreting/Reflecting;
Evaluating Reliability

A:  Virtually Immortal A:  Recognizing Ellipsis A:  Collocations with virtual A:  Evaluating/Justifying
9 Rediscovering the Past B:  Lure of the Lost City
Archeology from Space B:  Scanning for Information (3)—Summary B:  Word usage: legend vs. myth B:  Evaluating Pros and Cons;
Completion vs. folktale Reflecting

A:  Living Longer A:  Recognizing Cause and Effect Relationships (2) A:  Compound words with life A:  Applying Ideas
10 Healthy Living B:  In Search of Longevity
You Are What You Eat B:  Understanding Quantitative and Qualitative B:  Collocations with relief B:  Relating to Personal Experience;
Data Reflecting

A:  Saving Water A:  Identifying Sources of Information A:  Collocations with extent A:  Evaluating Sources
11 Green Solutions B:  Technology as Trash
Your Water Footprint B:  Understanding a Writer’s Attitude B:  Collocations with substance B:  Inferring Attitude;
Evaluating Solutions

A:  Planet Hunters A:  Recognizing Cause and Effect Relationships (3) A:  Prefix com- A:  Justifying an Opinion
12 Earth and Beyond B:  The Threat from Space
Shooting Stars B:  Interpreting Analogies B:  Prefix di- B:  Evaluating Pros and Cons;
Ranking Projects

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