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Scope and Sequence | |
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Untruth and Consequences | |
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Theme: Media | |
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Reading One: Peeping Tom Journalism | |
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A media magazine article | |
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Reading Two: Focus on Bomb Suspect Brings Tears and a Plea | |
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A newspaper report | |
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Vocabulary: Vocabulary categorization, word definitions, context clues, idiomatic expressions | |
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Grammar: Passive voice | |
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Dreams Never Die | |
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Theme: Overcoming Obstacles | |
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Reading One: The Education of Frank McCourt | |
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A biographical account | |
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Reading Two: The Miracle: She altered our perception of the disabled and remapped the boundaries of sight and sense | |
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A personal account | |
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Vocabulary: Synonyms, vocabulary categorization, context clues, idiomatic expressions | |
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Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives | |
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Dying for Their Beliefs | |
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Theme: Medicine | |
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Reading One: Dying for Their Beliefs: Christian Scientist Parents on Trial in Girl's Death | |
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A newspaper article | |
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Reading Two: Norman Cousins's Laugh Therapy | |
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An expository account | |
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Vocabulary: Vocabulary categorization, analogies, comparison and contrast of word meanings | |
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Grammar: Past unreal conditionals | |
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When Disaster Strikes | |
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Theme: Natural Disasters | |
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Reading One: Drought | |
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An eyewitness account | |
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Reading Two: Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo | |
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An excerpt from a novel | |
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Vocabulary: Synonyms, adjective suffixes, context clues, word associations, descriptive adjectives | |
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Grammar: Identifying adjective clauses | |
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21st Century Living | |
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Theme: Conservation | |
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Reading One: Cities Against Nature | |
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An excerpt from a textbook on urban planning | |
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Reading Two: Earthship Homes Catch Old Tires on Rebound | |
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A newspaper report | |
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Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms | |
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Grammar: Advisability and obligation in the past | |
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Give and Learn | |
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Theme: Philanthropy | |
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Reading One: Justin Lebo | |
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An excerpt from a book on children activists | |
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Reading Two: Some Take the Time Gladly | |
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A newspaper op-ed column | |
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Mandatory Volunteering | |
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A newspaper op-ed column | |
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Vocabulary: Synonyms, word classification, word forms, phrasal verbs, context clues, word definitions | |
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Grammar: Tag questions | |
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Homing in on Education | |
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Theme: Education | |
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Reading One: Teaching at Home Hits New High with Internet | |
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A newspaper report | |
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Reading Two: The Fun They Had | |
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Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, dialect variations in spelling, word forms | |
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Grammar: Direct and indirect speech | |
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Eat to Live or Live to Eat? | |
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Theme: Food | |
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Reading One: The Chinese Kitchen | |
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A cook's narrative | |
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Reading Two: "Slow Food" | |
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Movement Aims at Restoring the Joy of Eating | |
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A newspaper report | |
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Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, adverbs, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs | |
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Grammar: Phrasal verbs | |
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The Grass Is Always Greener | |
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Theme: Immigration | |
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Reading One: Poor Visitor | |
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An Immigrant's narrative | |
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Reading Two: Nostalgia | |
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A poem | |
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Vocabulary: Multiple definitions of words, context clues, vocabulary categorization, analogies | |
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Grammar: Past perfect, time words | |
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Take It or Leave It | |
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Theme: Technology | |
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Reading One: Inside the House | |
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An excerpt from a book on technology | |
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Reading Two: Thoreau's Home | |
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An excerpt from Walden | |
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Vocabulary: Synonyms, context clues, word forms | |
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Grammar: Future progressive, time clauses | |
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Grammar Book References | |