Scope Sequence and

Unit Theme Reading

A: The Visual Village
1 The Power of Image B: My Journey in Photographs by Annie Griffiths

A:  Love: A Chemical Reaction?

2 Love and Attraction B:  Feathers of Love

A:  How Safe is Our Food?

3 Food and Health B:  Genetically Modified Foods

A:  Design by Nature: Biomimetics

4 Design and Engineering B:  The Future of Fashion: Dreamweavers

A:  The DNA Trail

5 Human Journey B:  Fantastic Voyage

A:  Racing to Rescue Koalas

6 Conservation Challenges B:  For the Love of Elephants

A:  A Crowd in Harmony

7 Ritual Lives B:  Why We Celebrate

A:  Who Killed the Emperor?

8 Investigations B:  In the Lab with Marcella and Alphonse

A:  Virtually Immortal

9 Rediscovering the Past B:  In Search of Genghis Khan

A:  Black Holes

10 Earth and Beyond B:  The Threat from Space

A:  Water Worries

11 Green Concerns B:  Technology as Trash

A:  Genes, Health, and Lifespan

12 Living Longer B:  In Search of Longevity

4  Scope and Sequence

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 Reading Skill Vocabulary Building Video
A: Understanding Words with Multiple Meanings A: Word Partnership: profound A Photographer’s
B: Scanning for Specific Details B: Thesaurus: thus Life

A: Distinguishing Facts from Theories A: Usage: chance

Singing Mice
B: Recognizing Figurative Language B: Thesaurus: absurd

A: Understanding Cause and Effect Relationships A: Word Link: -wide

The Smelliest Fruit
B: Understanding Arguments For and Against an Issue B: Thesaurus: diminish

A: Recognizing Collocations A: Word Partnership: vital

Kinetic Sculpture
B: Understanding Synonyms and Antonyms B: Word Link: fore-

A: Understanding Relative Clauses (I) A: Word Partnership: proof

Journey of Discovery
B: Synthesizing Information B: Thesaurus: stubborn

A: Recognizing Conditional Relationships A: Word Partnership: vibrant A Match Made

B: Sequencing Information B: Word Partnership: chaos in Africa

A: Understanding Words from Context A: Word Link: gress

Festival of Lights
B: Understanding Word Roots and Affixes B: Thesaurus: striking

A: Evaluating Theories A: Usage: grand

Frog Licker
B: Understanding Idiomatic Expressions B: Word Link: leg

A: Recognizing the Use of Ellipsis A: Word Partnership: virtual Secrets of

B: Understanding Relative Clauses (II) B: Word Partnership: exception Stonehenge

A: Visualizing from an Author’s Description A: Thesaurus: preposterous

Solar System
B: Understanding References to Things Beyond the Text B: Word Link: di-

A: Identifying Sources of Information A: Thesaurus: leak

Your Water Footprint
B: Understanding a Writer’s Attitude and Bias B: Word Partnership: substance

A: Identifying Reasons A: Word Link: gen

The Science of Stress
B: Understanding Quantitative and Qualitative Data B: Word Partnership: relief

Scope and Sequence 5

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